Empowerment Toolkit

For athletes planning something of their own.

Coming soon

Four modules, in the order the research said they are needed: who you are beyond your sport, the low-risk ways to start, the paperwork in your own country, and the money basics nobody taught you.

It is being built now and will be published on this page when it is ready.

All outputs

  • Research

    Research Report on Athletes’ Entrepreneurial Mindset

    Available

    A mixed-methods study of 100 athletes and 12 interviews in Poland, Türkiye, Belgium and Norway. It maps what athletes already bring to business, what they lack, and how the barriers differ by country.

  • Assess

    Entrepreneurial Mindset Assessment Tool for Athletes

    Available

    A self-assessment of fifteen to twenty minutes that shows what you already bring from sport, where the gaps are, and where to start.

  • Empower

    Athlete Entrepreneurial Spirit and Mindset Training Kit

    Available

    Stories of athletes who built businesses after sport, a catalogue of online courses, most of them free, and a directory of books, podcasts and talks.

  • Connect

    Supporting Kit: Networks and Community

    Coming soon

    Where to go next: incubators, funding programmes and mentors across the partner countries, listed for people whose schedule is not a nine-to-five.