Athlete Entrepreneurial Spirit and Mindset Empowerment Toolkit
For athletes combining sport with something new or planning a move, and for the coaches and mentors who support them.
PDF, 70 pages, English
Sixteen practical tools in four modules: who you are beyond your sport, a safe way to test an idea, the official starting route in your own country, and the money and time that make it fit your life. You do not need a business idea to start.
Each tool explains its purpose, walks through a fictional example and gives you a worksheet. You can work through it alone or with a coach, and you do not have to follow it in order.
What’s inside
- Start here
- Six steps from one real situation to one next move, and a table that matches common needs to the tools to start with.
- Identity and mindset
- Your skills beyond sport, handling emotions and setbacks, and a vision you can act on.
- Safe start
- Understand a real need, generate alternatives, choose what to test and run a small experiment within clear limits.
- Country pathways
- Find your official starting route and build a start-up checklist, with a card for each partner country.
- Financial foundations and action
- Separate personal and business money, check cash flow, build a realistic week and run a 30-day action cycle. Notes for facilitators close the toolkit.
Where to start
Start with one real situation you face now, then use the table near the beginning to pick a tool for that need. If you have taken the assessment, keep your profile beside you as you choose. The tools do not have to be done in order.
PDF, 70 pages, English
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Research
Research Report on Athletes’ Entrepreneurial Mindset
AvailableA 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
AvailableA 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
AvailableStories of athletes who built something beyond sport, a catalogue of online courses, most of them free, and a directory of books, podcasts and talks.
Connect
Supporting Kit for Network and Community
AvailableA directory of support across Europe and the partner countries, searchable by need, stage, country and sport, and a step-by-step guide to building your own network.