Manchester: Sports Entrepreneurship

This Burch Seminar on Sports Entrepreneurship explores the traditional sport revenue drivers with globally renowned soccer clubs leading the charge of innovation in the sports industry. Course content will dive into the digitization of sports as well as sports verticals with high growth and low entry-barriers. Students will work together to develop a sports startup with a coinciding presentation and website helping them to turn an idea into an enterprise. By the end of the Burch Seminar, students will be able to discover, ideate, validate, and accelerate sports ventures.

SUMMER 2025
July 11 - August 2

Application Deadline

January 31

Eligibility

All Burch Field Research Seminars are open to UNC undergraduates (second-year status or greater) who have a 3.0 GPA. Students must have completed ECON 125 and 325 or have permission of the instructor. 

Contact/Advising

Holland Page
Global Education and Fellowships Advisor
Schedule advising here. 

Gina Difino
Director, Global Education and Fellowships
HonorsBurch@unc.edu