Ryan Nece (Next Legacy Partners) - Learning from Achievement and Adversity
From Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders (ETL) by Stanford eCorner
June 3, 2026 · 47 min · Season 27 · Episode 8
About this episode
Ryan Nece discusses the lessons learned from his experiences in sports and entrepreneurship.
Ryan Nece is co-founder and managing partner of Next Legacy Partners, a multi-strategy venture platform investing in established venture firms, emerging venture firms, and select technology companies. A former Super Bowl champion, Nece transitioned from professional sports to entrepreneurship, founding and scaling multiple businesses before co-founding Next Legacy. In this conversation with Adjunct Lecturer Emily Ma, Nece shares the lessons he has learned about resilience, generosity, authenticity, and thoughtfulness from both painful experiences and huge successes. Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders is produced by the Stanford Technology Ventures Program (STVP), the entrepreneurship center at the Stanford School of Engineering, and published on eCorner by STVP. STVP empowers aspiring entrepreneurs to become global citizens who create and scale responsible innovations. CONNECT WITH US YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/ecorner X: https://x.com/ECorner LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/stanfordtechnologyventuresprogram/ Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/stanfordstvp.bsky.social Facebook…
People in this episode
Host: Emily Ma
Guest: Ryan Nece
Topics covered
- entrepreneurship
- resilience
- authenticity
- generosity
- adversity
- success
Keywords
- Ryan Nece
- Next Legacy Partners
- entrepreneurship
- resilience
- authenticity
- success
- adversity
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Next Legacy Partners, Stanford Technology Ventures Program, Stanford School of Engineering
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