Podcast appearances and mentions of kyle bunch

Welcome to the second highlight of LeCorner International. Today, we get back to our discussion with Kyle Bunch, VP Managing Director, Global Sports Venture Studio at this time. The Global Sports Venture Studio enables the world's leading sports organizations to collaborate and engage with the sports innovation ecosystem. Two years ago, during the coronavirus pandemic, we sat down with Kyle to discuss innovation and new technology in the sport industry. At that time, the world of sport was facing significant challenges that led sports organizations to adapt and transform their business model. This extract explores how sports organizations have addressed these challenges and the future trends. If you had good time listening this extract, do not hesitate to support us: 1. By subscribing, it's just a small click

Hosts Don Povia and Kyle Bunch are joined this week by Arash Markazi, a veteran of some of the biggest sports media outlets out there, including SLAM, SI, ESPN, as well as the LA Times. Currently, Markazi is hosting a show The Mightier 1090 AM Radio, publishing The Morning Column on Substack, and serving as on-air talent for WWE NXT. Markazi discusses, among other things, the explosion of the LA-Vegas corridor as the epicenter of Sports, carving your own path to success in a modern media ecosystem, and whether or not he'll be taking bumps anytime soon from sports entertainers.

Hosts Don Povia and Kyle Bunch are joined this week by David Fucillo, Editor In Chief at DraftKings Nation. Previously, David founded Niners Nation and wore several hats at SB Nation including General Manager of SB Nation Bay Area, NFL Producer/Editor, and Gambling Editorial Manager. The crew talks about, among other things, covering Colin Kaepernick and the impact on athlete and journalist activism, the creation of Vox Union, both the Mandela Effect and the Barstool Effect, and more.

Hosts Don Povia and Kyle Bunch are joined this week by digital strategist Diana Klochkova, co-founder of, among other things, Rebel Ventures and Zaya, and part of the opps team that runs world-renowned Tweeter Neil DeGrasse Tyson's Star Talk Radio. Diana talks about women being pigeonholed in pro sports roles, the importance of understanding paid media, value in having diversity of experience, being the den mom of late 2000's bloggers at Yardbarker, and more.

Hosts Don Povia and Kyle Bunch are joined this week by Zach Harper, national NBA writer at the Athletic, SiriusXM NBA and SiriusXM Mad Dog Sports Radio host, and co-founder/podcaster at Count the Dings. Harper and the guys talk fresh faces in the 2021 NBA playoffs as well as some hoops biz, and Harper's journey from moonlighting as a blogger at Talk Hoops Dot Net to hosting ESPN's Daily Dime Live web chat to becoming a multi-platform mainstream media personality (and a few things in between).

Hosts Don Povia and Kyle Bunch are joined this week by ESPN NBA editor and University of San Francisco Sports Business professor Ed "The Sports Fan" Maisonet. Maisonet shares a wealth of knowledge and experiences from not just his current positions, but his stops along the way including SB Nation, SLAM, Fox Sports/Yardbarker, Bleacher Report, and more.

Hosts Don Povia and Kyle Bunch are joined this week by former pro soccer player Joanna Lohman, author of "Raising Tomorrow's Champions," a collection of life lessons from nearly 100 USWNT players. The trio talk about the past, present, future of women's sports, how women athletes embracing social justice causes have changed sport and culture, the role of allies, global ambassadorship, and more.

This week, OG hosts Kyle Bunch and Don Povia are joined by host of The Brawl 22 and Director of Operations for the Brawl Network, Michael Schottey. Schottey, among the first paid writers ever at Bleacher Report and its one-time NFL National Lead writer, talks about his new role at Brawl and the vision he has for the network based on his history in the industry. He spent the last few weeks traveling and covering college football all-star events including the Senior Bowl, and talks about the pros and cons of remotely covering the sport and its major events, including the Super Bowl, in 2021.

R/GA is an international innovation consultancy headquartered in New York and founded in 1977. The agency creates advertising and marketing products based in technology and design. They have created R/GA Venture to bring together established companies and startups to help both chart a course for their future. The Global Sports Venture Studio stands within this service and enables the world's leading sports organizations to collaborate and engage with the sports innovation ecosystem.  For this second episode of LeCorner International we had the pleasure to interview Kyle Bunch, VP Managing Director, Global Sports Venture Studio at R/GA  Kyle Bunch is responsible for leading R/GA Ventures' sports innovation partnerships with industry leaders including Adidas, Angel City, Dick's Sporting Goods, Fox Sports, Levy Restaurants, Major League Baseball, Major League Soccer, the Los Angeles Dodgers, LAFC, UEFA, and Verizon. The GSVS engages the sports innovation ecosystem to help our partners enhance athlete and fan experiences through strategic investments and collaborative development of new products and services. Previously, Kyle has spent the majority of his thirteen years at R/GA working in sport with clients such as Beats by Dre, Nike, ESPN, Samsung, the San Antonio Spurs, the National Rugby League, and the National Football League. Episode's timeline: Kyle's Background, his passion for digital and sports and his past experience at R/GA.  R/GA presentation: an innovation and digital agency at the beginning and the creation of a venture practice 7 years ago.  How R/GA are helping organisations: main missions, goals and investments strategies. The creation of the Los Angeles Dodgers accelerator back in 2015.   Global Sports Venture: from an accelerator model to a studio one.  The main pain points and challenges sports organizations have to face now.  The pandemic as an accelerator of the shift in the sports industry  2021, the future of Global Sports Venture and the emerging schemes for new innovative solutions New roles VCs have within the sports industry : inclusion, diversity, equity What startups should do to raise funds in the US: proof of value, founding team etc. 2021 main trends in the sports industry: cross-business, D2C strategies, working more with influential players We mentioned:  Super Bowl ads (Beats by Dr Dre), Los Angeles Dodgers, Elysean Park Ventures, Netflix, Adidas, Fox Sports, MLS, MLB, GS Warriors, Premier League, Lebron James, Verizon, 5G, Phoenix Suns, Liverpool, Amazon etc. If you had good time listening this episode, do not hesitate to support us: 1. By subscribing, it's just a small click

This week, hosts Kyle Bunch and Don Povia are joined by Lang Whitaker, an author, host, and editor who now serves as GM of Grizz Gaming and contributes with Grind City Media with the Memphis Grizzlies. Lang talks about forgoing college to pursue a professional career when the opportunity arose; how maintaining connections and hustle lead to a spot at SLAM, launching their digital platform, and the creative freedom that came with the opportunity; transitioning from that culture-based environment to more structured ones like GQ and NBA.com; and how he's made the leap to esports in Memphis, working with a team and applying lessons learned throughout his career; and more.

This week, hosts Kyle Bunch and Don Povia are joined by writer, editor, host Maggie Hendricks. Hendricks discusses, among other things, the joy and caveats of being a WNBA beat writer, the vitriol, threats and insanity that come with the audacity(!) of being a female voice in sports, the bond among female sports journalists, the impact of industry cuts and a pandemic on her career, bursting her way into Yahoo! Sports, and more.

This week, hosts Kyle Bunch and Don Povia are joined by Patrick Wixted, co-leader at Ketchum Sports and a former WFT comms director. Patrick talks about the past, present and future of sports PR and digital, and of the value of relationships in the industry.

This week, hosts Kyle Bunch and Don Povia are joined by Matt Cerrone, creator of SNY's The Mets Blog. Matt opens up to the guys about his personal and professional struggles that accompanied his success, and his search for the purity and happiness that once came with simply writing about a team and sport he loved.

This week, hosts Kyle Bunch and Don Povia talk with nationally syndicated CBS Sports Radio host and NBA TV personality JR Jackson of JR Sport Brief about his experience being an early YouTube adopter and leveraging his massive vlog platform into a bonafide multimedia career, as well as the importance of recognizing personal talents, constant preparation, and having a plan.

For the past 20 years, Breaking T President Jamie Mottram has arguably been one of the most influential architects in sports digital media. In this week's episode, hosts Don Povia and Kyle Bunch talk with Mottram about his transition from media to merchandising and the parallels between them. He offers insight about the origins of and his involvement with AOL Fanhouse, Yahoo Sports Blogs, and USA Today's FTW; the personalities that drove them; growth and change in the industry; and some of his favorite BWB memories.

Kicking off a retrospect focused around the culture, people and industry that fueled BWB since 2009. BWB co-founders and hosts Don Povia, Kyle Bunch and Chris Lucas talk about the shift in how sports was consumed and discussed online and beyond.

In another podcast from the SportsPro Insider Series of virtual events, SportsPro managing director Nick Meacham talks to Albachiara founder Roger Mitchell and Kyle Bunch, the VP managing director of Global Sports Venture Studio at R/GA Ventures, about the fundamentals of the sports tech startup space.   They discuss what startups can do to identify the right investors and why people and knowledge matter, how to assess valuations, why founders should focus on solutions more than products, why 2021 could be a huge year in the space after the challenges of 2020, which emerging sectors to watch, and much more. 

In this week's Mumbrellacast, RGA's social managing director Kyle Bunch stopped by the press room (22:27) to detail the dangers of having a good username, and explains why Trump "could have entered [his social media strategy] at Cannes and won a whole bunch of stuff to a chorus of boos." Kyle also predicts what lies ahead for [...] The post Mumbrellacast: When Bunch got blackmailed, gross gender politics, Domain picks Pellegrino and Denyer's Logies shock appeared first on Mumbrella.

"Today with how easy it is to start something that demonstrates your passion and your ability...there's no excuse. You shouldn't be waiting for this job that's gonna let you show the world what you can do, you should just be doing it." This week's episode is chock-full of information and predictions from the future of sports tech & startups. Kyle Bunch, Managing Director of Social and Mobile Media at world-renown digital agency R/GA joined the podcast to talk about sports startups, media and software-as-a-service (SaaS). Kyle works directly on the Nike account at R/GA and discusses how starting his own side project, TrojanWire.com helped him land a gig at the agency. We discuss R/GA's founding as one of the first digital agencies and their innovation in tech + brand space. We also discuss their relationship with Nike in comparison to Wieden & Kennedy's relationship with the brand. Lastly, we wrap with discussing the Dodgers Accelerator and talk about athletes' involvement in venture funds and angel investing. Mentions include: Kyle Bunch on Twitter Blogs with Balls TrojanWire R/GA Beats by Dre Lebron Spot Beats by Dre World Cup Spot Dodgers Accelerator R/GA Accelerator Episode 7: Hans Anderson PewDiePie makes $7 million per year playing games SXsports at South by Southwest Kobe Inc. invests in BodyArmor Our next is Matt Coyle, creative director of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment where he leads design and advertising initiatives for Toronto's professional sports teams. Sign up for the weekly email newsletter for updates, discounts on future products and exclusive content for subscribers. Did you enjoy this episode? Then please rate and/or write a review of the show on iTunes. Also, be sure to follow show host, @TAdamMartin and @MakersofSport on twitter and Dribbble.

"We are in the business of cultural identity. We rally communities. We rally people around a movement." This week's episode is a bit different than our normal interview shows or Halftimes. Recently, I had the pleasure of attending Major Level Creative Connect to moderate a panel with the keynote speakers which inluded Todd Radom, Brad Bishop and Michael Thurman of Torch Creative, and RiCardo Crepo of th13teen. In the panel, we discuss battling design-by-committee, the importance of niche communities and portfolios, standing out in a saturated world full of creatives, cultural branding and creative entrepreneurship. The audience included designers and project managers from nearly every MLB organization, as well as a few MLB, MLS and NFL designers. Mentions include: Todd Radom Design Torch Creative Th13teen MLC Connect 2015 Chris David Garcia Episode Sportslogos.net Under Consideration's Brand New Designing Brand Identity Our next is Kyle Bunch. Kyle is the Managing Director of Social at R/GA and a co-founder of Blogs with Balls, a sports media network that discusses the future of technology in the media side of sports. Sign up for the weekly email newsletter for updates, discounts on future products and exclusive content for subscribers. Did you enjoy this episode? Then please rate and/or write a review of the show on iTunes. Also, be sure to follow show host, @TAdamMartin and @MakersofSport on twitter and Dribbble.

"Design by focus group, is like ordering a pizza for 10,000 people." On this week's episode, the co-founders of Torch Creative (Brad Bishop and Michael Thurman) join the show. Torch is a creative branding shop based out of the Dallas, Texas area that has worked with many clients ranging from NCAA Division I to Division III colleges to the NHL. Brad and Michael discuss how they got into sports design and what made them decide to make the jump in to starting their own creative business, which includes building their company on the side while they each worked full-time jobs during the day. We also touch on navigating the bubble of the college athletics business and making connections in a world where everyone knows everyone and references are key. Including how to handle vitriolic feedback from alumni or forum keyboard warriors. Many of Torch's sports branding projects include custom typography. The guys give us some insight into their passion for creating custom letters, as well as touching on the visual style of athletics in the 90s and how identities are moving back into a more timeless style. Lastly, we discuss Torch's work on the Stanley Cup logos for the NHL. Mentions include: Torch Creative on Twitter Torch Creative's website Torch Creative on LinkedIn Brad Bishop on LinkedIn Michael Thurman on LinkedIn SME Branding Hall of Fame Racing, Nascar Torch's first college branding project: NSU Demons Chris Creamer's SportsLogos.net Paul Rand University of Northern Colorado athletics branding Steve Jobs book Creativity, Inc by Ed Catmull of Pixar Stanley Cup Logos Our next is Kyle Bunch. Kyle is the Managing Director of Social at R/GA and a co-founder of Blogs with Balls Sign up for the weekly email newsletter for updates, discounts on future products and exclusive content for subscribers. Did you enjoy this episode? Then please rate and/or write a review of the show on iTunes. Also, be sure to follow show host, @TAdamMartin and @MakersofSport on twitter and Dribbble.

We speak with Kyle Bunch from R/GA about the work he and his agency do for brands like Nike, ESPN, Samsung, the L.A. Dodgers, and more. JP and Mike were up on the Hill alongside celebrity athletes lobbying for the passage of the PHIT Act. We also leave the Poobah time to opine about the fate of DSG, whether or not Modell’s can reinvent itself after 130 years, and Amazon dropping vendors. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/sport-lifestyle-podcast/donations