Ryan Nece (Next Legacy Partners) - Learning from Achievement and Adversity

Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders (ETL)

Stanford eCorner

Business, Life Lessons, Creativity, Startups, Strategy, Thought Leadership, Education, Stanford University, Leadership, Challenges, Journey, Culture, Etl, Innovation, Founders, Stanford, Entrepreneurship

4.5 • 740 Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2026

⏱️ 47 minutes

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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.

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0:00.0	This is the Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders series,
0:03.0	brought to you by Stanford E-Corner
0:05.0	and the Stanford Technology Ventures Program.
0:07.0	Hello everyone, my name is Emily Ma
0:09.0	and I'm an adjunct lecturer for the Stanford Technology Ventures Program.
0:12.0	Welcome back to the Entrepreneur Thought Leaders series.
0:15.0	The Stanford Technology Ventures Program hosts it every Wednesday.
0:19.0	Today, I'm so thrilled to have Ryan Nees with us.
0:21.6	Huge round of applause for Ryan.
0:23.6	Okay, so a quick bio here.
0:27.6	Ryan Nees is the co-founder and managing partner of Nick's Legacy,
0:34.6	a multi-strategy venture platform investing in established venture firms,
0:39.3	emerging venture firms, and select technology companies.
0:42.3	NextLegacy's model is built on trusted relationships and disciplined capital stewardship,
0:47.3	while expanding access to technology and private markets for communities such as professional athletes.
0:53.3	The firm sits at the nexus of venture capital, entrepreneurship, sport, and philanthropy,
0:59.0	giving Ryan and his partners a unique vantage point within the innovation economy.
1:04.0	Nix Legacy believes that best-in-class returns drive the greatest charitable impact.
1:09.0	While most funds on its platform operate with
1:11.5	standard venture economics all returns from the firm's flagship fund are donated to
1:16.6	philanthropic causes a former Super Bowl champion Ryan transitioned from
1:21.8	professional sports to entrepreneurship founding and scaling multiple
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