Wang: Fantasy sports excel primarily as social connection tools
Nan Wang · More Than a Game: Why Are We Obsessed With Sports? · Jul 13, 2023 · at 27:18
Nan Wang, cofounder and CEO of Sleeper, explains why incumbent fantasy sports platforms failed to capture broader audiences by focusing narrowly on stats rather than friend group dynamics.
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“Fantasy by itself only taps into a small die-hard demographic, but that the underlying foundation of why people play, and frankly why people enjoy sports, is that they're craving a social experience with friends”
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