ENTREPRENEURSHIP FOR ATHLETES
Updates, Resources and Links
ENTREPRENEURSHIP FOR ATHLETES
Updates, Resources and Links
Updates: Entrepreneurship for Athletes Seminar 2021
>> New dates: August, 20/21 – 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
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
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
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
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
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FROM BUSINESS TO SPORTS
„It’s a blank canvas.“ Doing the startup work that will pay off in the future… either in sports or in the business world. Macdonald wants his staff to … conjuring images of entrepreneurs huddled in a garage, brainstorming ideas to create a successful company. … „We’re 10, 11 guys sitting in a room, dreaming up what we want it to look like and how we want to operate. … You’re literally working from the ground floor: What do we call this formation, what do we call this receiver, what are we going to call on third-and-11 in a critical situation?“ >> 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
