From DEI pioneer to startup champion, Kelly Kehn joins the MaxBet Podcast to talk about what it takes to build in gaming right now. Kelly has spent more than two decades in iGaming and co-founded the All-In Diversity Project.

She's now working with Defy the Odds alongside Sue Schneider and Paris Smith, supporting founders and helping open doors that have not always been open.

We get into:

Building startups in gaming and where people get stuck

Managing risk when everything is moving fast

Culture, and what happens when people feel comfortable speaking up

The difference between saying you value diverse perspectives and creating space for them

What Defy the Odds is doing behind the scenes

On this episode of MaxBet Podcast, Martina Åkerlund breaks down what actually drives company culture and why so many leaders get it wrong. As CEO of Elevated Edge, Martina works directly with founders and leadership teams to build companies that perform without burning out their people.

This conversation gets into the real issues and what actually happens inside teams when leadership avoids hard decisions, not what companies say about culture.

In this episode, you'll find: Why high performers can quietly damage culture The risk of keeping the wrong people for the sake of results Why culture always starts at the top The leadership habit that can undo years of progress Hiring for potential vs hiring for performance How to make hard decisions without losing respect Why numbers alone are not enough to scale a company What sustainable leadership actually looks like

What is DraftKings actually paying attention to right now… and what does that mean for the rest of the industry?

In Episode 1 of WTF?! with IGI, MaxBet sits down with a Director from UNLV's International Gaming Institute to break down the trends shaping gaming behind the scenes.

We get into what suppliers should be building over the next 3 years, what is actually working in persistent games, and how student-created ideas are making it onto real casino floors.

Some of those same ideas are even catching the attention of DraftKings inside IGI's innovation lab.

If you care about where gaming is going next, this is the stuff you want to be paying attention to.