Marcus "Esports" Howard

Gold Standard Gaming

Need Customers? Want to reach the 18-34 demographic daily? We can help. 

Gold Standard Gaming an Esports consulting agency at the forefront of a new era of esports and gaming. In an industry where authenticity is everything, we help brands turn their audience into a tangible community. 

Our focus is on helping our clients deliver better, more effective advertising and event programming with more engaging content and clear messaging to Millennials and Gen Z.

Cut directly through the noise by allowing your consumers to get hands-on with your brand. Provide your audience with an experience they can’t forget and they’ll do all the talking for you.

Director of Business Development

OVR Technology

OVR is a company that focuses on advancing the human experience through intersection of our most advanced technology and the art and science of olfaction. Creating new technologies to allow people to experience scent in a digital landscape. 

We're attending GDC later this month, to demo the prototype for our technology.  Let me know if you'll be there, and we'll find time for you to demo digital scents. We've launched a new program, to help innovators get early access to our tech! 10 game developers will get free dev kits, plus our team's implementation support. If your team wants to create more immersion in its games, let's chat.

Business Development Strategist

Self Employed

90% of customers polled on LinkedIn are interested in their favorite product/service brands engaging them with video games. Over 90% of employees polled on LinkedIn are interested in their employers engaging them with video games, too. Sign up for my free training, to help your brand learn how to use video games to level up its brand engagement: https://bit.ly/gamedrivenbrandgrowth

Game-Driven, Sustainable Brand Growth Coach

Gamers Home

Gamers Home empowers people to turn their passion for video games into a career. We host career webinars for gamers and streamers, so they can learn from industry experts. We also provide specialized training, so gamers and streamers can get hands-on practice in a variety of domains including voice acting, narrative design, and game marketing. Soon, we're launching a platform for premium freelancing in the gaming industry, so gamers and streamers around the world can use their vetted skills to work with awesome gaming studios. In the meantime, you can visit our Gamers Home Store for gaming-inspired comfort clothing and home decor for gamers and streamers of all ages.

I lead business development for Gamers Home, creating meaningful value for our game studios and other strategic partners. I also host Gamers Home's career insights webinars, helping our featured guests share priceless career advice.

At Gamers Home, we're on a mission to close the PayScale gap. If you work in the gaming industry, and you'd like to help us close the PayScale gap, please take a couple of minutes to share your perspective in our PayScale gap survey here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/QNBGG96

Founder & COO

Emotional Ideas, Inc.

The future of sports, esports, and family entertainment.

Gaming & Esports Advisor

Vessel Creative Solutions

We're redefining education and workforce development with esports. We offer end-to-end services clients needs to create a truly wow factor esports gaming space or large scale arena. We recently completed the world's largest investment in the high school education esports space. Reach out to us if you have any projects or questions that we could help you with.

www.vesselxr.com

Chief Growth Officer

Johnson C. Smith University - JCSU

I'm leveraging my decade of gaming industry experience to teach the virtual course "Esports Business & Trends". I've designed a unique course that challenges students to learn esports through direct experience and professional development, rather than just memorizing specific names/dates/info for tests. My goal is that my students will have the specific tools and knowledge to successfully start their professional careers in esports when they graduate college.

Esports and Gaming Management Adjunct Instructor

UKnightedXP, Inc.

Senior Strategic Advisor

Blockchain Game Alliance

The Blockchain Game Alliance is an organization committed to promoting blockchain within the game industry. Its goal is to spread awareness about blockchain technologies and encourage adoption by highlighting their potential to foster new ways to create, publish, play, and build strong communities around games.

The BGA also provides an open forum for individuals and companies to share knowledge and collaborate, create common standards, establish best practices, and network.

Member

MetArena

Two thirds of Americans play video games, and gamers make up nearly half of the world's population. It's highly likely that you brand has gamers as employees and customers. MetArena provides your brand with the insights and technology to authentically engage your entire community, so you can use video games to achieve your brand's goals. Some great examples include selling products or services, recruiting incoming freshman to your school, or raising funds for your nonprofit.

I have 15 consecutive years of strategic/tactical experience with building startups in various industries, including gaming, news media and restaurants. I specialize in identifying exponential growth opportunities and converging trends in consumer markets. Also, I excel at creating/executing blue ocean business strategies. Growth Hacker. Innovator. Techie. Leader.

Dylan Liu's not wrong; with the state of esports, how do you justify that degree?

I MAKE ESPORTS SUSTAINABLE • Lifelong Gamer • Published Author • Professor • Featured Speaker • Indie Game Advocate • Blockchain Enthusiast • International Startup Advisor • Growth Hacker

Global Village Publishing Inc

For over 25 years, I’ve been at the helm of Global Village Publishing. We are a specialist location and community brand-building marketing agency, which has been at the intersection of storytelling, innovation, and global entrepreneurship. Spanning more than 60 countries, we've highlighted diverse narratives of growth and ingenuity, starting with the influential "Best of" series, which evolved into the more focused INNOVATE® Series.

The books we publish are the culmination of a massive collaborative marketing driven by hundreds of visionaries and entrepreneurs who run the economy for each ecosystem. We interview hundreds of organizations, perfect their pitch, update their team and product photos, their new logos, their company videos, and even give free media training. We ensure that stakeholders are represented as authentically as possible, helping them become true brand ambassadors for their community. The best part—the community itself crowdfunds almost the entire project!

Every ecosystem, which could be a city, a region or an industry, has multiple government marketing agencies and non-profit associations that take the lead to promote their communities. These are Mayor's Offices, Economic Development Agencies, Technology Councils, and Industry Associations. They are the champions of their communities, and we partner with them to help elevate their mission and vision.

Our legacy is defined by the connections forged, and we are driven by our continuous quest for learning and showcasing global innovation.

Founder & CEO

Women of the Future

Women of the Future is an impact-driven initiative dedicated to highlighting and applauding the leading female change-makers in innovation, entrepreneurship, leadership and government. Our focus is on those who drive positive change and shape a better tomorrow.

An initiative conceptualized by empowered women empowering women, creating a multi-channel platform to tell the success stories of female pioneers in these rapidly developing and, to date, male-oriented ecosystems.

This initiative aims to amplify the voices of these leaders and innovators to inspire future leaders and ensure that women not only get their deserved seat at the table but also get to drive the narrative.

Founder & Publisher

Innovations of the World

For over 25 years, I’ve been at the wheel of Global Village Publishing and worked with a passionate team to build a legacy that celebrates the spirit of innovation. In just six short years, we have evolved from showcasing the innovation ecosystem of Tampa Bay to innovations of the world, reaching over 1000 ecosystems worldwide.

We aren't bound to traditional publishing models. Our books are embedded with Augmented Reality videos to offer dynamic and interactive narratives, as well as an online platform, eBook libraries, networking events, and proactive LinkedIn social media campaigns.

To learn more about what we do, click on the Media link here: https://innovationsoftheworld.com/ebook-library/

Winning the Away Game

Winning the Away Game is a book series that showcases South African entrepreneurs, leaders, and innovators making their mark around the world.

This project was born from a simple idea: thousands of South Africans are building remarkable businesses and shaping industries abroad, but their stories often go untold. Winning the Away Game captures these journeys, highlighting the challenges, successes, and lessons learned while doing business away from home.

Through beautifully produced books, digital content, and live events, we’re creating a global network of South Africans who believe in collaboration, storytelling, and giving back.

Whether you’re in London, Dubai, Perth, or New York, Winning the Away Game is a place to connect, be inspired, and celebrate what’s possible when you think beyond borders.

As the Founder and CEO of Global Village Publishing Inc. in Canada, I lead an international publishing venture that has made its mark in over 60 countries.

Our work, especially through the INNOVATE series, and now Winning the Away Game, reflects a clear mission: spotlight the people and places driving real progress.

The INNOVATE series maps the innovation ecosystems of cities and industries worldwide. We showcase leading entrepreneurs, companies, and institutions, creating stories that accelerate growth and spark global collaboration. Winning the Away Game follows a similar mission, focused on South African leaders across the globe.

These books have become powerful tools for cities looking to attract investment and build credibility. When entrepreneurs, government agencies, and business councils all share the same story, it works. Authentic, collaborative marketing is the winning formula.

Alongside this, I’m also a founding member of The Lekker Network, a platform dedicated to connecting and celebrating South Africans making an impact globally.

With nearly three decades in publishing and 105+ countries visited, I’ve seen firsthand how connected and full of potential the world really is.

If you’re curious about what we do or want to explore ways to work together, feel free to connect here on LinkedIn.

Let’s keep building the narrative of global innovation – one city, one industry, one story at a time.

Sven Boermeester

London, we’re bringing it home. 🇬🇧

The Winning the Away Game book launch event is set for April next year in London, and everyone who helped shape this project will be in the room.

Book participants, members of The Lekker Network and the South African Chamber of Commerce UK – all gathering for one night to celebrate South Africans making their mark abroad.

More details to come, but mark it now.
It’s going to be a big one!

Daniel Esterhuyse
Svend Littauer
Renier Lombard
Nic Latouf
John Sanei

Founder & CEO at Global Village Publishing | Creator of INNOVATE Series, Best of Series & Winning the Away Game | Women of the Future | The Lekker Network | World Traveller & Foodie, 130 Countries & Counting

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