Finding, founding, and funding a unicorn: panel event with FanDuel Co-founder Lesley Eccles
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Join the LBS Scotland Alumni Club for an engaging panel discussion of women navigating the world of finding, founding, and funding their unicorn. Panel to include Lesley Tyrie Eccles, co-founder of FanDuel, the fantasy sports company.
Lesley was pivotal in building FanDuel into the first billion dollar sports startup since ESPN. As a core member of the FanDuel executive team, she set the strategy and scaled the company to over 300 staff across 5 locations. She built FanDuel from a concept to a household brand name with 80%+ brand awareness in the target demographic within 5 years, growing the user base to almost 3 million active paying players. Lesley is a current board member of Entrepreneurial Scotland, and an adviser to Tech City UK. She is currently developing a new product in the health and wellness space.