On Today’s Episode, we have a former division 1 athlete who now creates partnerships between payment services and global brands. Let’s start the week with John Higginson. 

Key Points from the Episode:

• Being a Division 1 athlete and finding time to intern
• Digital strategy and emerging tech partnerships in the payments industry
• Turning an internship at JP Morgan Chase into a full-time job
• Leveraging his job to move from Delaware to NYC
• Having a job with perks that bring “hidden dollars” like travel points on your personal card, stipends, and opportunities to travel and see the world on company dime. 
• Starting a company to help student-athletes transition into the workforce

Recommendations:

• Book: Good to Great by James C. Collins
• Daily reads: Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, Harvard Business Review
• Podcasts: EYL, a16z, We Study Billionaires, What Bitcoin Did

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028 | Strategies Beyond the Gridiron with John Higginson