Ep 146 - Professor Mike Caine: The frontline of sports and fitness technology.

Evergreen business innovation tips from a world leader in sport technology.

Whether it’s a traditional school education or learning on the job, a growth mindset is key to personal development and discovering your strengths. This Escape Your Limits podcast guest has not only gone from student to teacher, but has educated himself on building a business along the way.

This episode is a lesson in what it’s like on the frontline of fitness at Loughborough University, with Mike Caine, professor of sports technology.

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Before becoming a professor, Mike Caine was a student of Loughborough University and decided to return later in life as an academic.

Studying maths, physics, and chemistry, he started falling in love with one particular field doing a degree in human biology. Mike followed his first-class degree with a scholarship to study for a PhD in sports science, while also starting his own company and embracing opportunities of taking a product to market.

During his study, he also launched a business, bringing a class one medical device to market that helped people to improve their breathing. From then on, Mike has embraced life as a professional at the intersection of innovation, entrepreneurship, sport and fitness.

Progressive Sports Technologies operates from space in the Advanced Technology Innovation Centre at Loughborough University. Maintaining a small but highly skilled research and development team, they are primed to support unique project requirements through validation, research, and development support to the international sporting goods market and its related industries.

Offering both tactical and strategic support, Progressive is an on-demand R&D service to suit requirements, fast. When you need extra resource to successfully deliver your project Progressive is there to assist.

 

Episode highlights - 

• How to find your way through all the opportunities out there, developing your understanding through learning and discovering your passion for a career, post-education.
• Why you’ll need to find your balance between working long days and ensuring that you make time for family and your own hobbies as well as business.
• Why making money is often not the focus for product development, when there’s a chance to make a huge difference in people’s lives, especially in the medical sector.
• How surrounding yourself with the right kind of support, whether that’s through colleague, family or friends, will empower you to learn and ultimately succeed in your chosen passion.
• What different paths you’ll take if you’re open to trying something you may not have previously thought of, whether it’s in a professional sense or anything else in life.
• What the most important attributes to success are, whether you’re an entrepreneur or employee.
• How important building the right team is, and why complementary skills and interests will build momentum more quickly while also leaving you more fulfilled.
• Why it’s OK to fail and be open about it in order to recognise both your strengths and weaknesses.
• What’s wrong with the current state of education and university access, and what can be done to improve it so that more people can learn, progress and succeed.

 

Join Matthew Januszek in conversation with Professor Mike Caine…