Geoff Moore, President and CEO at Team Envy joins John Davidson in charting a path in respecting the power of Time and always working to solve problems, both personally and professionally. It’s not every day when a 26-year-old is in charge of a $200+M dollar construction project, and it’s not every day that being the right resource at the right time can propel you into trips around the world for your job.

Geoff shares his life stories and keen insights into the move to esports its potential post-pandemic era.

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Full Episode Breakdown:

0:00 Intros and THE very first intern of the Dallas Sports Commission

2:11 Building a fan base and working with executives, Jim Lights and Jeff Kogan, who were young in their 30’s and understood how to leverage the connection between NHL and love of hockey

5:04 Time is one of the most powerful forces in the universe – Alfred Einstein – How this applies to the growth of esports in the next 50-60 years

6:00 Geoff’s experience when he joined the Dallas International Sports Commission and growing up with his father, the “family business” and the opportunities out of downturn in fortunes.

10:23 Mistakes in applying for a job after college – Don’t attach your graduate school transcript. Or was it really a bad idea?

11:19 Weighing options between $5 sports internship or $50K and a car and following his interests into the internship with the support of his brother and father. Brothers are best friends for life!

16:10 What it was like to work at Dallas International Sports Commission. 

17:39 How many degrees needed or not needed to run the copier machine

18:14 The story of Roger Staubach and the Dallas Stars with the help of professorial researcher who was a human “Google.”

23:45 The tone deafness of helping the team move to Dallas

24:52 Working with the Owner and President Norm Green and setting up the arena through France time zone

26:28 Jim Lights joins as President and getting “fired” at 26 years old and then getting a raise

29:03 Reinforces that Geoff’s dedication to the goal and achieving results is similar to the story of his daughter, Alexandria picking a donkey to donate through the World Vision in Africa charity

30:33 Importance of solving problems for the company and it takes care of his personal problems. Present yourself on how you can help solve his challenges. He’s not a mother and doesn’t grant wishes.

33:21 Differences in creating lasting connections personally versus for the company. The importance of creating different types of relationships and education opportunities, but also the value of long term relationships with talent that matches the need of the business.

38:21 Move to Circuit of the Americas through Jim Lights and Jeff Cogan

39:43 Story with Tony Tavares and his advice to Geoff and the opportunity to move to Austin for F1

43:11 Traveling to Australia, England and staying old castles and star gazing Andy Roddick, Brooklyn Decker 

44:25 Steve Sexton and his influence- Don’t ask for the same things you’re always doing and think bigger

48:33 Next phase with HKS and reconnecting relationships and multi-billion dollar projects

50:40 Shay Butler and career decisions

52:02 Planning the Stanley Cup parade, with shout outs to Phaedra, Barry Andrews, Christie Cheryl, Barry’s assistant, Clyde Watts

53:29 Craig Ludwig and Pantera, winning the Stanley Cup and playing in the parade

55:00 Getting into esports and advice he gave Shay on creating something out of nothing

1:00:20 What should esports teams be in twenty years and looking at what they need to achieve to get there. You need a plan and communicate.

1:01:41 Geoff’s vision of the future of events and untethering structure, process, from traditional sports1:06:32 “You can only love something that can love you back…And so that’s what these teams do for brands…”