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Prediction Strike with Devan Hurt | E203

Ep. 203
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Jason talks to Deven Hurt about the company Prediction strike of which Deven is the CEO and Co-Founder. Prediction Strike is a sports betting platform that treats athletes like stocks.


Episode Highlights:

  • 00.45: Deven says, prediction strike is a sports stock market that allows users to buy and sell shares of athletes as if they were stocks. He said that they want people to start feeling like they are investing in players and using their sports knowledge as an investment.
  • 08.06: Jason says, based on the market dynamics, you probably always will play the role of the market maker for players with liquidity below a certain level and bench players whom no one knows their first name outside of their city.
  • 11.31: Jason affirms, as you guys are creating a market price, there will be some transparency in how you do it and specifically in the earnings. 
  • 19.26: Deven says we have started to work on partnering with athletes, and a big thing that we have told all the athletes is we want you to do whatever you want to do. 
  • 21.20: Deven explains that they are doing NFL, NBA, UFC right now, which has been exciting, and the next phase is going to be expanding esports. They have baseball and global soccer or global football as the priority.
  • 23.05: Academics will be very curious to see how market dynamics play out and the number of papers just being written off to see your behavior in terms of valuation and market clearing, says Jason.
  • 25.23: Jason asks, if you had one wish you could change in your company or industry as a whole, what would it be?
  • 28.44: Jason says, in Prediction strike, if you are willing to put the money in, you can have whatever draft team you ever want regardless of who else is playing the game, and that’s a key differentiator. 


3 Key Highlights

  1. Deven explains how prediction strike works and how it is different from other sports betting options out there.
  2. The interesting thing about traditional fantasy is you can’t necessarily get access to players you want. Whereas in prediction strike, you could construct whatever team you want. You just have to be willing to pay the price to get them on your team, says Jason.
  3. Athletic lives are short. In most cases, very few convert them into marketable brands that can be carried on after they retire, says Jason.


Tweetable Quotes

  • “The fan perception of athletes is so funny in how that matches up with how the players play, and sometimes it doesn’t.” – Deven
  • “The amount of random jets and giants players who get traded is spectacular, and it’s just because they are so dialed into that hometown and hometown effect is real.” - Deven 
  • “I learned that it takes almost $200 million to go through the licensing if you want to operate as an online sports bet.” - Deven


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