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100 Thieves is one of the few esports orgs to look to Silicon Valley for investment – and it’s paying off. Hear from former pro gamer and 100 Thieves CEO and founder Matthew “Nadeshot” Haag and 100 Thieves co-owner Scooter Braun on how they built a brand worth more than $160 million that turns fans…

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100 Thieves is one of the few esports orgs to look to Silicon Valley for investment – and it’s paying off. Hear from former pro gamer and 100 Thieves CEO and founder Matthew “Nadeshot” Haag and 100 Thieves co-owner Scooter Braun on how they built a brand worth more than $160 million that turns fans into ambassadors.

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  1. SportTrik

    October 6, 2019 at 10:49 am

    She has to be one of the worst interviewers I have ever seen

    • luvwwe

      October 6, 2019 at 10:11 pm

      not an esport interview it a business interview mate she asked amazing questions considering the audience in attendance

    • SportTrik

      October 7, 2019 at 12:53 am

      @luvwwe Wasn’t speaking to the esports side. Was seeking how she didn’t cover an basics of the company and show what the brand is doing in one of the largest growing industries. Also I was speaking from a business perspective, I never watch “esports interviews”. Also if you watch she tries to act like its a “esports interview talking about how women get harassed by playing and other entrapping questions.

    • Jonathan Keller

      October 7, 2019 at 7:56 pm

      You right. Biased leading questions and very pointed

    • Watchdog

      October 8, 2019 at 10:19 am

      @luvwwe

      Clamining that there aren’t any physical difference between men and women when it comes to gaming when there clearly is.

    • BlueChipDinero

      October 14, 2019 at 7:16 pm

      luvwwe she asked why women didn’t compete the World Cup trying to imply that there is extreme sexism in esports which is just not the case. The fact that the thought “Oh this is a great question to ask a leader in this space” crossed her mind makes her suck

  2. DmK u4

    October 6, 2019 at 12:34 pm

    ”Nadeshot” We want to grow the apparel business, THEN MAKE SURE YOU DONT SELL OUT IN 1 MINUTE!

    • Bandit Leader

      October 6, 2019 at 5:19 pm

      When you sell out in means you have more customers than products, and therefore when you restock you put it more than you had before. Selling out in 1 minute is a good thing. Why produce a supply of 10k when maybe only 1k are gonna buy? You dont. You produce 1k and if it sells out you then make 2k then 4k then 8k etc

  3. RAH

    October 6, 2019 at 9:07 pm

    Nadaeshot is semi articulate. He just knows how to explain himself without pausing

  4. Complex Matt

    October 7, 2019 at 2:37 am

    100Thieves playing it smart not getting in the CDL, sometimes its okay to ask for less (word to silicon valley) and by not getting that $25M spot 100T isnt overshooting itself

  5. Stone

    October 7, 2019 at 7:10 am

    Does anyone know who they are talking about at 15:45 ?

    • That one guy

      October 8, 2019 at 1:07 pm

      It was Nickmercs, a fortnite player

    • dtupy08

      October 8, 2019 at 2:43 pm

      @That one guy don’t think it was Nick, they said was in the process of recruiting. Nick was on 100T, unless they are just obscuring the story to hide who it was

    • GRAPH1X

      October 8, 2019 at 4:56 pm

      @That one guy No bro, nick mercs wasnt the best at fortnite. Theyre referring to another person. just watch this:

    • Petar P

      October 11, 2019 at 7:24 pm

      Pretty sure it was someone from the CS team they signed early 2018, I forget their gamertag

    • Purpose

      October 17, 2019 at 3:26 am

      It was Ferocity he said the N Word and the Har Er back in bo3 when he was 16.

  6. casey roggow

    October 7, 2019 at 3:05 pm

    nickmercs got owned

  7. Golden Faithage

    October 7, 2019 at 4:29 pm

    100T Bjergsen? Yeah or Nah that’s all we care about.

  8. Paradox

    October 8, 2019 at 6:54 am

    bullshit Call of Duty ins’t integral to the popularity of the brand. only dumb thing i heard from the interviewer…

  9. Watchdog

    October 8, 2019 at 10:18 am

    There is something physical separating men from women, men have better reaction time:

    Women choose differently, why can’t these scum get that? There isn’t any culture holding them down or stopping them from competing in games, that has already been debunked so many times. MEN AND WOMEN ARE DIFFERENT! Stop being so intolerant and understand that!

  10. Ender

    October 9, 2019 at 8:19 am

    The interviewer is so awkward

  11. Aran

    October 9, 2019 at 9:23 pm

    this was a 10/10 great watch, two GOAT’s <3

  12. WG Mojo

    October 9, 2019 at 9:49 pm

    21:03 confusing Nickmercs with Nick Eh 30

  13. Cody Jordan

    October 10, 2019 at 3:28 pm

    i do not think she is correct about her women playing games argument.

    • christian duval

      October 14, 2019 at 4:32 pm

      Cody Jordan false

  14. Ricardo Quinones

    October 11, 2019 at 1:35 am

    At this point. 100t is way ahead of the game especially with Mathew paving the way for the new generation. the whole gaming industry is going to change drastically. If anything he’s accomplished more than any other gaming CEO.

  15. carl

    October 12, 2019 at 12:12 am

    Damn Scooter really popped off when he defended Nade

  16. BlueChipDinero

    October 14, 2019 at 7:11 pm

    This interviewer sucks. When she said there where no women at the fortnite World Cup I wanted to punch her through my screen. Girls did not qualify, they could not compete simple as that if you wanna okay at the top level beat all the ppl at the top it’s not that complicated and has nothing to do with sexism, you just can’t shoot straight

  17. Sam Galvin

    October 15, 2019 at 8:41 pm

    Nade is THE professional. Knows what face to wear and when to wear it. I am not calling it an act we all have different faces we show to different people and this man in the professional sense is doing it all right.

  18. James Connelly

    October 15, 2019 at 11:19 pm

    She was lowkey throwing shots the entire interview and that’s really disrespectful.

    • cody keane

      October 17, 2019 at 3:07 pm

      She wasn’t she complimented them on building a huge org so fast multiple times, she’s just asking the tough questions that need to be asked. This isn’t a YouTube podcast it’s about business people aren’t traveling there to hear him say “well I can’t really talk about that”. She did really well.

  19. Adrian

    October 16, 2019 at 5:31 am

    I wonder who the player was the Nade was about to sign.

    • SEPTiMiUS YT

      October 19, 2019 at 7:36 pm

      Adrian tfue

    • Joe Hatton

      October 20, 2019 at 6:37 pm

      @SEPTiMiUS YT probably not. Tfues never said anything that bad on stream

    • Ricky vazquez

      October 22, 2019 at 6:03 am

      @Joe Hatton I love tfue but he did say the N word like 2 months ago. But also curses a lot lol but I fuck with Turner so fuck it. But could be him

  20. Ray Dingo

    October 17, 2019 at 9:09 am

    Why are woman interviewers so awkward, with their feminist bullshit

  21. somistyy

    October 17, 2019 at 7:19 pm

    17:15 oof here comes 4chan

  22. Dazzer

    October 19, 2019 at 9:21 am

    The ladies fortnite world cup female argument made 0 sense. You had to qualify to get there. There’s no “culture”. If a girl was good enough, she would’ve qualified. Fortnite can’t control who qualifies for the events. Stupid she tried to push an agenda on Matt, but love how he shot her down with straight facts “talent is talent regardless of gender”. If a man is the best at that job, he will get it. If a woman is best at that job, she will get it.

  23. navyman4

    October 20, 2019 at 3:13 am

    The only reason I’m here is because I’m sick of seeing Matthew Haag’s punchable face every 5min on Twitch advertising those damn Tostitos.

  24. Joseph's Channel

    October 23, 2019 at 5:03 pm

    I hate her voice. She sounds jealous of the lavish lifestyle and sounds like a sad human being

  25. Calamityking

    October 25, 2019 at 7:37 pm

    I really did not like the host. She look disinterested and I felt like she was belittling nadeshot and scooter. But nonetheless she had some good questions

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