E1H: The Sports & Entertainment Entrepreneurs Podcast

In this E1H Overtime, founders from the E1H cohort put their questions to Coventry City owner Doug King, before producer Dawn Barnable takes him through a quickfire round. In this episode: Making your own opportunities, and why you need a goal When to take advice, and when to tune it out What comes after Moneyball, with E1H Cohort 2 founder Charlie Bloxham of Blastball Building a global fanbase beyond the Premier League, with E1H Cohort 3 founder Amr El Beheiry of Fanzword Building Coventry City fandom through collaborations, from F1 to music The documentary he turned down, and why The player he'd most love to see in a Coventry City shirt Why the stadium could be a better business than the football club His entrepreneurial hot take, and the founder he'd swap jobs with for a week The everyday brand he'd love to take on Why he wouldn't give his younger self any advice Hosted by: Jamie Cunningham, E1H Produced by: Dawn Barnable, Mettleset Studios Production Assistant: Blake Cotterrell E1H: The Sports & Entertainment Entrepreneurs Podcast features inspirational conversations with the trailblazing entrepreneurs shaping global sport and entertainment. Brought to you by E1H, the Abu Dhabi ecosystem fast-tracking sports and entertainment entrepreneurs, backed by Ethara and ONETOWATCH. Find our guest, and us, online: Doug King: Coventry City E1H: LinkedIn | Instagram Charlie Bloxham: LinkedIn | Blastball Amr El Beheiry: LinkedIn | Fanzword Jamie Cunningham Dawn Barnable Listen on Apple Podcasts Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After 30 years trading commodities, Doug King was looking for a way to give back when the chance to buy Coventry City came up. This April, the Sky Blues returned to the Premier League for the first time in 25 years. Host Jamie Cunningham asks Doug what it really takes to buy a football club, run it properly, and leave it in a better place than he found it. In this episode: The plan to give back that led him to a football club Why it was always Coventry or nothing What eight-dollar oil taught a young commodities trader The bright idea that reunited the club with its stadium The toughest call of his ownership, and why he faced the fans live Recruiting like a trader: chasing four-to-one odds, and why player trading is the only model that makes sense Building a winning culture by caring for players and their families Winning back three generations of missing fans Why he's not in it forever, and what he wants to leave behind Stay for E1H Overtime, where founders from the E1H cohort put their questions to Doug before a quickfire round with producer Dawn Barnable. E1H: The Sports & Entertainment Entrepreneurs Podcast features inspirational conversations with the trailblazing entrepreneurs shaping global sport and entertainment. Brought to you by E1H, the Abu Dhabi ecosystem fast-tracking sports and entertainment entrepreneurs, backed by Ethara and ONETOWATCH. Find our guest, and E1H, online: Doug King: Coventry City E1H: LinkedIn | Instagram Jamie Cunningham Dawn Barnable Listen on Apple Podcasts Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this E1H Overtime, producer Dawn Barnable and the E1H cohort put HYROX co-founder Moritz Fürste through a quickfire Q&A. In this episode: A question from E1H Cohort 3 founder Maria Pirela of Fit Calendar: what makes a gym partnership work or fail? Why Mo thinks gyms could become the new sports club What surprised him most about the HYROX journey The businesses he borrows from, and why he doesn't believe in role models His entrepreneurial hot take His daily non-negotiables The company he'd swap jobs with for a week His advice to his younger self Hosted by: Jamie Cunningham, E1H Produced by: Dawn Barnable, Mettleset Studios Production Assistant: Blake Cotterrell E1H: The Sports & Entertainment Entrepreneurs Podcast features inspirational conversations with the trailblazing entrepreneurs shaping global sport and entertainment. Brought to you by E1H, the Abu Dhabi ecosystem fast-tracking sports and entertainment entrepreneurs, backed by Ethara and ONETOWATCH. Find our guest, and us, online: Moritz Fürste: LinkedIn | Instagram | HYROX E1H: LinkedIn | Instagram Maria Pirela: LinkedIn | Fit Calendar Jamie Cunningham Dawn Barnable Listen on Apple Podcasts Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In 2017, Olympic hockey gold medallist Moritz Fürste co-founded HYROX in Hamburg, where 650 people raced the first event. Today it's a global sport with millions of participants. Host Jamie Cunningham asks Mo how a gap in the gym world became a global sport. In this episode: The lawsuit behind the HYROX name, and what HYROX could have been named Why the gym network went from marketing cost to revenue stream What three Olympic Games taught him about business The founder partnership that works, and why Buying back the majority from Infront, with L Catterton and WndrCo Facing the backlash after the incident in China The road towards the Olympics Stay for E1H Overtime, a quickfire Q&A with producer Dawn Barnable and a question from the E1H cohort. E1H: The Sports & Entertainment Entrepreneurs Podcast features inspirational conversations with the trailblazing entrepreneurs shaping global sport and entertainment. Brought to you by E1H, the Abu Dhabi ecosystem fast-tracking sports and entertainment entrepreneurs, backed by Ethara and ONETOWATCH. Find our guest, and E1H, online: Moritz Fürste: LinkedIn | Instagram | HYROX E1H: LinkedIn | Instagram Jamie Cunningham Dawn Barnable Listen on Apple Podcasts Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this E1H Overtime, founders from the E1H cohort put their questions to Two Circles co-founder Gareth Balch, before producer Dawn Barnable takes him through a quickfire round. In this episode: Keeping young talent in sport, with E1H Cohort 2 founder Leanna Newman of The People Agency The one trait he looks for when hiring Lessons from the track and advice to his younger self, with E1H Cohort 1 founder François Chabaudie of NEOMA What sports organisations still get wrong about fans, with E1H Cohort 3 founder Bubs Felix of ShePlayz Sport His dream client, and the businesses he most admires His entrepreneurial hot take The business he'd start in his next life The biggest opportunity in sport that not enough people are paying attention to The habit he wishes he'd never dropped Hosted by: Jamie Cunningham, E1H Produced by: Dawn Barnable, Mettleset Studios Production Assistant: Blake Cotterrell E1H: The Sports & Entertainment Entrepreneurs Podcast features inspirational conversations with the trailblazing entrepreneurs shaping global sport and entertainment. Brought to you by E1H, the Abu Dhabi ecosystem fast-tracking sports and entertainment entrepreneurs, backed by Ethara and ONETOWATCH. Find our guest, and us, online: Gareth Balch: LinkedIn | Two Circles E1H: LinkedIn | Instagram Leanna Newman: LinkedIn | The People Agency François Chabaudie: LinkedIn | NEOMA Bubs Felix: LinkedIn | ShePlayz Sport Jamie Cunningham Dawn Barnable Listen on Apple Podcasts Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Fifteen years ago, former GB 800m runner Gareth Balch co-founded Two Circles around a kitchen table. Today it's a global sports marketing business with more than 1,000 people in 10 offices, working with FIFA, UEFA, the Premier League and the NFL.Host Jamie Cunningham asks Gareth how putting fans first is at the core of his mission to build the defining sports marketing business of this era. In this episode: Why fandom is outgrowing the world economy What the track taught him about building a business The kitchen table where it all started, and where it is today The three-year plan that set the bar, and what happened next Two Circles' ownership chapters, and why he won't use the word “exit” The one rule that keeps clients coming back Why there's no head of AI at Two Circles How fast women's sport fandom can really grow Stay for E1H Overtime, where founders from the E1H cohort put their questions to Gareth before a quickfire round with producer Dawn Barnable. E1H: The Sports & Entertainment Entrepreneurs Podcast features inspirational conversations with the trailblazing entrepreneurs shaping global sport and entertainment. Brought to you by E1H, the Abu Dhabi ecosystem fast-tracking sports and entertainment entrepreneurs, backed by Ethara and ONETOWATCH. Find our guest, and E1H, online: Gareth Balch: LinkedIn | Two Circles The Fan Economy 2026 report E1H: LinkedIn | Instagram Jamie Cunningham Dawn Barnable Listen on Apple Podcasts Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Introducing The Sports & Entertainment Entrepreneurs Podcast. Host Jamie Cunningham, entrepreneur and E1H co-founder, shares what’s ahead: inspiring conversations with the trailblazing founders shaping sport and entertainment, unpacking the journey, motivations and secrets behind their success. Each episode also features E1H Overtime, a quickfire Q&A where Dawn Barnable and E1H founders question the guest. Brought to you by E1H, the Abu Dhabi eco-system fast-tracking sports and entertainment entrepreneurs, backed by Ethara and OneToWatch. www.e1h.biz/en/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.