CAREERS AS ENTREPRENEURS
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INDUSTRY INSIGHTS EVENT
April 24, 2020 Our four guests and former athletes share their insights and experiences in entrepreneurship and give us information and recommendations on how to become a successful business owner. |
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Key take-aways from the event:
- Athletes have lots of soft skills and attributes to make successful entrepreneurs: resilience, risk-taking, hard work, passion, commitment, competitive spirit.
- You don't need to be a professional athlete or have capital to start a business but you need to keep it lean in the early stages and plan for a bigger safety cushion than you anticipated.
- A career as an entrepreneur is very intense. Just like your athletic career, it requires your full commitment.
- As your business grows, you will need to learn to delegate and manage people.
- There is no one-size fit-all type of education to become an entrepreneur. It really depends on the type of business you are launching. But our guest speakers reinforced the importance to ask for help and find mentors in your field.
- Shikha outlined the fact that you will fail but that your goal, like in tennis, is to "lose less every week" and learn from your losses to improve your game/business.
- Athletes have lots of soft skills and attributes to make successful entrepreneurs: resilience, risk-taking, hard work, passion, commitment, competitive spirit.
- You don't need to be a professional athlete or have capital to start a business but you need to keep it lean in the early stages and plan for a bigger safety cushion than you anticipated.
- A career as an entrepreneur is very intense. Just like your athletic career, it requires your full commitment.
- As your business grows, you will need to learn to delegate and manage people.
- There is no one-size fit-all type of education to become an entrepreneur. It really depends on the type of business you are launching. But our guest speakers reinforced the importance to ask for help and find mentors in your field.
- Shikha outlined the fact that you will fail but that your goal, like in tennis, is to "lose less every week" and learn from your losses to improve your game/business.
SHIKHA UBEROI
President of media and entertainment companies Indi and Impact Media 360. Former professional Tennis player. Bachelor from Princeton University. |
JOSH HULL
CEO & Founding Partner of Contend Consulting, a company which help pro athletes become business owners. Former NFL player, BA and MBA from Penn State. |
JOSH BRYANT
Co-founder & co-chairman of sport technology company Fangage, former collegiate football player, Bachelor in Corporate Communications from SMU. |
MIRIAM KHAN
Founder of plant-based company Mimi's Meatless, Former professional and Olympic Track and Field runner, Bachelor from Boston College. |
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INTERVIEW WITH THAN MERRILL
Former NFL Player and successful business owner in the Real Estate Industry.
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