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Our team had a vision to
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Student athletes are 4 times more likely
to attend college.
Founder Story
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As a former hockey player and golfer at Concordia College in Moorhead, Max believes that sports are a great way for kids to stay healthy and be positive members of society. In 2011, Max was playing junior hockey in Washington DC. During this time, he took an entrepreneurship class at a local community college. In this class, he had to come up with a business plan to compete with his classmates and present his plan to mock investors.
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After being inspired by companies like TOMS Shoes, Max came up with a golf clothing company that used the profits to help teach kids how to play golf. He presented his idea to the mock investors and Smith's business idea was voted the top idea of the class. Upon returning to Minnesota after his junior hockey season, Max started thinking more and more about his business plan. He, along with some co-workers at his parents company Innovative Office Solutions, came up with the name InSports Foundation.
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The original idea for InSports was to put on free sports camps for kids who couldn't afford to pay for camps in the summer. As the foundation grew, Smith began to create apparel fundraisers to help teams raise money, gave out scholarships to kids in need, and began to put on weekly, completely free camps for kids in need.
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