Talk about an industry in despair. Eddie is doing just that at the GolfNow blog. I sent him a few articles this weekend and he put together a great post on the woeful state of the business of golf for the manufacturers. I saw the new squarehead drivers that Callaway and Nike are offering up. …
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Why GPS trend is still early
COST! The major barrier to any ubiquotis technology – is still falling. in the meantime, tons of profits to be had by investors on the way. I like Garmin (GRMN), Trimble (TRMB) and NavTeq (NVT). I used to love Lojack but have long exited. Here’s a cool product for golfers: Thanks Marc for the hat …
Leveraging Community with Web 2.0 Tools at GolfNow.com
UPDATE – Om Malik ponders whether social networks are just a feature. It’s a good question. I think yes for the most part, especially today. At Golfnow.com, we are leveraging the customer relationship (booking tee times) to build a community. For a long time, the founders thought they would just code it themselves. I bugged …
Wallstrip Comes to Phoenix
I am tired of middle seat “red eyes” to New York so Wallstrip came to Phoenix. Some great stuff coming the next 7 days so stay tuned. The weather was an absolute disaster save the 30 minutes of sun that we had to film the first episode. Lindsay made contact a few times and we …
Golfnow.tv Launches!
It’s a good first question and good integration of trivia into a big community. Get your answers in and check out Golfnow.com – now in 45 markets and going strong.
Golfnow.tv – biased but impressed
I am really happy with the coming launch of Golfnow.tv. I am officially starting to get the word out today. If you are a golf fanatic and/or like prizes you will like the format of the show. I have been hounding the team to get a community launched around the GolfNow.com avid customers. Once you …
WeatherBill – Way Cool Idea
The Weatherbill link and explanation is why I still check in on TechCrunch on occassion. I love to read about the new companies being launched and this one is interesting. I wish that the site would just do way more of this. I can think of thousands of golf course owners on the east coast …
Vertical Specialization – I am bullish on the "last mile" of search
Brad says Vertical Specialization is on sale for $310 million of StubHub. I say Wow! As an investor in GolfNow.com…from your lips… Major congrats to the management and investors. Tickets is a very crowded, competitive, vertical space and when I read the news, I have to say I was shocked at the price. Ebay has …
Widgets – Take them seriously!
Everybody is talking about them, but is anybody doing them right? We cover them at Wisgetslab.com and it seems that most are lacking. Not enough people are doing them right. I think if you do them right, there is a tremendous opportunity for branding and mindshare but even more importantly, sales. My friend Gene Kavner …
Fortune Brands – Booze, Balls and Wallstrip
Wallstrip was bassackwards today but we did teach Lindsay how to book tee times on GolfNow.com (I am an investor). Not much you can really say about Fortune Brands (FO). Awesome is one word. I wish my parents had bought me this stock. I wish I was smart enough to have owned this stock. I …