Drew Dinkmeyer - Dominating NBA Daily Fantasy and the Importance of Therapy + Charity

We Do A Little

In this episode of We Do a Little, we are joined by Drew Dinkmeyer. Drew is the head of NBA at Establish the Run, one of the highest winning DFS players in the world, and overall charitable chad. We dive into his background doing qualitative research in investment banking, his lifelong love of fantasy sports and gambling history, playing collegiate tennis, and so much more.
0:00 Intro
3:00 How did you get into tennis?
5:08 Learnings from the qualitative side of research
10:00 First exposure to Fantasy sports
13:01 When was the last time you cared about baseball?
20:05 Controlling a lobby and other DFS vibes
22:30 Going all-in on obvious good spots
27:30 How did you meet Peter Jennings and Adam Levitan
32:00 Were you always sportsbetting?
35:40 What are the big differences between sportsbetting and DFS?
42:20 How to deal with negative feedback
54:35 How have you evolved to stay ahead of the curve in DFS?
59:30 Winning the milly maker
1:03:40 Ownership projections and optimizers
1:09:10 Best Ball
1:20:05 Favorite teams and people to watch?
1:33:02 How did the Wellymaker start? (charity water)
1:44:50 What are your hobbies outside of sports?
1:48:15 How did The Solver come about?
1:52:53 What would the title of your autobiography be?
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