There’s no other perfect guest for the Esports Futuri E-Zine Podcast than the founder of Esports Futuri and MAP Esports, Jacob Miles.

Jacob shares his incredible story of going from growing up in the projects to working in engineering, to eventually Kenner Toys. It was at Kenner where he met a man you may know named George Lucas and was part of the team who developed the toys for Star Wars.

Jacob shares why he has such a passion for esports and gaming, and what’s to come not only for this industry but this incredible company that he’s building.

Full Episode Breakdown:

1:19 – Meeting Jacob Miles, and hearing his story from poverty to creating the first Star Wars toys

4:29 – Jacob’s introduction to the world of gaming and esports, and why he fell in love with it immediately.

5:30 – The time when Jacob met George Lucas, and how the initial idea came for the Star Wars toys.

8:04 – What was it that made Jacob want to create something like MAP Esports? How his life went from games to gaming.

12:20 – Jacob’s tips and tricks for growing a company (as he’s now done it several times).

14:01 – What Jacob sees happening in the next year.

16:20 – What does the future of esports and gaming look like, and why we’re much closer to seeing a future like the movie ‘Minority Report’ than we think.

23:09 – The moment in Jacob’s life where he really felt he could get out of the projects.

27:47 – Jacob’s book that is soon to be published, and what drove the reason for him to write it.