Andre Dowdell Jr. has made a unique journey from Division One football and the pro leagues of Mexico to becoming the CEO of Liquida Capital, a non-traditional financial services company. His lessons from the field, including teamwork, resilience, and strategy, have been brought to the world of business finance… and countless companies are benefiting.
Liquida Capital has been established to provide financial support to businesses of all sizes, including start-ups and entrepreneurs.
Says Andre, “Football taught me some powerful life lessons which I now apply to the workforce, and to my client interaction. Most importantly, I have learned without a committed team, strategy and focus on the goal, success isn’t possible.”
Through Liquida Capital, Andre teams with his clients in securing their finances, so that their businesses can impact communities, and ultimately, the economy.
Strategic teamwork
Liquida Capital has leveraged its influence through strategic partnerships and a person-centred approach. “It’s about individuals coming together with a shared purpose,” he says. “This is how we operate at Liquida Capital.”
Under Andre’s leadership, the company has partnered with major financial institutions such as Chase Bank, Bank of America, Citizens Bank, Truist, and the U.S. Bank. These partnerships expand Liquida Capital’s reach and allow clients to tap into deeper and more flexible funding options.
Since founding the company, Andre has helped lead the company through an explosive phase of growth, deploying millions in business capital in the past six months. With a bold vision, he aims to empower more than 20 000 business owners across the U.S. in coming years by connecting them with sufficient funding packages to build and scale their business revenues to seven-figure financial figures.
He says that he knows this is possible, since he has personally launched his own business and nurtured it to seven-figure financial status. His company, a car-related business, was his first endeavour in the business world after leaving professional football.
He says it was through running the car-related business that he first learned to reach out and develop strategic partnerships for success. Having successfully built a business from scratch, he now hopes to ‘pay it forward’, and be the strategic partner that entrepreneurs, start-ups and other businesses need to reach financial excellence.
“We’ve funded three out of the last four venture capital deals we’ve looked at,” says Andre. “That’s the kind of momentum we’re building, and we’re just getting started.”
Focusing on the goal
Andre explains that companies seek financial support for various reasons. Some want access to sufficient capital to launch, through innovative advertising campaigns, product research and development and the hiring of staff.
Others want to expand into new markets, and need an injection of finances to boost company operations, marketing presence, and new product innovations.
Still, others have debt to pay off, and won’t be able to continue operating without help.
“Together with our clients, we help to identify the goal and gear our collective efforts into realising this,” he says.
Keeping your eye on the goal is a lesson he learned in football and one he has never forgotten.
From field to finance
As Liquida Capital continues to scale, Andre remains focused on the bigger picture: equipping a generation of entrepreneurs with the tools they need to succeed, no matter the economic conditions.
Like a seasoned quarterback calling plays under pressure, he’s orchestrating a strategy that’s built on vision, values, and victory.
“If we can help business owners weather the storm and come out stronger,” Andre says, “Then we’re not just funding companies, we’re building the future.”
Written in partnership with Tom White
