Josh Booty’s success story starts where most dream of: in professional sports. From accepting the largest signing bonus in major league baseball history in 1994 and joining the MLB Marlins right out of High School to turning around LSU’s college football program playing under Head Coach Nick Saban and Offensive Coordinator Jimbo Fisher, to being drafted to the NFL Seattle Seahawks. He also played for the Cleveland Browns and Oakland Raiders. Josh was coached by Mike Holmgren, Butch Davis, Bruce Arians, and Lane Kiffin while in the NFL. Josh not only excelled in the professional sports arena, but built the foundation to his future entrepreneurial successes by the power of bringing people together. Josh also played 3rd Base for Team USA in the US Olympic Festival and World Games winning two silver medals.
Josh started Big Dreams Ventures LLC which he owns and operates himself, a consulting and biz dev firm. Josh also works in the same capacity for Madison Capital Group - MadisonCapGroup.com
He consults for several companies including logistics giant AFS.net and MerchantProcessing.com
He is the co- founder of Bula, a social gaming app which is expected to be the next generation of social.
While having his hands in business, Josh hasn’t completely walked away from sports as he now parlayed his passion of playing to sports entertainment. He co-hosts a myriad of radio broadcasts on The Bleav Podcast Network, Fox Sports Radio & ESPN Radio, and frequently does guest appearances on Sports TV Networks. Josh has appeared in TV shows including the soap opera Days of Our Lives and won the MLB’s The Next Knuckler reality TV show. He also serves as a Board Member of the National QB Club. Josh also played QB for USA Football vs The European Football League All- Stars in Berlin, Germany in October, 2021.
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