‘We Want to Be the Best’: NFL Quarterback Jameis Winston and Business Partner Danny Cortenraede Share Their Plan to Help Startups Win

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If there’s one word to describe Jameis Winston, it’s passionate. Whether firing up his team by eating Ws in a pregame speech, dancing through a postgame celebration while on crutches with a torn ACL, or, most recently, venture capital investing, the 2015 NFL first-overall pick throws himself wholeheartedly into every endeavor. “The easiest part of my day-to-day is being true to who I am,” Winston says. “When I go viral, I’m just being authentically myself.”

This mindset is shared by his business partner, serial entrepreneur and sports VC investor Danny Cortenraede. While most sports fans go wild for touchdowns and home

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