GR8 Tech’s Bet It Drives season 2 reaches its finale
Lisbon’s streets set the pace for Season 2 of GR8 Tech’s Bet It Drives – the drive-time podcast where iGaming’s most interesting voices speak freely. Hosted by Yevhen Krazhan, chief sales officer at GR8 Tech, each episode captures raw insight, candid stories and the energy you can only find on the road.
The season 2 finale puts the spotlight on Kelly Kehn, founder, board member and startup adviser in gaming. As co-founder of Defy the Odds (DTO), she’s building a launchpad and community connecting startups, investors and operators – with a focus on female and minority founders. Previously, Kehn co-founded the All-In Diversity Project, held ecosystem roles at happyhour.io and SBC, and serves on boards including FUNNZ.
During the ride, she opens up about:
- Why iGaming events matter: the community, access, and acceleration you only get in the room.
- Defy the Odds (DTO): why she and her co-founders built it, what it is, and how founders plug in.
- Women in iGaming: real challenges and how to lower the barrier to entry.
- Pitch ideas that paid off and common startup pitch mistakes.
- The next possible unicorn in iGaming and what makes it possible.
- Soundtrack to success: the song for a win, the pre-coaching track, and the one that sums up her career.
- The boldest ideas: intention, asking for help and doing the homework.
- The unwritten rule of iGaming.
- Halloween rubric: the scariest moments in life and career, and why saying the hard thing out loud matters.
“As Kelly said, ‘When we open the space to more people and more perspectives, we all win and the pie gets bigger.’ This episode was the perfect finish of our Season 2 in Lisbon,” said Krazhan.
Watch or listen to Season 2, Episode 4 with Kelly Kehn on YouTube, Spotify and Apple Podcasts.