Barrett Edgington's path into venture is unusual: he worked in corporate innovation at the NFL and NBCUniversal, was one of the first 30-ish employees at BloomReach, and worked on both sides of startup funding as a venture debt banker and an equity investor, experience he now shares teaching venture investing at Utah Valley University's Wolverine Fund. Founders and investors have described his board style as being like a running partner who knows how to run the race from his own lane, and he writes about building AI systems that can make sense of messy real-world information, all while being open about his faith, family, and background as a former NFL, banking, and consulting professional.