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Adrian Petersen: Deep seeded professional athlete ambitions in Tennis & Cycling to co-founding AfterWork Ventures, and how they're doing things a little different

Adrian Petersen: Deep seeded professional athlete ambitions in Tennis & Cycling to co-founding AfterWork Ventures, and how they're doing things a little different

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Learn about drive and determination at a young age with a deep
desire to be a professional athlete, to then having his startup
shut down and making his way into VC and co-founding AfterWork
Ventures, a community led VC doing things differently for the
next gen. 

Welcome to episode #73 w Adrian Petersen! Here are 5 key
takeaways you will learn from this episode:

Deep determination and focus to be a professional athlete,
being obsessed with Tennis & Cycling at a young ageThe
importance of be team first and win collectively with an "open up"
policyAdrian's non traditional path to Venture CapitalThe birth of
AfterWork and the cold start challenge of building a
communityBiggest surprise about investing in Sports Tech startups

***

TIMESTAMPS

02:31 -  Perth, Sydney, Melbourne, Canberra

 

03:48 -  Dream to become a tennis player

 

05:25 - Both parents worked in grandpa’s scaffolding company

 

06:25 -  Roger Federer and Lance Armstrong

 

07:25 - Australian Institute of Sport

 

08:45 - importance of be team first now vs being single mildly
focused in his past

 

10:11 - Working with people smarter than you

 

12:00 -  Learning the importance of “open up” when closing
his first business

 

15:12 -  First 3 months re-setting to find next opportunity

 

16:40 - The path to becoming a VC

 

19:55 - The birth of AfterWork

 

24:28 - Cold start challenge of building a community

 

26:20 - Deal flow sources being a community first VC

 

30:23 - Ability to significantly follow on

 

32:21 - Direct to consumer investments

 

34:15 -  Investor changing sentiment

 

36:46 - Mentors that have shaped his thinking

 

38:20 - Going from zero to one and beyond

 

40:26 - In house team complimenting the community advisors

 

42:14 - Investing in sports focused startups

 

43:30 - final sprint

***

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