UP224: ReThinking Sport 10: Professionalisation

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UP538 Ted Knutson on Brentford, Betting and Benham. And how AI will change football data

Ted Knutson's career tracks a remarkable arc: professional gambler at Pinnacle, architect of Brentford's analytics-driven recruitment model, founder of StatsBomb — built from a blog written during cancer recovery into a global data company sold to Hudl in 2024 — and now Strategic ...  Show more

UP537 The Buy Side: Inside Unilever's FIFA World Cup Strategy

Today, we are joined by Ben Curtis, Global Brand Vice President for Rexona—the brand known as Degree in the US, Sure in the UK, and Shield in South Africa. Ben oversees the global strategy for a brand that Unilever identifies as the "cultural engine" of its Personal Care business ...  Show more

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