Andrew Hawkins (@Hawk) - Co-Founder & President - STATUSPro

Andrew Hawkins (@Hawk), former NFL WR (played 6 seasons in the NFL for the Cincinnati Bengals and the Cleveland Browns) and Co-Founder & President of sports technology company STATUSPro (@StatusPro) joins this week’s edition of Sports Business Radio. Hawkins tells us how he maximized his time as a pro athlete to build relationships that have helped him as an #entrepreneur and #business person, how earning his MBA at Columbia University prepared him to become an #entrepreneur, how he and STATUS Pro made a deal with the NFL and NFLPA to launch a new virtual reality game that will hit the market this Fall, the future of VR and sports and having STATUS Pro investors such as #NaomiOsaka, #LeBronJames and #Drake has helped the company he co-founded flourish. Hawkins also discusses the upcoming NFL Draft with us and takes us inside the mindset of the Cleveland Browns (whom Hawkins played for) when it came to the signing of QB DeShaun Watson. Listen to the award-winning Sports Business Radio podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Amazon Music or at www.sportsbusinessradio.com. Follow Sports Business Radio on Twitter @SBRadio and on Instagram @SportsBusinessRadio. This week’s edition of Sports Business Radio is presented by @UnderdogFantasy. Underdog Fantasy is the Official Gaming Partner of Sports Business Radio and the fastest growing fantasy app ever released with investors that include Mark Cuban, Kevin Durant, Adam Schefter and Jared Goff. The Underdog Fantasy app is available at Underdogfantasy.com, on iOS, and on Android. We’ve got a SPECIAL OFFER FOR SPORTS BUSINESS RADIO LISTENERS: New users get up to $100 matched on their first deposit when they use the code SBR. So download the app at underdogfantasy.com and then enter the promo code SBR to get up to $100 to play with.  Sports Business Radio is also brought you by @Rhone. Rhone makes the absolute highest quality, best fitting and most comfortable performance driven clothing for men. Rhone is offering a 15% discount to Sports Business Radio listeners when you enter the promo code SBR15 at checkout.  ### Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices