Small Business M&A for Athletes with Jeff Driskel

Our guest for Private Market Insights is entering our space with one of the most interesting angles yet: he’s an active professional football player, most recently as a quarterback with the Cleveland Browns. Jeff Driskel believes that acquiring small businesses can be a meaningful pathway for professional athletes and can serve as a way to help them preserve and build wealth long after they retire. In this episode, we discuss the challenges of searching while playing professional sports, the promise of SMB acquisitions for athletes, and how talented people from any professional background should be thinking about maximizing their professional outcomes over a long-term horizon. 🔗 Check out the Private Market Labs website: https://privatemarketlabs.com/ 💬 Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/levinejm 🔗 Check out Jeff Driskel on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffdriskel/ 💬 Follow Jeff on Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/jeffdriskel?lang=en (00:00) - Private Market Insights with Guest Jeff Driskel (04:03) - Athletes and Entrepreneurship (05:15) - Exploring Investment Opportunities in ETA (06:22) - Understanding Private Equity Investments (08:36) - Balancing Business, Family, and Ambition (10:49) - Transitioning a Traditional Financial Services Company (13:17) - Understanding Business Acquisition (17:29) - Transition from Athletics to Running a Small Business (21:36) - Expectations vs Reality in Small Business Ownership (22:49) - The Power of Networking and Self-Education