Explore how successful athletes transition to tech leadership in this 20-minute Web Summit talk featuring multi-award winning sports stars Jamie Heaslip and Ian Prior. Discover insights on balancing commitments, identifying good business opportunities, evaluating investments, setting boundaries, pursuing interests outside sports, adapting to technological revolutions, navigating cultural differences in the workplace, and addressing digital espionage concerns. Learn about the biggest changes in sports and how athletic experiences translate to running tech companies, with discussions touching on the World Cup and other relevant topics.
Overview
Syllabus
Finding time for everything else
What makes good business people
What to look for in an investment
Where do you draw the line
What do you do outside of sports
Whats been the single biggest revolution
The biggest change in the game
Working under different cultures
Digital espionage
World Cup
Taught by
Web Summit
