About the Program

The National Football League Alumni Association (NFL Alumni) is collaborating with the BBB Foundation for Better Business to offer a Small Business Training Camp for former NFL players who are getting ready to launch or are currently running small businesses. 

The Small Business Training Camp is providing educational resources, support, and a forum for sharing insights and best practices. Insights from fellow former players who have become successful entrepreneurs—as well as other successful business leaders—are playing a key role in the program. 

The Small Business Training Camp aims to promote and support small business development in communities across the U.S. partnering with NFL Alumni’s more 40 chapters, beginning with Austin, TX in collaboration with BBB Heart of Texas.

NFL Alumni is leveraging the expertise and educational programming developed by the BBB Foundation for Better Business for the Small Business Training Camp, including course content related to forming a small business, financial fundamentals and cash flow, sales and marketing, customer service and retention, compliance and risk management, and human resources management.

NFL Alumni will also leverage resources provided by the Small Business Administration (SBA), including Small Business Development Centers, and engage highly successful business leaders across the country in lending their key insights and support, including former NFL players who have been successful in small business.