What's Next for Esports Startups

[@JayeSpeaks]

Amazing perspectives. I was a founding team member of a Benchmark funded tech startup that was successfully exited in the late 90’s. My son is getting ready to enter college and has an interest in esports business development. This conversation is dripping with value for his future career opportunities. Thank you for sharing this.

[@razzcalin]

Valid points brought up by everyone, this is a must-watch. In the next talk on the topic it would be interesting to see an approach of games as part of the entertainment industry and maybe how it well full circle with games influencing 'brick and mortar' sports.

[@BiancaAguglia]

Food, love, art, a common struggle, and sports / games are the most common answers to the question : "What brings people together?" Also, to play on Jeff Hammerbacher's quote, "The best minds of our generation are thinking about how to make people play games." So, yes, there's good reason to think esports engagement will go up. Especially with the kind of technology, talented creators, and amount of free time we have now.😊 This was an interesting conversation. I enjoyed listening to your thoughts and ideas.

[@duyonglee6414]

I would love to see some technical upgrades in a viewer's perspective. In the example of Smash Bros., an instant review in a slo-mo coupling with good analysis by broadcasters would be really interesting. It should be enjoyable even if you are not a great player.

[@MrMurrayz]

Some interesting insights from a VC's side, nice video! I thought the shift from (absurd) investments in leagues and teams to investments in tools, apps, and platforms already started, but then Activision Blizzard announced its franchised Call of Duty league with $25 million per city spot.

[@R000win]

An interesting case to look at (although quite unique in its own ways) is formula 1 which already has a long legacy, but where the teams collectively also have quite some say in the direction of the sport and business.

[@MoneyMatchGaming]

We're experiencing a lot of success with our Smash Bros. community since gamifying with a Blockchain and using it's token to reward players. I've seen a few websites that claim to be doing something similar but the socials are usually small and there doesn't seem to be activity going on. I'm wondering how others are fairing? We push most folks to our discord then to the blockchain, and add about 50-75 new folks a week. Are websites just not the answer? Should we be focusing on apps?

[@chesterlew]

Nice video, I think esports will be very big in the coming 5 years, when the younger generation has the spending power and those in their 35-40's still contributing to the ecosystems. Right now there is not gold standard to how it works which also means those who invested in esports will set the standards.

[@deltacodealpha]

I'm interested in what ya'll at a16z think about Google "Stadia" and the impact it might have on the industry

[@ben.morris]

Wonderful analysis. This should be a series. It's really a vertical ecosystem with many companies. Since digital native, I'd be curious to see crypto play a tremendous role. Maybe get Ali talk about crypto and eSports?

[@JayS64]

Me being a technological caveman and not having played video games for decades possibly, I honestly thought I was unique in getting enjoyment watching others play. But I did my watching over a buddy's house, I had no idea there millions like me watching online.

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[@irgendwas8574]

good chat, but unfortunately only insightful for folks not familiar with this industry. you can see that everything is very new to them based on their game references.

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