Tiki Barber, Football Star and Co-Chairman of Thuzio

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Patricia O’Connell interviews Tiki Barber, Co-Founder and Co-Chairman of Thuzio, on how his childhood dream of becoming an astronaut evolved into playing for 10 years with the NY Giants, entering broadcasting, and co-founding Thuzio, a sports events and media company. Tiki discusses his varied careers, his family, and what motivates him to succeed.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Listen in to learn more about taking advantage of opportunities and pivoting as needed.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /> <br /></span></p> <h1><strong>Key Takeaways:</strong></h1> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[:25] Patricia O’Connell introduces Tiki Barber, Co-chairman of Thuzio.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[1:10] Patricia welcomes Tiki Barber to CEO Stories on</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">This is Capitalism.</span></em></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[1:15] As a child, Tiki Barber was so strongly affected by the 1986 Challenger disaster that he wanted to be an astronaut. His mother suggested that he go to a college where he could study to be an astronaut. He studied engineering at the University of Virginia and played college football. In his first semester, he fell in love with computers.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[3:03] Tiki’s dream of becoming an astronaut fell by the wayside. He left the engineering school and joined the business school to study management information systems, which is database design and programming. His new dream was to work for Oracle or Microsoft as a tech entrepreneur.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[3:27] In Tiki’s junior year, his football skills had become so good that playing for the NFL was a realistic plan.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[4:20] Tiki explains how his 10-year career with the NY Giants prepared him to become an entrepreneur. His first years in the NFL were tough and he was just hanging on. After a coaching staff change, he was