Come back in two years and tell us how his businesses are going. Sporting history is chock full of sportsmen turned 'businessman' who, within a few years of their retirement, are pleading bankruptcy in a court having lost the lot.you people need to understand conor is done fighting.
he is a business man now. he has tons of businesses, and it turns out this whiskey thing is making him a shitload . he wouldnt spend so much time on it without it having a huge monetary payoff. this IS his job now
What do McGregor's businesses amount to? A single-line whiskey brand that's been panned in reviews, and a clothing brand that's styled for street punks but priced for city lawyers. Fine but both clothing and beverage are brutally competitive and it's hard to see much in the way of positives going forward. Of course, there's been money poured in to paper over weaknesses of his business model but it's all self-financed and that right there is a red flag. I wouldn't mind betting that if he'd needed professional external funding he'd have struggled to find someone prepared to finance a desk and chair for him. Yes, admittedly everything looks rosy now because his businesses are still running on the startup money that he pulled from his own pocket. And his sales are being boosted by the novelty factor and Conor's current publicity from the fight game.
Let's see an audited balance sheet in two years time when his face is no longer on the front page, the novelty factor has worn off, and the business is reliant on fresh marketing and repeat customers to finance its costs and outgoings.