{"podcast":{"title":"The iGaming Leader","slug":"the-igaming-leader-7100266","podcast_index_feed_id":7100266,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/the-igaming-leader","website_url":"https://www.igamingleader.com/","image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/p_66xt8SvQqZJ1aZxk8F1xFxVlpsh9f4siiOobOvnIY/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9lNTg1/MTBkYjJjNjA5MTU2/ZWFkZDc3OGI4MDgx/NDRmOC5wbmc.jpg","author":"Leo Judkins, Founder - iGaming Leader Mastermind","episode_count":58,"summary":"The iGaming Leader is hosted by Leo Judkins, founder of The iGaming Leader Mastermind. Every other week, Leo sits down with Founders, C-suite executives, and VPs from across the iGaming industry for conversations you won't hear on a conference panel. The real decisions. The hard calls. What leadership actually looks like from the inside. No keynote polish. No PR answers. Just honest conversations between people who know the industry. New episodes every other Wednesday.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-22T12:17:34.597807+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-igaming-leader-7100266"},"episode":{"title":"Business Has No Feelings: How to Scale by Being \"Strategically Boring\"","slug":"business-has-no-feelings-how-to-scale-by-being-strategically-boring","published_at":"2026-05-06T03:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-igaming-leader-7100266/business-has-no-feelings-how-to-scale-by-being-strategically-boring","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-igaming-leader-7100266","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/a0b4d7af","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/a0b4d7af/04296dc7.mp3","summary":"In this episode of the iGaming Leader Podcast, Leo sits down with Richard Dennys, a two-time CEO and turnaround specialist who has navigated the highest stakes in digital marketing and iGaming. Richard shares the dispassionate reality of the C-suite, arguing that because \"business isn’t your friend,\" hard decisions must be made based on common sense rather than emotion. The conversation explores Richard’s \"strategically boring\" approach to scaling , the specific frameworks he used to generate £60 million in cash flow at Game Lounge , and his \"10:30 Rule\" for maintaining professional boundaries. Guest Bio Richard Dennys is a two-time CEO who has spent the last decade building, acquiring, and scaling digital businesses in performance marketing and iGaming. Most recently, he led Game Lounge, where he oversaw the buying and selling of assets, including an eight-figure exit on Betting.com. He has recently moved on to build independently through Free Spirit Partners, focused on acquiring digital businesses at the critical point where AI is reshaping industry fundamentals. Key Topics Discussed 00:00 – Business isn’t your friend and why not everyone can be a CEO. 03:00 – Learning commerce on the beach and in bars. 06:00 – How personal loss and business failure build a \"second skin\". 09:00 – The common enemy: Using market changes to fight for transformation. 12:00 – The Three Horizons 16:00 – The Home Zone 21:00 – Delaying a hard call is never a kindness. 24:00 – The 10:30 Rule: nothing good happens after. 26:00 – Punching Up and managing your manager. 36:00 – Yield vs. Acquisition: What iGaming can learn from retail e-commerce. 39:00 – Blue Oceans: How to build a durable affiliate business in a Red Ocean market. Memorable Quotes \"Business doesn't have feelings, right? It's jus…","meta_description":"In this episode of the iGaming Leader Podcast, Leo sits down with Richard Dennys, a two-time CEO and turnaround specialist who has navigated the highest s…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2572,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-igaming-leader-7100266/episodes/business-has-no-feelings-how-to-scale-by-being-strategically-boring/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-igaming-leader-7100266/business-has-no-feelings-how-to-scale-by-being-strategically-boring.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}