Best Unofficial Partner Podcasts (2025)

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UP518 Inside Edge: Harry Brook, George Pyne and the cricket agent business 53:04

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Inside Edge is our series on the business of cricket, presented with co-host Mike Jakeman. Our guest is Phil Weston, head of cricket at TGI Sport, the agency owned jointly by George Pyne's Bruin Sports Capital and Quadrant Private Equity. England star Harry Brook is one of an impressive roster of talent across both the male and female games, includ…

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Looking Ahead: Sage Partner Events, AI Reality Checks, and Predictions 45:12

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Doug, Matt, and Emily look ahead to Sage's upcoming Partner Summit in Orlando and discuss what to expect as the company kicks off fiscal year 2026. The conversation covers everything from AI implementation reality versus marketing speak to potential shifts in go-to-market strategy, price sensitivity in uncertain economic times, and why Sage is floo…

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From Regulation to Resilience: How CMA Champions California Lenders 1:27:01

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In this episode of Lender Lounge, host Kevin Kim sits down with Brad Laddusaw of SNL Capital Group and Brock VandenBerg of Talamar Financial for a dynamic discussion on the realities of private lending in California. Both guests bring unique perspectives—Brad as the President of the California Mortgage Association (CMA) and Brock as a seasoned fund…

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UP517 The Mark Oliver Heatmap: Global sport's investment hotspots 45:27

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Mark Oliver was the BBC's first head of strategy before creating Oliver and Ohlbaum in 1995, which remains one of the most influential media advisory boutiques in the market, with clients ranging from sports leagues and federations to media companies, tech platforms, venture capital firms and private equity groups. In this episode, Mark identifies …

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E502 | Manage Yourself to Lead Others with Margaret C. Andrews 32:26

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In this thought-provoking episode of the Ellevate Podcast, host Ally McDonald sits down with leadership expert, Harvard instructor, and MYLO Center founder Margaret C. Andrews for an honest, insightful conversation about what it truly means to lead. Drawing from her decades of research, teaching, and executive experience, Margaret shares the deeply…

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UP516 Smart Recruitment: The Brentford Model, in partnership with Indeed 54:17

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The story of Brentford is one of the most interesting and quoted case studies in European football over the last decade. The west London club been transformed on and off the pitch, from being saved from extinction by its own fans to a new era under the ownership of entrepreneur Matthew Benham. The club was promoted to the Premier League in 2021, ma…

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UP515 Other People's Money @ EY: Why is Big Sport so hard to disrupt? 1:08:01

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This is a special episode of Other People's Money is our regular series on sports investment which was recorded recently in front of an invited audience at the London headquarters of EY, the Big Four accounting and professional services group. Joining Richard and regular OPM co-host Matt Rogan were John Fallon and Vikram Banerjee. John Fallon was C…

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UP514: Inside Edge x The Big Idea: Does the advertising industry understand cricket? 59:39

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Nike, Drake and Beats have just released cricket themed campaigns. WTF? Is cricket cool? Richard asked Mike Jakeman and Simon Moore to list their best and worst cricket themed campaigns and the result is a conversation about cliches, tropes and cultural relevance. The following ads are referenced in the podcast. Beats by Dre 2025 https://www.linked…

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E501 | Moving Forward Towards an Unknown Future 31:04

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In this candid, tools-forward conversation, Ingrid Goldbloom Bloch—founder of Mosaic Careers—shares how to use design thinking to navigate real constraints and real possibilities. She explains why human problems aren’t linear, how to distinguish circumstances from thoughts, and how small reframes shift feelings, actions, and results. Ingrid introdu…

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UP513 The Bundle Live @ SPORTEL Monaco: F1 and Apple, Relevent's streamer pitch, D2C wtf? 44:35

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We took The Bundle to Monaco and recorded a live podcast on stage at Sportel, the famous sports media and technology marketplace. Joining Richard and regular co-host Murray Barnett were Glen Killane (EBU Sport), Peter Bellamy (Deltatre) and Louisa Clark (Queensberry Promotions). EPISODE SUMMARY Broadcasting live from Sportel Monaco's opening sessio…

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E500 | The Mindset of Modern Leadership 29:07

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Founder & CEO of Paravis Partners and host of HBR’s Coaching Real Leaders, Muriel M. Wilkins dives into the inner game of leadership: the beliefs that silently cap your impact. With Anusha, she demystifies adult development theory (it’s not change, it’s range), shows how to align mindset with increasing complexity, and walks through seven common li…

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UP512 Other People's Money: APEX, the athlete investor trend, Red Bull Ventures, Baller and TGL 55:39

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Joining Richard and Matt Rogan is António Caçorino, founder & CEO of APEX, the sports fund manager known for its roster of over 70 athletes across 15 sports and 30+ leagues. Famous names attached to the fund include Formula 1 drivers Lando Norris (McLaren), Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) and Valtteri Bottas, footballers Raphaël Varane (Manchester United/Fr…

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From Chaos to Clarity: Transforming Healthcare Finance 50:57

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Ximena Maynard, CFO of Legacy Management Group, shares how she consolidated 30 separate QuickBooks files across 11 nursing facilities into a unified Sage Intacct system. She discusses the unique compliance challenges in healthcare finance, from managing resident trust funds to navigating complex Medicaid billing, and tackles the industry's biggest …

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UP511 What Just Happened: P/E for RFL; BBC, golf and Bill Murray; The Ashes of TNT 55:35

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What Just Happened - Episode Summary Rugby League's Private Equity Play: Super League Seeks Investment The Rugby Football League is in talks with private equity firms, including Lion Cap Global and Oakwell Sports Advisory, about selling a stake in Super League. This comes 30 years after Super League's formation with Sky backing, yet the sport remai…

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E499 | The Power of Being Unstuck with Helen Hanison 25:50

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Host Anusha sits down with Helen Hanison—leadership speaker, former board-level PR director, and author of Unstuck: A Smart Guide to Purposeful Career Redesign—to decode what being “stuck” really looks like for high achievers. Helen shares her formula: start by acknowledging stuckness, then design a personal career compass (strengths, values, purpo…

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Q&A: Where players want to play, WSL attendances and Brazilian soccer 34:28

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Welcome to the second edition of our fortnightly podcast dedicated exclusively to answering YOUR questions! This week Matt is joined by Adrian Jacob to tackle what league you’d ideally play in if you’re one of the best players in the world; whether enough gameweeks have now passed for the WSL to be worried about attendances; and how Brazilian footb…

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UP510 Cause and Effect: The Sponsorship Effectiveness Revolution 58:28

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We went to the London offices of Sid Lee Sport to host Cause and Effect: Why sponsorship needs an effectiveness revolution. A live recording featuring industry professionals from across the sport sponsorship marketplace, who came together in front of an invited VIP audience to ask some big questions as sport's role as a marketing platform for brand…

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S5E11 | The Benefits of Balance Sheet Lending featuring Wes Carpenter 1:12:16

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Wes Carpenter, Managing Partner at Stormfield Capital, joins Kevin Kim in this episode of Lender Lounge. With a background in multifamily investing and over a decade in private lending, Wes shares the unique story of building Stormfield into a contrarian, institutional-grade lender. Unlike many of its peers, Stormfield operates as a true balance sh…

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UP509 Gareth Balch on the State of the Sports Economy in 2025 38:17

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Today's conversation was recorded at the Two Circles European Summit which took place a few weeks ago at the Institute of Engineering and Technology overlooking the Thames, next to the Savoy. Gareth Balch, founder and CEO of Two Circles is our guest, and as ever with Gareth, nothing was off limits, and its useful to periodically check in on what he…

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E498 | Brave on Purpose: Melanie Curtis Redefines What It Means to Take the Leap 31:37

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Host Anusha Harid-Paoletti sits down with author, activist, and world-record skydiver Melanie Curtis to reframe what fear really is—and how to act anyway. Melanie shares the mental playbook she uses from aircraft door to boardroom: identify fear’s signal, interrupt it with breath, name the sentence you’re believing, and choose a simple, confidence-…

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How are majority investments into "decoupled" clubs structured? 46:51

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UP508 What's Sport Selling? Hollingsworth on the state of the nation's health, flags, needles, government and the free market 52:53

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Why a $3M Construction Company Chose Sage Intacct 54:47

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Josh Smyser shares how he went from Big Four auditor to running his family's tuckpointing and restoration business after his father's death, growing TNT from $200K to over $6M in revenue. He explains why he chose Sage Intacct at just $3M in revenue, how he learned from a painful Sage 100 implementation to take control of his Intacct setup, and why …

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UP507 The YouTube Arguments 1:12:44

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Guests Jen Topping and Jo Redfern critique the arguments around sport’s relationship with the creator economy, the control v chaos philosophy divide inherent in digital IP monetisation and audience building, and the PR battles being waged for premium advertising among the big platforms. Plus, the Beano. Jen Topping’s Business of TV Substack newslet…

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E497 | Breaking the Money Taboo with Tiffany Irving 20:54

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In this episode of the Ellevate Podcast, host Anusha sits down with Tiffany Irving, Senior Vice President and Wealth Advisor at Mesirow Wealth Management, to talk about building wealth with purpose. Tiffany shares her path into financial advising, the importance of serving diverse communities, and her Three P’s approach—Prepare, Plan, Protect—as a …

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UP506 Chat_UP: LiveScore, Grok and how AI will disrupt sports betting 54:20

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Our guest is Sam Sadi, CEO of LiveScore Group, and a regular visitor on Unofficial Partner. Last week he announced a groundbreaking new partnership between the LiveScore sports content and betting platform and xAI, the Elon Musk owned social media platform's artificial intelligence company. This gives LiveScore access to X's data/content APIs and x…

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E496 | Fearless Leadership with Whitney Faires: How to Lead in a way that Inspires, Compels, and Influences. 33:39

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What separates good managers from leaders people line up to work for? In this energizing conversation, host Anusha sits down with Whitney Faires—internationally recognized coach, keynote speaker, and former senior executive at Intuitive Surgical who helped scale a $2B business line—to unpack the Courageous Leader Roadmap. Whitney shares the “Sunday…

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UP505 Inside Edge - T20 Women's World Cup 47:54

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This is Inside Edge, which is our cricket business podcast. Regular co-host Mike Jakeman is away this week, but our guests are Beth Barrett-Wild and Jen Vile from the ECB. Beth is the Tournament Director at ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2026 & Director of Women's Professional Game at ECB, and Jen Vile is Marketing Director at (ECB) So we are talking w…

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Q&A: Drinking in seats, betting sponsors and publishing models 50:03

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Welcome to our new fortnightly podcast dedicated exclusively to answering YOUR questions! This week Matt is joined by Charlotte Thomson tackling whether drinking alcohol in your seat is having any tangible impact; yes or no to betting sponsors in women’s football; and the commercial publishing mechanics for dedicated women’s sport media platforms. …

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The Mid-Market Integration Sweet Spot 49:11

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Scott Hollrah, founder of Venn Technology, shares war stories from a decade in the Sage Intacct integration space, including the gaming company employee who quit mid-project due to spreadsheet burnout. The conversation covers when businesses outgrow packaged solutions like the Advanced CRM connector, how automation serves as an employee retention t…

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UP504 What Just Happened: Inside IMG's farmhouse; Peter Thiel's Enhanced Games; Jamie Redknapp's new agency 1:00:45

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Three stories from a week in the sports business. James Emmett comes fresh from the IMG-Redbird Summit. David Cushnan on what and who lurks behind The Enhanced Games. Richard on Jamie Redknapp and Richard Thompson's new football agency. Unofficial Partner is the leading podcast for the business of sport. A mix of entertaining and thought provoking …

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E495 | The Foundation-First Playbook: A Practical Guide to No-Waste Marketing 28:14

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Award-winning marketing strategist and entrepreneur Sacha Awwa (Founder, SAMG; Co-founder, My Marketer Mentors) joins Anusha Harid-Paoletti to demystify why marketing feels complicated—and how to make it simple, measurable, and effective. Drawing on 22 years across the New York Times and high-growth startups, Sacha lays out a foundation-first appro…

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So then...where's this Lionesses "bump"? 52:41

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Today's episode of Expected Goals is the first of a new era for the podcast as Matt is joined by the first of his set of new rotating co-hosts. And it is Charlotte Thomson - a fountain of knowledge in brand positioning, sponsorship and fan culture - who is in the (other) hotseat. Most recently Charlotte was Head of Women's Football at COPA90, and s…

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S5E10 | From Fighting to Funding with "Sam" Sarkis Chivitchian 1:06:19

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"Sam" Sarkis Chivitchian is the founder and CEO of Secured Capital Lending, a direct private lending firm specializing in private money and hard money loan products — including fix and flip, construction loans, DSCR, commercial bridge, land loans, and asset-based financing. With over 20 years of experience in real estate and finance and more than 1…

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UP503 The Bundle: New season, new YouTube strategy; UFC's PPV exit; Agency collusion; Ligue1's Opening weekend 1:06:11

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Welcome to The Bundle, our regular series on the sports media and streaming marketplace with co-hosts Yannick Ramcke, General Manager of OTT at the streaming service OneFootball and Murray Barnett, founder of 26West Consulting and formerly of F1, World Rugby and ESPN International. Leaders Summit: 2 Weeks To Go Leaders in Sport connects the most in…

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E494 | Living Real in a Shallow World: Dr. Camille Preston on Leadership, Loss, and Lasting Change 22:10

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In this thought-provoking episode, host Anusha Harid-Paoletti sits down with Dr. Camille Preston, business psychologist and author of Living Real, to explore how leaders can navigate disruption, grief, and the “shallowing” of modern life. Drawing from her own journey through profound loss, Camille shares how avoiding hard conversations not only lim…

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UP502 What Just Happened: The IOC and Trump's America; PayPal and CEO branded content; UEFA's global decision 53:53

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The perfect weekend warm up. Richard is joined by Dave Cushnan and James Emmett from Leaders in Sport. Each picks a story of the week and asks, what just happened? Sponsored by: Women’s sport at Leaders Week Leaders in Sport connects the most influential people and the most powerful ideas in global sport to catalyse discussion, and drive the indust…

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UP501 What happens at Sportel, stays at Sportel 43:55

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SPORTEL Monaco takes place at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco October 20th to 22nd. It's been the world's leading sports content media rights and technology convention for more than 30 years. This episode asks, what will people be talking about as they network and do deals that will shape the sports business in 2026? Joining Richard are: Imran Yusuf -…

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MineralTree Partnership, AI Close Workspace & Enhanced Time Tracking 34:49

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Karen Penhallegon returns to break down Sage Intacct's latest release notes, covering the game-changing MineralTree partnership that finally gives users an end-to-end AP solution and the new AI-powered close workspace for early adopters. The team dives into long-awaited customer ideas like enhanced time tracking with overtime rules and customizable…

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UP500 What Just Happened: McLaren's valuation; New Newcastle CEO; Ryder Cup future 57:27

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Richard is joined by David Cushnan and James Emmett of Leaders. Three stories from this week in the sports business. What happened, why do we care and where's it going? What does McLaren F1's valuation say about F1? Who is David 'Dave' Hopkinson and what's the job of Premier League CEO today? What's the role of the Ryder Cup in the LIV era? Unoffic…

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E493 | Transforming Women's Health: A New Era of Advocacy with Katy Falco of the Foundation for Women's Health 32:08

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Katy Brodsky Falco is the Founder and Executive Director of the Foundation for Women's Health. She comes to this work through an equity lens, having worked in criminal justice reform for 20 years. After surviving both HELLP syndrome and breast cancer, Katy was horrified to learn about the long history of inequities in rigorous research of women’s h…

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UP499 TKO, On Location and the World Cup hospitality market 56:59

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Today's guest Paul Caine is the President of On Location, the premium experiential hospitality division of TKO Group Holdings (NYSE: TKO). Under his leadership, OnLocation has become the global leader in sports and entertainment hospitality, managing premium experiences for over 150 rightsholders including the NFL, NCAA, UFC, IOC, FIFA, and PGA of …

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Some MAJOR Expected Goals news... 50:45

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In this week’s Expected Goals Maggie and Matt give some exciting updates about the future of Expected Goals - which if you’ve been reading the news you might be expecting! There's also a case study on NWSL expansion franchise Bay FC, and they step outside their bubble for a listener question about what football might learn from the current Women’s …

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UP498 Other People's Money: Does Debt have a Branding Problem? 46:47

2M ago46:47

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Today we are talking Other People's Money, this is our regular series on sports finance with regular co-host Matt Rogan, who was of course one of the Co-Founders of Two Circles. Today's guest is a special one is Ed McBride, who is Managing Director of UK Investment Banking at Deutsche Bank, one of the City's most prolific and successful deal maker…

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Who Are We? Meet Doug, Emily, and Matt 42:57

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This bonus episode pulls back the curtain on how The Unofficial Sage Intacct Podcast came together and who the hosts really are beyond their professional roles. Doug, Emily, and Matt discuss what's going well and what's been challenging in 2025, reveal some unexpected personal hobbies and interests, and reflect on their mid-year wins and upcoming t…

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Lots of investment conversations, not many deals - here's why 51:42

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As another major fund to buy women’s football teams launches, Maggie and Matt ask the question: why haven’t we seen any news of deals closing? They also analyse the English Football Association's new National League strategy for the women’s game, and see what impact it will have for club football outside the top-tiers, and answer a listener questio…

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UP497 'Buy It or Build It': Simon Denyer on the Billion-Dollar Sports Media Playbook 1:14:47

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As co-founder of Perform and DAZN, Simon Denyer has spent the last twenty years at the intersection of sport, media, and technology. Last week he brokered an innovative new relationship between La Liga and Disney+ via his new company PEAK Sports Media. This is a conversation about the big picture of sport's relationship with the major digital platf…

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What drives more sponsorship revenue for clubs - standalone or bundled deals? 51:21

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Off the back of a new NWSL club sponsorship report that found the NWSL’s 14 clubs generated $75 million in sponsorship revenue for the 2024 season, Maggie and Matt compare and contrast and see where WSL clubs benefit and are restricted by being part of a men's team's sponsorship proposition. Matt also tweaks his ranking of the factors influencing s…

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Inside Edge - Peter Hutton on Cricket, India and the rights market 1:05:44

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This is an episode of Inside Edge, our series on the cricket business with regular co-host Mike Jakeman. Today's guest is Peter Hutton, and nobody knows more about the relationship between television and cricket than Peter Hutton. Strap yourselves in, this is a masterclass. This episode of the Unofficial Partner podcast is brought to you by Sid Le…

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How Bill is Redefining Financial Automation 44:53

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Richard Corn, Director of Product Management at Bill, joins Doug and Emily to discuss how financial teams can break free from manual processes and embrace true automation. A former CPA turned product leader, Richard shares real-world transformation stories, including how Mark Cuban Companies eliminated their paper AP workflows, and explains why the…