1 hr 3 min
Duran Parsi: Shoot for the (Collegiate) Starleague! Valor: Esports Demystified
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Duran Parsi is a young entrepreneur in the esports world. While still at university in his twenties, Duran founded Collegiate Starleague, also known as CSL, the world's first collegiate gaming organization. Over the past 11 years, CSL has hosted competitions for over 100,000 college students across 2,000 universities. Duran helped provide over $1 million in scholarship funding to student gamers. In 2015 Duran sold CSL to World Gaming. Currently Duran is the Director of Collegiate Esports at FACEIT which is an esports platform with over 15 million registered users. FACEIT was founded in London in 2012, and is one of the top gaming league administrators in the world. We are truly lucky to have Duran join us today to discuss the challenges of building a business in esports and also where the world of collegiate esports started and where it's heading.
Duran Parsi is a young entrepreneur in the esports world. While still at university in his twenties, Duran founded Collegiate Starleague, also known as CSL, the world's first collegiate gaming organization. Over the past 11 years, CSL has hosted competitions for over 100,000 college students across 2,000 universities. Duran helped provide over $1 million in scholarship funding to student gamers. In 2015 Duran sold CSL to World Gaming. Currently Duran is the Director of Collegiate Esports at FACEIT which is an esports platform with over 15 million registered users. FACEIT was founded in London in 2012, and is one of the top gaming league administrators in the world. We are truly lucky to have Duran join us today to discuss the challenges of building a business in esports and also where the world of collegiate esports started and where it's heading.
1 hr 3 min