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Athlete’s Thread Revolutionizes the Collegiate Licensing Space

Market Daily Staff Market Daily Staff on November 16, 2022

Emerging company Athlete’s Thread is making waves in the Collegiate Licensing arena as it enables athletes on campus to easily make money off their name, image, and likeness regardless of their team, gender, or social following. This striking development comes at the helm of the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s adoption of a new policy that allows athletes to raise profit. 

This policy change has compelled many companies to provide athletes with an avenue to promote their merchandise. Unfortunately, only star players mostly get the opportunity to work alongside big industry players. To give everyone a fair chance to benefit from the new policy, co-founders Luke McGurrin and Karthik Shanadi established Athlete’s Thread.

“The best part about this is helping tell the unique story of every student-athlete,” McGurrin revealed. “We believe that if you’re a student-athlete, even if ESPN isn’t telling your story, you’re already a hometown hero and have a huge community behind you that would love to support you. What we really want to do is help all of these students realize how much they have accomplished and be the driving force to not only get their story out but help them be successful.”

“Our mindset working with all these athletes, the colleges and the athletic directors is to help them tell them their story, but also make sure we are helping them be successful both on and off the field,” Shanadi said. 

McGurrin and Shanadi are seasoned entrepreneurs when it concerns college apparel. They established Greek House in 2013, a platform that made it a lot easier for buyers to order custom apparel. After Greek House, they also established two other brands: College Thread and Threadly. 

“It’s already complex enough being a student and athlete at the same time, so when you start hearing about licensing compliance and taxes, it can become overwhelming. So, there’s also a little bit of a fear of the unknown, and how do I do this safely? So what we’re also trying to do is demystify the name, image and licensing process and make it extremely easy for the athletes to where we’re essentially removing their risk,” McGurrin shared.

Interestingly, Athlete’s Thread presently has more than 2,000 athletes in 12 colleges. There are 58 on standby, simply waiting for them to go live and introduce their athletes. In addition, Athlete’s Thread is already handling impressive names in the list of athletes, including Heisman Trophy Winner Bryce Young and break-out athletes Jahmyr Gibbs, Jalen Milroe, and Trashon Holden at the University of Alabama. 

Without a doubt, Athlete’s Thread is not only impacting the lives of young athletes, but it is also redefining how the sports business is being viewed and run. As a known market disruptor, the company intends to get 8,000 more athletes and ultimately take over a major market share. Its founders already foresee the need to expand beyond merchandise and apparel, which normally includes coffee mugs, stickers, and water bottles. 

As its founders set their eyes on becoming leaders in the Sports Merchandise industry, the company will be starting out with licensed merchandise for college athletes and eventually expand into collegiate retail merchandise and then professional sports. 

Replace Your University Delivering Alternative Education on Finances and Important Life Areas

Market Daily Staff Market Daily Staff on November 16, 2022

Learning in life never ends, and in the complex world that exists today, there is always something new to learn from experts or people who have lived through specific experiences. Replace Your University is a learning platform that teaches advanced financial strategies and other important life-survival hacks. Founded by Michael Lush, Replace Your University began as a platform to teach about mortgages and HELOCs, but it has now evolved to cover a wider range of subjects and lessons to teach the average person vital things they need to stay afloat in the ever-evolving complex world.

 

Replace Your University offers non-traditional education to people of all ages, from homeschoolers to adults. It demystifies a lot of concepts and explores a wide range of subjects on finances, trading, banking, mindset conditioning etc. The platform thrives on the homeschooling concept as it targets people who already believe in homeschooling and are big proponents of learning remotely. It targets parents, homeschoolers, school teachers and education experts.

 

While Replace Your University still offers its core business of teaching replacement mortgages and everything about loans, providing the infrastructure to make homeschooling a preferred option for many people is its primary aim, and it executes that effectively. “At the moment, more people are turning to homeschooling, and it’s because of the post-COVID rules that schools were putting in place. Parents just weren’t comfortable with those rules, and Replace Your University is stepping in to help parents keep their children engaged, pour into them and teach them appropriate values and principles to prepare them for a complex life ahead,” Michael Lush said. “People are also turning away from traditional education. So, there’s a large audience demanding for this type of education, and we’re working round the clock to deliver it to them.”

 

Replace Your University gets its drive from Michael Lush’s experience and expertise as a seasoned expert in the mortgage industry. He started his journey as a loan officer to become a director of operations within his previous company until its unfortunate closure. He was called back a few months later to head the company’s operations, and he took the time to learn different strategies to approach real estate financing. He launched his business and course in 2014 and has been all about educating consumers ever since.

 

Michael Lush’s vision is to create a new generation of a financially-literate world by delivering well-created lesson outlines that address the most crucial subjects anyone needs to thrive in today’s world. “We cannot do without these things. We need the knowledge to function fully as a world, and at Replace Your University, we are committed to passing this knowledge along to as many people as possible, from the youngest age possible,” Michael said.

Kayvon Kay on Having the Self-discipline to Achieve Success in any Field

Market Daily Staff Market Daily Staff on November 16, 2022

The popular saying, “Freedom means responsibility,” holds true always, especially when it comes to pursuing success in any endeavor and self-discipline is needed. Seasoned entrepreneur and sales expert Kayvon Kay is throwing his weight behind self-discipline as he notes that it is the most important thing for anyone looking to get ahead in any area of their life.

Kayvon Kay arrived at this conclusion from working with successful people for over twenty years and seeing them show up every single day. “Showing up is crucial when pursuing your dreams and without self-discipline, showing up can be a challenge for many people. Nobody is going to check you if you decide not to show up, so how do you show up consistently? Self-discipline is the only way,” Kayvon explained. “I know some of the most successful people in the industry. And what I’ve done is gather information from them. I’ve done a lot of studying and the first rule that I’ve seen successful people obey is showing up to go after dreams and to have the world of abundance.”

Understanding how easy it is to be average and mediocre, Kayvon Kay is addressing many people’s problems from the source. He knows how hard it is to keep up with showing up and he understands how convenient it is to keep hitting the snooze button and stay in bed. He is, however, speaking against that act and encouraging people to keep it moving and work hard toward their dreams. “Showing up is the absolute number one rule to success. You cannot be successful without showing up. So, what does this mean? First thing it means you need to get out of bed. Too many people hit the snooze button. I call that button the “average button.” Stop hitting the snooze button, get out of bed, show up, get on the phone, pick up that phone and call that person that you have neglected to call. Maybe you need to call your boss and tell them something you haven’t or are scared to tell them. Pick up that phone and show up because if you don’t show up, you will not get that success,” he explained.

Kayvon acknowledges the fact that even the most consistent person has days when they do not want to do anything, but he reiterates that the willingness to show up makes all the difference. He also believes that showing up is a vital quality in sales and business leadership, as it is the one thing that has helped him in his last two decades of dominating the sales industry. “We all have more chances of failing when we show up than if we sit back and watch others. One thing I learned through all the success principles in all the books I’ve read is that the most successful people failed on their way to the top and that only happened because they never stopped showing up despite failures and obstacles.

Supporting people’s dreams and encouraging them to put in their best is the hallmark of Kayvon Kay’s influence and success in the sales industry. He’s passionate about creating a new crop of successful people, and he goes all out with giving out information and valuable resources to support their journeys. Kayvon Kay is Canada’s number #1 pharmaceutical sales representative and the founder of the hugely successful One-Call Closer Methodology.