ENTREPRENEURSHIP FOR ATHLETES
Updates, Resources and Links
ENTREPRENEURSHIP FOR ATHLETES
Updates, Resources and Links
Updates: Entrepreneurship for Athletes Seminar 2021
>> October, 01/02 – November, 04/05 2021 <<
CONTENT
Athletes as Investors
How do they do it? Do they need to understand the business they are investing in? And, fundamentally, what does it take to be successful?
Top-Notch Speakers II
The Program & Marketing Director of leAD and the Principal & Co-Founder of the ADvantage Fund will introduce you to the world of leAD Sports & Health Tech Partners.
CONTENT
LeBron – Empowerment
We are empowering you as an active or former professional athlete to leverage who you are and what you have accomplished.
Top-Notch Speakers I
Our lecturers from the University of St. Gallen – like Wolfgang Jenewein, Jan Marco Leimeister or Stefan Sander – are experienced personalities with a large network and knowledge that you need as an entrepreneur to be successful.
Our LinkedIn Posts with further Background, Cases and Links
PAPER: ARE ATHLETES THE BETTER ENTREPRENEURS?
Research and earlier studies show that athletes are more suited to entrepreneurship than non-athletes because of their higher risk tolerance. A new study of Lukas Meissner and Finn von Appen gives a strong indication of how much all entrepreneurs can learn from sports entrepreneurs and their risk-handling strategies. In detail, their findings and the conceptual framework for entrepreneurial risk-handling at our Entrepreneurship for Athletes Seminar in Berlin. >> STORY, LINKS & BACKGROUND
DECATHLETE & FOUNDER – ANDREAS BECHMANN
Athletes like decathlete Andreas Bechmann are driven to constantly improve. With the same spirit he drives the startup Preventio. By their careers as athletes, guys like Andreas have already proven that they can be successful with their mindsets & skills. This is precisely why startups founded by athletes are very promising projects that we at Patparius are happy to support. >> STORY, LINKS & BACKGROUND
ATHLETES AS INVESTORS – RUSSELL WESTBROOK
„Russell Westbrook (NBA/pro basketball player) is a visionary and his energy and passion for design, product excellence, and community impact will help propel Varo’s next phase of growth.”
Many other athletes have this type of personality. With their visions they can – alongside and after their careers as athletes – also have a positive impact on the economy and society. >> STORY, LINKS & BACKGROUND
FUTURE OF SPORTS FOCUSED SPACS
„It may be more than just a current trend. While sports team valuations have tended to increase, the coronavirus pandemic will likely impact team values for the next few years. The pandemic has caused teams to lose revenue streams, and has likely impacted team owners‘ other businesses, and reduced the market for prospective investors. As a result, teams need new sources of capital.“ >> STORY, LINKS & BACKGROUND
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ONCE FOOTBALL, TODAY ENTREPRENEUR
Athletes have it, the entrepreneurial mindset, like Jason Fox: „Even prior to the #NFL (National Football League (NFL), I’ve always had an entrepreneurial mind and think of creative things that I would want to see in the market or see in the world.“ Today, „EarBuds, which soft-launched in late 2018 and recently partnered with the Fan Controlled Football League, counts the Kansas City Chiefs’ PatrickMahomes & the Cleveland Browns’ BakerMayfield as investors. >> STORY, LINKS & BACKGROUND
SKILLS OF 2025? ATHLETES AS MANAGERS OF THE FUTURE
Our analysis on the “Top 10 Job Skills of Tomorrow” (World Economic Forum) and our findings on competitive sports as a „school“ for future success. It is based on our learnings and knowledge transfer work with athletes. In addition, this analysis and our remarks are the result of the exchange of experiences with employees, managers & entrepreneurs from different areas with backgrounds of success, but also of failure. >> STORY, LINKS & BACKGROUND
