Michael Maigeri Ede (born 03 March 1975) is a British Nigerianfootball agent, author and entrepreneur.[5][6][7] He is a registered intermediary with the Football Association (FA) in the United Kingdom.[8][9][10] He is the founder of Uplift11 Sports – a sports agency representing and intermediating on behalf of footballers and coaches.[11][5] His debut book, One Shot, an anthology of his articles, was published by Maple Publishers on 3 March 2023.[12][6][13][14]One Shot was described in the Vanguard as "a comprehensive guide to building and sustaining a successful business in the modern era."[7] The book became No. 1 Amazon International Bestseller in the US, Canada, Australia and the United Kingdom.[15]
Early life
Ede is the son of Honourable John Ede, a senator with the Second Nigerian Republic House of Assembly and Awidi Ede his mum.[16][6] He was born and raised in Nigeria before moving to the United Kingdom to complete his studies and raising a family in the UK.[9][8][17]
In 2020, Ede finally laid the foundations for Uplift11 Sports – a sports management agency.[8][9][18][7] This firm became the incubator that bridges the gap between talent and opportunity for those athletes who lacked resources.[9][11][21][17]
Ede has written, published and contributed to articles on Forbes[22] about becoming a sports agent: the duties, skills, career path and earnings behind sports biggest names.[23] He also wrote on lessons people in business can learn about winning from the different approaches and temperaments of Lewis Hamilton v Nico Rosberg in 2016 Formula One world championship.[24] He has collaborated with Forbes expert panels on common body language mistakes to avoid when communicating with people[25] and on how to break out of a career rut.[26] He also contributed on tips for hiring the right job candidates[27] and how SMBs can keep up with data privacy laws.[28] He was interviewed by BBC Andrew Wood on BBC Business News on "how the business of football work" in the current transfer season 2022 in the Premier League.[29] His latest article on Forbes was on how business leaders can use lessons learnt from remote working brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic to improve their team's productivity.[30] Working with Forbes expert panels, he contributed on how business leaders and entrepreneurs can successfully build their brand awareness.[31] He also contributed working with these Forbes experts on how to overcome daily distractions faced by business leaders using the best advice for overcoming these distractions or avoiding them altogether.[32] Further work with these Forbes experts, Ede explained how entrepreneurs can incorporate hacks into their own lives to manage their time while accomplishing more throughout their day-to-day activities.[33] He also elucidated on how business leaders have much to learn from the mental and emotional lessons of sports.[34] Together with Forbes expert panels, Ede shared strategies that he found helpful for maintaining a thriving business in changing times; which is setting S.M.A.R.T. (specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and timely) goals.[35] Ede contributed on simple ways to increase financial literacy as a business owner together with other Forbes business members, he suggested that entrepreneurs making time for educational resources can increase their financial literacy and better understand their business operations.[36] He discussed with Forbes panel experts that having a strategic objective is one of the best tips for improving customer acquisition.[37] On QR codes and how this technology can be incorporated into the marketing campaign for businesses, working with other Forbes panel experts, Ede stressed that making a QR code a social experience is one of the smart ways to leverage QR codes for businesses.[38] As an executive contributor to Brainz Magazine, Ede wrote an article on the role that money plays in the sports industry.[39] He wrote on ten talents and competencies that govern successful entrepreneurial ideology in 2022.[40] Ede also wrote on Forbes about how formal education can influence how sports agents operate in the 21st century.[41] On Forbes, he explored how technology is impacting the sporting world and how business leaders as a whole can leverage it to their advantage.[42] He wrote on Forbes how personal branding has become a powerful tool in sports management.[43] In another article on Forbes, reiterated how positive thinking can become a transformative force that can revolutionise the way business leaders navigate their day-to-day operations.[44]
2022 Men Leaders to look up to by the Passion Vista Magazine[47][46]
Selected as Top CEO & Sports agent of the Year for 2023 for outstanding leadership, dedication and commitment to the industry by the International Association of Top Professionals (IAOTP)[45][46] The award photo inset on Nasdaq billboard at Times Square, NYC.
Memberships
He is a member of the following professional bodies:
Ede with his family at the book launch of his debut book - One Shot (2023)Ede, Michael (2023). One Shot (Business Case for Success) The Recipe for Top Entrepreneurs & Business Leaders in the 21st Century, Milton Keynes, UK: Maple Publishers.[7][13][14][51][52] Following the book's global re-launch, One Shot soared to the top of Amazon International Bestseller lists, ranking No. 1 in the USA, Canada, United Kingdom, and Australia.[15]
Ede, Michael (2023): One Shot (Business Case for Success) narrated by Frank Block on Audible (Categories: Biographies & Memoirs), Amazon, ASIN B0BV473X3R and iTunes.
^Ede, Michael (2023). One Shot (Business Case for Success): The Recipe for Top Entrepreneurs & Business Leaders in the 21st Century. Maple Publishers. ISBN978-1915796301.
^ abEde, Michael (2023). One Shot (Business Case for Success): The Recipe for Top Entrepreneurs & Business Leaders in the 21st Century. Maple Publishers. ISBN978-1915796301.
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