{"id":35705,"date":"2012-08-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-08-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newrcblog.wpengine.com\/ringcentral-executive-athletes-go-for-the-gold\/"},"modified":"2025-07-07T04:12:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T11:12:04","slug":"ringcentral-executive-athletes-go-for-the-gold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/us\/en\/blog\/ringcentral-executive-athletes-go-for-the-gold\/","title":{"rendered":"RingCentral Executive-Athletes Go For The Gold"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_6679\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6679\" style=\"width: 553px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/us\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Vlad-Kiteboarding-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6679 \" title=\"Vlad Kiteboarding\" src=\"\/us\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Vlad-Kiteboarding-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"553\" height=\"342\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6679\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">RingCentral CEO Vlad Shmunis Kiteboarding<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>There are many parallels between sports and business: both involve wins, losses, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ringcentral.com\/small-business\/blog\/effective-teamwork\/\">teamwork<\/a>, training, determination and persistence. As a former college varsity athlete, I frequently apply my athletic skills and experience to the business world. I&#8217;m not the only one &#8212; plenty of hardworking entrepreneurs and executives grew up on sports and compete as adults, including our executives at RingCentral.<\/p>\n<p>I asked a few RingCentral leaders how athletics have shaped their business approach. Although they are too modest to say it themselves, it&#8217;s clear these executives have scored significant wins due to their athletic mentality. Check out their inspirational quotes below and add your own quote on sports and business.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Vlad Shmunis, Chairman and CEO: <em>&#8220;The first rule they teach you in snow\/wake\/kiteboarding is to look where you want to go and you&#8217;ll end up there. Works great in business, as well.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"\/us\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Vlad-Vendrow-300x300.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-6683\" title=\"Vlad Vendrow\" src=\"\/us\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Vlad-Vendrow-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Vlad Vendrow, CTO:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I played chess and badminton at school. In chess, you have to calculate your moves as far head as possible. And in badminton, you have to move quickly. Both skills &#8212; foresight and speed &#8212; are important factors in business success.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"\/us\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Praful-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-6682\" title=\"Praful\" src=\"\/us\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Praful-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"287\" height=\"430\" \/><\/a>Praful Shah, SVP Strategy:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Successful businesses cannot be built by a team of one. So while I enjoy playing individual sports like golf and tennis, I find that team sports have taught me more about building great teams and being a leader. The team mentality is the best game plan for winning in business.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"\/us\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Naveen-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-6716 alignleft\" title=\"Naveen\" src=\"\/us\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Naveen-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"266\" height=\"430\" \/><\/a>Naveen Gupta, SVP Product:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Table tennis is about being on the offense&#8211; don\u2019t wait for the ball, hunt for it. This applies well to business, especially when it comes to being an innovator and entrepreneur.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/us\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Dave-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6677 aligncenter\" title=\"Dave\" src=\"\/us\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Dave-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"491\" height=\"304\" \/><\/a>David Sipes, EVP Sales, Marketing, Support:<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I value the teamwork, leadership, and training skills that I&#8217;ve learned as a lifelong athlete. The first step towards being a champion in athletics and business is to step on the practice court.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"\/us\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Bob-Lawson-scaled.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-6676 alignleft\" title=\"Bob Lawson\" src=\"\/us\/en\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Bob-Lawson-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"332\" height=\"442\" \/><\/a>Bob Lawson, CFO:<\/p>\n<p><em>I grew up playing team sports \u2013 basketball, baseball and football \u2013 and apply lessons learned there to business. My top three:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>1)\u00a0Play your position well and help the team win.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>2)\u00a0Practice, practice, practice \u2013 invest the time to be fully prepared for a big business event like you would a big game.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>3)\u00a0Coaching accelerates your progress. Seek coaching in business just like you do in sports. 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