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Black Tech Green MoneyTyrre Burks of Player's Health is 'The $100 Million Dollar Man' Protecting the Next Generation of AthletesEp. 199 Tyrre Burks, Founder and CEO at Player's Health, explains how his personal experiences as a collegiate and professional athlete inspired him to create a platform that prioritizes athlete health and safety, revolutionizing risk management and insurance solutions for sports organizations. On this episode, Tyrre speaks with AfroTech’s Will Lucas about his mission to create safer environments for athletes, including the role of technology in modernizing the sports insurance industry, addressing abuse prevention in youth sports, and fostering greater transparency in risk management. Follow Will Lucas on Instagram: @willlucas Follow Black Tech Gr...2025-01-2137 min
The Profluence Pod 🌐#174: - Tyrre Burks, Founder and CEO Player's Health | Protecting the Future of Youth Sports: Safety, Accessibility, and Players HealthPlayers Health, founded by Tyrre Burks, is transforming youth sports by creating safer, more accessible environments for athletes. Focused on injury prevention, risk management, and safety solutions, the company helps sports organizations provide a better experience for young athletes, ensuring their well-being both on and off the field.
Through initiatives like the Microgrant Campaign, Players Health has directly impacted youth sports by funding participation for underprivileged kids across the U.S. In 2022 alone, 75 children from 20 states received grants to cover the cost of playing sports. This initiative highlights the company's commitment to making sports accessible for all.2024-10-2125 min
Born In Silicon ValleyEnsuring Athlete Well-being with Tyrre Burks of Player's HealthWelcome to an inspiring episode where we sit down with Tyrre Burks, the Founder and CEO of Player's Health, an innovative company at the intersection of sports and insurance technology. Dive into Tyrre's journey from a professional athlete in the Canadian Football League to spearheading a mission to make youth sports safer and more accessible. Player's Health is redefining how sports organizations manage risk, compliance, and athlete well-being through a comprehensive risk management platform.
Discover how Player's Health uses its mobile and web-based platform to track injuries, manage compliance and misconduct, and provide essential insurance coverage, all...2024-06-2442 min
MGA Founders PodcastTyrre Burks, Founder and CEO of Players HealthIn today’s episode, Socotra CEO Dan Woods is joined by Tyrre Burks. Tyrre is the Founder and CEO of Players Health, a risk services and insurance firm that protects athletes and sports organizations with a comprehensive risk management platform.We talk about:- What Players Health does and the problems it solves (2:08).- Transitioning from risk management to insurance (4:01).- The importance of insurance for sports organizations (4:18).- Players Health’s te...2022-10-2848 min
By All Means91. Players Health founder/CEO Tyrre Burks“I didn’t have a business model. I had an idea. And I refused to give up.”
Former pro athlete Tyrre Burkes is on a mission to make youth sports safer. His Minneapolis based company, Players Health, provides a platform for coach credentialing and training, injury reports, management, and abuse investigations. The company has raised $30 million since its 2016 formation. But Players Health really hit its stride just a couple of years ago when Burkes realized a huge opportunity in becoming an insurance brokerage.
In 2021, Players Health sold $7 million in insurance policies; this year it expects to top $40 million. Already one of the...2022-08-241h 07
StartupBREW FargoWelcome gener8tor Accelerator to Fargo!Welcome to the StartupBREW Fargo podcast!Join us this week to hear from Dieumerci Christel, founder of Enlightapp Inc. and Tyrre Burks, founder of Players Health.Visit our website to learn more about StartupBREW Fargo.2022-08-1232 min
StartupBREW Fargo PodcastStartupBREW Fargo | Welcome gener8tor Accelerator to Fargo!Welcome to the StartupBREW Fargo podcast!Join us this week to hear from Dieumerci Christel, founder of Enlightapp Inc. and Tyrre Burks, founder of Players Health.Visit our website to learn more about StartupBREW Fargo.2022-08-0332 minStartupBREW FargoWelcome gener8tor Accelerator to Fargo!Welcome to the StartupBREW Fargo podcast!Join us this week to hear from Dieumerci Christel, founder of Enlightapp Inc. and Tyrre Burks, founder of Players Health.Visit our website to learn more about StartupBREW Fargo.2022-08-0338 min
The Joe Pomp Show#62 Tyrre Burks On Raising Capital, Hiring Fast, And Disrupting Youth Sports With TechnologyTyree Burks is the founder and CEO of Players Health, a risk services and insurance firm that protects athletes and sports organizations with a risk management platform. We discuss his background, the current state of youth sports, raising $28 million in funding, and more. Enjoy!
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Prodigy Search PresentsProdigy Search Presents Episode 28 - Tyrre Burks, Founder and CEO - Player's Health Prodigy Search Presents Episode 28 - Tyrre Burks, Founder and CEO - Player's Health. In this episode Burks talks about his personal passion and philosophy behind the development and eventual launch of Player's Health. Over the last six years they've grown tremendously and have become youth and amateur sports leading risk management service bringing them the technology and tools to better their organizations across many sectors surrounding player safety. More about Burks' background: Tyrre Burks is originally from the southside of Chicago, born and raised. He went to a small Division II program called Winona State Unive...2021-09-2431 min
JayTime podcastTyrre Burks, founder of Player's Health, from unlikely to unstoppable.Tyree Burks shares his incredible story from living in south side Chicago, to overcoming obstacle after obstacle. He would walk past a wall everyday that had the name of every kid that was killed from gun violence. He shares his story on how he used that as motivation to help impact the next generation of youth. He turned two failed businesses to a company valued in the millions. Lastly, he shares how being raised from a single mother shaped his view on love and how a drunk driver that killed his mother, made him grew up quicker than the...2021-09-0838 min
Schmidt List - Entrepreneurial InsightsRisk Management in Youth Sports with Tyrre Burks - Ep 49I am truly excited to share with you my conversation with Tyrre Burks, former professional football player and Founder of Player’s Health. In this episode, we talk to Tyrre about how he used his background as a professional athlete to build a winning team for his company, launch and then pivot his successful startup that makes the world of youth sports a better, safer, more secure place.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/schmidt-list-entrepreneurial-insights--2664825/support.2018-11-1345 min
Schmidt ListRisk Management in Youth Sports with Tyrre Burks - Ep 49I am truly excited to share with you my conversation with Tyrre Burks, former professional football player and Founder of Player’s Health. In this episode, we talk to Tyrre about how he used his background as a professional athlete to build a winning team for his company, launch and then pivot his successful startup that makes the world of youth sports a better, safer, more secure place. Get full access to Schmidt Stack at kurtschmidt.substack.com/subscribe2018-11-1345 min