Hanane Sabri, Marketing Director of Kipling, part of VF Corporation, in Hong Kong, has been working in the sports & fashion business for more than 20 years. While this is impressive on its own, it is even more so considering Hanane’s background: Before starting her business career, she used to be a French athlete who […]
Trust in your experience. Make your vision come reality. Be brave to start your business over 40. Our Entrepreneurship 40+ series introduces you to personalities from the sports industry who followed through with their ideas to start their own business. In our third interview, we spoke to Anthony Cazottes from Biarritz, owner and founder of […]
When we read stories of start-ups in the sports industry a lot of the protagonists seem to be in their twenties. While there are plenty of young business founders, there’s also a big number of successful entrepreneurs who didn’t start their role before they turned 40. In our series “Entrepreneurship 40+”, we want to introduce […]
The sports sector is entrepreneurship to its core. As a quick evolving industry, it is marked by innovation and change, an ideal breeding ground for new business ideas. Even though the sports sector is known as quite a young industry, with a lot of entrepreneurs being in their twenties, there’s actually a significant number which […]
“Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.” – Henry Ford Do you know what makes successful people? To never stop learning. Always be curious about the world, new fields, and ways to improve your […]
Prepare to become a future leader in the sports industry. Taking in the specific recruitment needs and dynamics of the sports business, emlyon business school has crafted a Master program by combining their expertise in international management with the market experience of some of the world leading sports companies. The MSc in Sports Industry Management […]
Finding their way into everyday pop culture and innovative business models, esports has been facing an explosive growth from a small niche to a full grown industry with a $1.1B revenue in 2019 ¹. With “gaming” being recognized as professional sports and competitive industry, the need for graduates and professionals with fundamental knowledge of esports […]
There’s three things about working in retail that you can learn from David Brown: Managing a retail team only works when you see yourself as one of them The right attitude is more important than experience Purpose in your career can influence your whole life As General Manager of Timberland’s new Purpose-Led Flagship Store in […]
On two dates next week, VF Corporation gives students the option to participate in 5 webinars with business professionals from various departments of their different brands. Enabling a sneak-peek in what its like to work at VF. „Students have the great opportunity to actually get to know different functions in very short and straight to […]
You might ask yourself: How exactly does a sketch from a Designer turn into a real product? As we just have a very general answer to this question ourselves, we passed it on to an expert in this field.Hermin Uzer, Head of Product Development of Napapijri since 2011, translates design ideas and transforms them into […]