{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The iGaming Leader","title":"Why This CEO Works 15-Hour Days Across Two Continents","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2369,"description":"Yoni Sidi wanted to slow down. After 17 years in corporate iGaming, he had a simple plan: build a platform, generate traffic, play golf, and reduce the pressure. Then Winpot took off in Mexico, the B2B business grew to 14 or 15 clients, and he found himself working 14 to 15-hour days across two continents. \nIn this episode of the iGaming Leader podcast, Yoni, CEO of Wiztech Group, talks about building a bootstrapped operator and tech business from scratch, leading across cultures, and what he would tell his 2022 self.\nAbout the guest:\n\nYoni Sidi is an experienced Chief Executive and Marketing Leader with a proven track record in the global iGaming and entertainment industry. He is currently driving growth at the intersection of technology, regulated gaming, and customer engagement, with skills across scaling brands, building high-performing teams, and developing data-driven strategies in acquisition, retention, and brand partnerships. He is passionate about bridging innovative digital platforms with real-world experiences and is actively expanding into new markets across LATAM, Europe, and beyond.\n\nIn this episode:\n\n00:00 Introduction\n00:48 Growing up around Ronnie Rosenthal, Liverpool, and Tottenham\n06:29 Three years of military service as a combat instructor and what it taught him about standards\n08:14 Building Winpot with no outside funding, brick by brick\n12:38 How close he still is to the original vision of slowing down\n15:32 Why switching off has been harder than any commercial decision\n18:41 Managing two businesses across Cyprus and Mexico in different time zones\n26:48 The hard part of leadership is people, not strategy\n32:16 Learning to lead across Israeli, Mexican, British, and Cypriot cultures\n35:50 What he would go back and tell himself in 2022\n\nQuotes from Yoni:\n\n\"My aim and vision was to literally stop generating traffic. I'd be playing golf. No pressure, no stress. We make plans and God laughs.\"\n\"The bad times will feel like you have five elephants...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/yqvdFvcfDiDCUT_op0gUBWr9w0nodzeeimRJmH0xYVI/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9lNTg1/MTBkYjJjNjA5MTU2/ZWFkZDc3OGI4MDgx/NDRmOC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}