Profluence+ Weekly Member Updates (22)

Welcome back to the Profluence+ Community newsletter, where we share weekly updates for members.

Last Week’s Highlights

🚀 Community Huddle with Peer Schneider
We had an amazing session with Peer Schneider, the force behind Under Armour’s European success. Peer shared his expertise on thriving in the sports apparel industry, strategies for effective marketing, and insights into the future of sports branding and creator-driven growth.

🎥 Watch Past Recordings – Catch up on all recent sessions you may have missed!

📱 Stay Connected on the Go
Download the Circle app (iOS | Android) to stay up-to-date with live events and notifications.

Upcoming Events for this week:

• 12/4 - New Member Orientation & Community Networking - Meet, connect, and collaborate with fellow members.

• 12/6 - Weekly Community Huddle w/ Matt Joyce (MLB All-Star, Broadcaster and F45 Owner)

• 12/5 - Profluence+ Second Pitch Competition - APPLY HERE

• 12/12 - Multi-Club Ownership Monthly Panel - Join us for an insightful discussion on multi-club ownership, featuring top industry voices.

⏳ Founders Reminder:
Time is running out to apply for the Profluence+ Second Pitch Competition – Apply Here.

🔗 View and RSVP for All Events on the Calendar

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Featured Community Content

• Sports betting podcast

• Raising Venture Capital

• Scaling NIL Partnerships

• Lockeroom Chat is Raising

• Dog shows are a massive niche

• List of Accelerators + Deal Terms

• Opportunity for those raising capital

• New Partnership Alert for EndorseU!

• Speak on my podcast (co-branded with Dunlop)

• good post on promoting startup with $0 budget

• Leigh Steinberg's Agent Academy a Big Success!

• The College Sports Company is in the news again

• Profluence+ In-Person Connections: Philly Chapter Edition

• 34 growth tactics to get your first 1000 customers (B2B/B2C)

• Webinar: Innovation & The Modern Investor: How Start-Ups Can Harness The Growth of Racquet Sports

• Beyond the Game Part 1: Charting the New Frontier of NIL, Sports and Higher Ed

➜ We also post the top sports business stories from the week on Fridays.

🎧 Must-Listen Content:

• Leveraging Your Mission

• Exploring Your Capacity to Lead

• Weekly Community Huddle w/ Jeremy Boone

💡 Have a story or highlight to share? We encourage everyone to post it in the community and get featured in the next newsletter!

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Newest Members

We’re excited to welcome our newest members! Connect, collaborate, and make the most of Profluence+ Experience together:

• Chris Viall - Sonal

• Cody Damon - Tufts

• Jack Kingsley - Shake

• Blake Richards - Wunup

• Rob Sine - Blueprint Sports

• Jake Donahue - Virtual Tours

• Patrick Seaman -  SportsBug

• Paul Lemley - Pickleballunion

• Sarah Savoca - Mental Coach

• Douglas Billman - Sports Solutions

• Betsy Tilkemeier - Managing Partner

• Justin Pollack - CORE Athletics | Pickleball

• Alan "F3 Zorro" Blakeborough - Replay Coaching

• Joon Seo Andrew Choi, Ph.D. - Hanyang University

• Tom Farrey - Aspen Institute’s Sports & Society Program

💬 You can connect directly with our new members HERE.

👋 Introduce Yourself to the Community

📣 This Week’s Introductions:

• Justin Pollack - Hi Everyone

• Cody Damon - Introducing...

• Andrew Choi, Ph.D. Introduction!

• Paul Lemley - PickleballUnion.com

• Jake Donahue - Building Virtual Tours

• Alan "Blake" Blakeborough - Intro Post

• Parker Smith - A bit late on this but here we go

• Leopoldo Herrera - The Connected Golfer Here

👉 Post Your Introduction Today and get featured in next week’s newsletter!

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Thank you for being a part of Profluence+. Together, we're pushing boundaries and shaping the future of sports. Let’s keep building great things together!

- Andrew Petcash, Scott Garber, & John Haegele