Venture Investing for Professional Athletes

Developed in partnership with sports professionals, the Venture Investing for Professional Athletes program helps those looking to expand and deepen their business knowledge with the skills they need to identify and explore the opportunities they have for investment and wealth creation. Participants learn how to evaluate venture-stage investment opportunities and understand how and why to build a portfolio for optimal financial returns.

The program features Columbia Business School faculty who bring cutting-edge research and business theory, experienced professional athletes who understand the unique challenges and opportunities for investors in this industry, and an unsurpassed speaker line-up of top venture capital executives and startup founders who offer participants the opportunity to hear first-hand accounts of the market and to expand their professional network. With guidance from these experts, participants put their learnings into action by evaluating a real, early-stage investment opportunity and prepare a professional investment analysis to share their findings.