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Tag Archives: Flutter
Meet Nigel Eccles, a veteran of UK’s betting exchange industry, and an innovator.
Nigel Eccles (HudBud CEO – Previously with McKinsey, Betdaq, and BetFair-Flutter) HubDub is developing a web application which will change the way people discover, track and interact with news stories. His startup: HubDub – (What they are brewing: a news … Continue reading
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Tagged Betdaq, BetFair, CEO, Flutter, HubDub, HudBud, HudBud CEO, Nigel Eccles, prediction markets, social news aggregation site, United Kingdom, United States, web application
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Person-to-person freeform betting
Some time ago on Midas Oracle there was reference to flutter.com as one of the first sites that allowed users to create their own markets. I was lucky enough to be a product manager with flutter from mid-2000 through to … Continue reading
Posted in All Guest Authors's Posts, Analysis (Industry), Betting, Entrepreneurship, History, Internet Marketing - Internet Commerce
Tagged At sports, BetFair, broadband, Flutter, GBP, internet entrepreneurs, internet savvy audience, internet-savvy members, online users, people online times, prediction markets, product manager, Scotland, U.K. government, United Kingdom, United States, USD
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Guess where Flutter founder Vince Monical is working right now??
At Google, of course. As “Director of Commerce and Analytics”. – Flutter was bought out by BetFair in December 2001 —a “merger”, they said. – Justin Wolfers knows Vince Monical too well. PDF
Two vivid British teens give you a tour of BetFair.
From Andrew Black’s blog (the co-founder of BetFair). George and Ned during their summer 2007 internship at BetFair (which lasted one week): — George and Ned: We met Kirsten Rawlings who is in charge of the [usability] project. She showed … Continue reading