#145 Houman Ashrafzadeh - Founder of Padium, backed by Spotify's co-founder

Welcome to episode 145 of Sports Management Podcast. Today’s guest is Houman Ashrafzadeh – the founder of Padium a “London’s premium padel club, in the heart of Canary Wharf”. Houman is a serial entrepreneur who in addition to Padium also has founded Urban Greens Salad bar, Coffydoor and 360 Capital. His latest venture, Padium, is backed by Spotify co-founder Martin Lorentzon, who is a big padel enthusiast as well. In this episode we spoke about: The padel landscape in the UK Learnings from “The Swedish Model” Challenges from starting a restaurant just before covid Why he chose Canary Wharf as the location for Padium What Houman has learned from Spotify co-founder Martin Lorentzon And much more! Timestamps: 00:00 Intro00:21: Padium in Canary Wharf 06:35: Learnings from "The Swedish Model" 13:49: Backed by Spotify Co-Founder Martin Lorentzon 15:28: Future Plans for Padium 25:05: Padium Brand  26:09: Advice for Aspiring Entrepreneurs  31:07: Outro _____________________________________________________________ Houman's Channels: https://www.linkedin.com/in/houmanashrafzadeh/  https://www.instagram.com/houman.ash/?hl=en  Padium's Channels: https://www.padium.com/  https://www.linkedin.com/company/padium/  https://www.facebook.com/padiumuk  https://www.instagram.com/padiumuk/?hl=en  _____________________________________________________________ Follow Sports Management Podcast on social media Instagram Twitter LinkedIn YouTube Sign up for the newsletter! www.sportsmanagementpodcast.com