Will Blackmon: Super Bowl Champion Turned Wine Entrepreneur | Making Entrepreneur

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This episode of Making Lemonade is part of a partnership between the Singleton Foundation for Financial Literacy and Entrepreneurship and the NFL Alumni Association.

As a defensive back in the NFL, Super Bowl champion Will Blackmon knows first-hand that no matter how much you love what you do, there are days and months that are really, really hard. It takes work to be successful, and there are always going to be periods that aren’t all fun and games. There’s no such thing as fast money, after all.

Building a successful business requires a deep, passionate, and authentic curiosity for every facet of your chosen field. You need to put in the work in order to thrive at whatever your passion-turned-career may be. In Will Blackmon’s case, his passion was wine—not just the “lifestyle” of wine, but the industry, the history, wine education, and how to make wine more approachable for millennials. The result of his hard work has culminated into a successful wine concierge business, The Wine MVP.
In this episode of Making Lemonade, Will chats with Noa about his 12-year NFL career, his pursuit of starting a business and his journey toward becoming a master sommelier. They discuss the importance of hard work and financial literacy for successful entrepreneurship and about the power of education when it comes to building a business.

Watch to learn more about Will Blackmon, and up next, stay tuned afterward for an “Overtime” episode with Noa and Will, where you’ll learn about some tasty game-day tailgate snacks and the perfect wines to pair them with.

To learn more about The Wine MVP, check out https://thewinemvp.com/.
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