The Diligent Observer Podcast Episode 4: Where the Magic Happens: Sports, Media, and Culture | Geoffrey Cheng
Geoffrey Cheng is the Investment Manager for Comcast SportsTech. Before working at Comcast SportsTech, he was lucky enough to work alongside entrepreneurs and management teams from seed stage to growth stage. He's been one of the first employees at a startup, worked at a media investment advisory firm (where he worked on deals impacting over $750M in total assets), and spent time with dozens of startups as investor, advisor, and ad-hoc fundraising guru.
During our conversation, he discusses:
- The transition from computational biology to investment management
- Building key partnerships and strategy at Comcast SportsTech
- The essence of impact in his career approach
- Differentiating factors in sports and media investments
- Importance of establishing key partnerships in the sports industry
- Current trends like the intersection of gaming and sports
- Advice for angel investors in sports-related deals
- The cultural influence of sports and media
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Stuff We Reference
- Triller
- Tiktok
- Comcast
- Premier League
- PGA Tour
- NASCAR
- University of Notre Dame
- NFL
- NBA
- FIFA
- Salesforce
- Ryan Reynolds buys Wrexham
- Ferguson | Michael Brown
- Azure
- Amazon
- Arsenal
- Chelsea
- Sky
- Peacock
- Call of Duty
- Fortnite
- Roblox
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