Last event, we talked about blockchain and crypto with Denise Matthews, Operations Manager at GSX Blockchain Innovation Centre. Time to pick up where we left off talking to the CEO of one of the companies disrupting the sports contracts industry: Globatalent.
Sunil Bhardwaj, Ex Chairman of some clubs in the ACB (Professional Basketball association), CMO of MediaPro and at Formula1 & Club de Polo de Barcelona, is now the CEO of Globatalent.
Ezpays
CEO and Founder
Sunil is a serial entrepreneur since 2002, he has some fails and 3 exits throughout his professional career. He went from combining his passion for the professional world of basketball, being the youngest General Director of the ACB at the age of 24, to the creation of companies focused on improving it, such as an online platform for buying tickets and access to stadiums, an investment fund in…
Sunil is a serial entrepreneur since 2002, he has some fails and 3 exits throughout his professional career. He went from combining his passion for the professional world of basketball, being the youngest General Director of the ACB at the age of 24, to the creation of companies focused on improving it, such as an online platform for buying tickets and access to stadiums, an investment fund in athletes, and the Globatalent foundation that helped him gain a foothold in the fintech world. Globatalent is a neobank for people who like sports and entertainment.
Currently, he is focused on the development and leadership of Ezpays, an open banking platform for account-to-account payments.
He has been in the fintech sector for almost 10 years and in recent years, he has been specializing in the evolution of the fintech world, giving several conferences, especially in the world of open banking, he has also been selected for programs such as the Fintech Alliance in London, the Startupbootcamp Australia 2020 or have attended congresses such as Money 20/20.
Sunil has his own pro bono program to mentor young entrepreneurs, he is in love with continuous learning, especially in fields such as innovation strategies, growth hacking, neuromarketing or leadership strategies and when he is not working, he likes to practice triathlon and train for his next Hombre de Hierro.
Globaltalent
Founder
See Bio
Startup Grind Andorra
Co-Director
See Bio
Ex-jugador profesional de Baloncesto entre los años 1984 y 2002, jugó en el F.C. Barcelona, Joventut de Badalona y Panathinaikos de Atenas Internacional. Jugó para el equipo olímpico 156 veces y cuenta con infinidad de títulos y reconocimientos deportivos, tanto individuales como colectivos.
Sin embargo, Ferran Martinez supo dar el salto al mundo de los negocios con éxito. Cursó estudios de programación e informática, así como análisis financiero y mercados de renta variable (CEF). Posee un E-MBA (La Salle, Universidad Ramón Llull, Barcelona, y Saint Mary 's University (San Francisco, EE.UU.)). Tras su retirada del deporte de alta competición, ha creado y ha dirigido unidades de negocio destinadas al asesoramiento y gestión de altos patrimonios de deportistas de élite y "Celebrity" en los grupos financieros UBS, Banco Sabadell, Mirabaud y Andbank.
Actualmente se ha especializado en la creación de startups tecnológicas, en los campos blockchain, Fintech, o quantum computing. Es socio y CEO de la compañía Dekaland y fundador de Globatalent (empresa blockchain de la industria del deporte). Así mismo, es socio de las empresas Entanglement Partners, consultora sobre computación cuántica, Fangazing, Lánzame Capital y World-Mastery (e-learning). Ha escrito cinco libros de "management", coaching y finanzas, y es conferenciante y coach. Colabora con la CEA (Confederación Empresarial de Andorra) como embajador económico para Estados Unidos, y asesora a la Federación de Andorra de Fútbol y al Gobierno de Andorra en temas de innovación.
CMO & co-founder at MarsBased, and Regional Director at Startup Grind for Southern EU.
MarsBased is a full-remote development consultancy from Barcelona specialised in web and mobile applications developed with Ruby on Rails, AngularJS and Ionic. Àlex runs the sales/marketing area and is in charge of communications & growth of the company.
In barely 2 years, he's done:
- 5-digit contracts within weeks of having launched the company.
- 6-digit contracts eight months after the creation of the company.
- Grown the company (LLC) to 10 full-time employees & 5 freelancers.
- International clients from three different continents, hailing from USA, Germany, Spain, Abu Dhabi, France, UK, Singapore and Finland.
- Providers for development of the core product for some of their clients.
- Featured in press for some of their outstanding projects like the Barcelona Startup Map, among others.
In 2015, Àlex became responsible for the expansion of the Startup Grind brand in Southern Europe (Portugal, Spain, Italy, Austria, Switzerland)
His background in consulting & development (ex-Deloitte, ex-VASS) and his international profile helps him with the technical and the business perspective.
Crowdland Technology / Digital Nomads
Director
View Profile