Investment memo: "Athletic Ventures", how elite professional athletes unlock value as investors

Explore your curiosity w Christie Jenkins + Josh Thomas about bout professional athlete transitions into the business world and how Christie, Josh and nearly a 100 of Australia’s best and brightest athletes across all sporting codes have created an investing syndicate in Athletic Ventures.Please enjoy! ***Find out more about Curiosity Center, including 80+ episodes at www.curiositycenter.xyz Find out more about the Athletic Ventures at www.athletic.vcShare your feedback and discuss sponsorship opportunities with us by emailing [email protected] the show on Linkedin / Instagram***TIMESTAMPS02:09 - Josh’s career in the AFL 03:13 - Christie’s career across 3 sports 04:07 - Planning life after sport 07:10 - Routines, habits and sprints 11:45 - Would you do anything differently if you go back 5 years? 14:31 - First interaction with startups and VC 17:31 - Knowledge building into venture capital work 20:52 - Coach, work ethic and people better than you 22:24 - Early days of building Athletic Ventures 24:47 - Biggest surprise 25:48 - How does Athletic Ventures best serve founders 28:26 - Long term excitement for Athletic Ventures 29:18 - How should founders view athletic on their cap table 31:39 - Most recent publicly announced deal and why 34:12 - Industries athletic ventures can best help in 36:28 - Key focus on Series A and why