Fireside Chat: Adam Linkenauger

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Owner of Freak Athletics/I Love Basketball LLC (I Love Basketball TV), the world's largest basketball training community, and Investor and growth hacker for online companies.


Adam Linkenauger is a former 7x ACC Champion high jumper at Clemson University &ACC Champion coach at Virginia Tech turned successful business owner to brands such as the world leader in basketball training, I Love Basketball, with over 2.2 million subscribers. 


More of his entrepreneurial ventures include Athletic Motion Golf, a multi-million dollar leading golf instruction brand online. Urban Valor, a platform for Military Veterans to cement their legacies, share their stories and advice to current and inspiring military, and spread awareness of the struggles of military to civilian transition, military mental health, and veteran homelessness reaching over 300,000+ followers in 15 months.

Adam also has consulted countless entrepreneurs helping them build their business, brand, and grow their audiences.


On February 23rd, Linkenauger spoke with Radford University business and entrepreneur students, at a Fireside Chat hosted by the Venture Lab, sharing advice and inspiring over 50 students.


Here are the top pieces of advice that Adam shared with the students.

  • Partnering with the right people is really important, can you speak on that a little?

Finding the right partners that have a different skill-set than you goes a long way. Go out and find the missing pieces. Ask yourself: What's something I struggle with or hate doing? And find someone to fill that role.  

  • How has being an entrepreneur affected your personal life?

My identity was an athlete, but when the time came for me to change paths, between athlete and entrepreneur, I didn’t have an identity. Being an entrepreneur gave me a purpose. Even though everyone thought I was a washed up jock, being an entrepreneur gave me a level of interest and happiness I didn't have. Find that thing that challenges you. 

  • What are your top three tips for becoming a successful entrepreneur?

Fall in love with failure. Don’t hide from technology or social media; it’s not going anywhere. Learn to leverage it to make the world a better place and do cool things. Learn how finance can benefit you. The odds of success compared to the cost of failure, for you right now, the odds are forever in your favor.

  • Being able to identify weaknesses and overcome them?

The more we can leverage things to get our time back, the more time we will have to do special things. I have a reading comprehension problem, so instead of reading, I listen to podcasts and watch videos. 

By: Jessica Britton

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