Pathway · Step up
Football Apparel & Equipment Entrepreneur to Football Tech Founder
How to move from Football Apparel & Equipment Entrepreneur to Football Tech Founder: what to learn, what to prove and what formal steps, if any, are needed.
Qualification check for Football Tech Founder
Not needed
No qualification is needed for the new role. Evidence of results, reputation and relationships decide this move. No qualification is needed. Customers, product quality and execution decide success.
2 to 4 yearstypical timeline
3new skills to build
2qualifications to consider
+67%mid-point UK pay change, illustrative
The move at a glance
Football Apparel & Equipment Entrepreneur
Designs and sells kit, boots, accessories or training equipment.
Football Tech Founder
Builds a product or company for football, such as analytics, video, fan or scouting tech.
Skills and knowledge to build
Experience and routes that help
Qualifications to consider
Tools to learn
What the new role asks of you
- Find a clear customer problem
- Build and test a product with clubs
- Raise funds and lead a team
Practical steps
- Ask for a small piece of the new role's work before you apply, for example one of the tasks above.
- Close the top gap first: Leadership.
- Keep a record of two results that show you working at the next level.
- Talk to three people who do the job. Ask how they got in, and who they would recommend you speak to.