Ep. 103: Bootstrapping to 100k app downloads w/ Calvin Konya from Linemate

The Betting Startups Podcast

Feb 20 2024 • 29 mins

Ep. 103 features Calvin Konya from Linemate, which is sports analytics for everyone.

Hear him discuss:

  • His vision for how Linemate will become “the Expedia of sports betting”
  • Iterating the Linemate product from its origins as a “research and analysis” tool to now helping users with “the discovery aspect” of betting
  • How they generated 100,000+ organic app downloads in the last year, half of which has come in the last 60 days
  • Using customer feedback loops to continually iterate and improve the product
  • Co-founding Linemate with his brother, and how they’ve been able to manage that dynamic as business partners
  • Bootstrapping Linemate through its first two years, and how he’s now thinking about capitalizing the next stage of growth
  • Which other companies and products in the space he finds most impressive
  • His best restaurant recommendations in Montreal

Learn more 👇

➡️ Linemate website

➡️ Calvin Konya on Linkedin

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