Coaching Up! Inspiring Peak Performance When It Matters Most
by Jordan Fliegel, Kathleen Landis Lancaster, Shane Battier
About the Author
Jordan Fliegel is an entrepreneur, startup investor and advisor, and author. He is the founder of CoachUp, Inc., America's leading sports coaching company, whose online service connects athletes of all ages with private coaches to help them reach the next level in sports and life. As this book goes to press in 2016, CoachUp has more than 20,000 coaches across the United States conducting thousands of training sessions every week in some 25 sports. CoachUp has attracted more than $15 million in venture funding and has won numerous awards, as well as celebrity endorsements from NBA MVP and world champion Stephen Curry and NFL star Julian Edelman. In addition, CoachUp has been featured hundreds of times on television and in the press, in outlets such as Live with Kelly and Michael, Late Night with Seth Meyers, Fox News, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Forbes, and USA Today.
Within the startup ecosystem, Jordan plays several active roles: as an early stage technology investor in more than 40 startups through Bridge Boys, a seed fund he cofounded in 2012; as an advisor to numerous venture-backed startups; and as a mentor at top incubators, such as Techstars Boston and Mass Challenge. In 2014 he was named to the Boston Business Journal 40 Under 40 list, and in 2015 he was named to the prestigious Inc. 30 Under 30 list and was a finalist for Ernst & Young's New England Entrepreneur of the Year.
A frequent guest columnist at Inc. on the topics of entrepreneurship, ...
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