Marques Colston
I work with athletes, founders, and organizations navigating moments where the next decision matters more than the last result.
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Athletes and Founders
Athletes in transition. Founders scaling through complexity.
Build clarity, alignment, and decision-making capacity through transition.
Sports Organizations
College athletic departments, teams and emerging leagues
Navigate structural change, competitive pressure, and long-term sustainability.
Athlete Development Leaders
Organizations developing business-ready athletes
Empower athletes with leadership, education, and life cycle programming.
I’m Marques Colston
I’m a former professional athlete turned operator, investor, and strategic advisor.
I’ve spent the last 15+ years working inside high-pressure environments across sport, business, finance, and education, where performance, identity, and decision-making collide.
My work is grounded in lived experience, not theory — helping people and systems move from uncertainty to clarity.
Trusted by leaders, teams, and organizations across industries
From global brands to athletic departments to high-growth founders, I’ve supported leaders and organizations navigating their most pivotal moments — helping them make decisions with clarity and build systems that create sustainable high performance.
How I think about performance and progress
I write to interpret the moments when the old playbook no longer fits, but the next one isn’t obvious yet — whether that’s an athlete entering a new chapter, a founder scaling faster than certainty, or an organization adapting to structural change.
In those moments, the differentiator becomes clarity, alignment, and decision-making under pressure.
Separation Journal
Essays on clarity, transition, and decision-making through seasons of reinvention
Program Playbook
Insights to support college sports operators navigating the new era of college sports
Winning Portfolio
Operator-level perspective for investors and stakeholders in the sports asset class.
Ways we work together
Thought Partnership
Application-only advisory for athletes and founders navigating high-stakes transitions and inflection points.
Sports Advisory
Advisory for athletic departments, leagues, and teams, navigating competitive and financial complexity.
Athlete Development
Programming, training, and workshops designed to develop athletes as leaders, decision-makers, and long-term assets.