[Athlete Entrepreneur Series] NFL Player’s Winning Formula for Business Success With Desmond Clark

Desmond Clark is the Founder and President of Bear Down Logistics, a third-party brokerage that offers dispatching and warehousing solutions. With a successful 12-year NFL career, he is now a global motivational speaker, accountability coach, two-time published author, and podcaster. Before founding Bear Down Logistics, Desmond was a Co-owner and Partner at The Insurance People, a full-service agency that caters to all types of insurance. His mission is to share his life lessons, cultivate meaningful relationships, and create value for those he interacts with. 

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Every entrepreneur aspires to build a company that delivers results and is successful in its goals. So, what can you learn from an NFL player turned entrepreneur who built a successful logistics company that embodies values that led to his success on the field? 

As an NFL player, Desmond Clark learned the value of discipline, hard work, and teamwork in being successful. Embodying these values has been instrumental to his transition from a successful football career to a thriving one in entrepreneurship. Desmond's approaches to building a successful logistics company are guided by principles he nurtured in his football career that enable him to develop and execute business strategies effectively. He shares his journey into entrepreneurship and how he leverages lessons from his NFL career to deliver value to clients. 

On this episode of the Inspired Insider Podcast, Dr. Jeremy Weisz interviews Desmond Clark, Founder and President of Bear Down Logistics, about his NFL player turned entrepreneur journey. Desmond talks about his NFL career, leveraging NFL career lessons to run a business, the behind-the-scenes of becoming successful, and how he addressed his hiring mistakes. He also shares the genesis of Bear Down Logistics, its business model, and its ideal customer profile.