Part of Bob’s continued ramblings. TLDR: RunSignup is Employee Owned. That means that we do not have outside investors and all employees own stock as well as participate in a profit sharing program. We were lucky to not need outside investment. Our team…
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The Quick Summary: Our employee owned company shares our high level numbers and thoughts on the market and technology advances on a quarterly and yearly basis – 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, Q1 and Q2 2024. RunSignup Q3 Numbers It was another solid quarter for our company, with…
Read MorePart of Bob’s continued ramblings. Grandma’s Marathon opened yesterday to a melt down. Race Roster is also doing so many of the things that old vendors did that motivated me to start RunSignup. Let me vent some… Scaling Grandmas registration crashing reminds me…
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We had our fourth busiest day in history yesterday (after the day before Thanksgiving last year and the two Broad Street Lottery pick days of 40,000 participants). Our customers processed the following on September 30, 2024: $ Transactions $2,960,221 Registrations 52,506 Number…
Read MoreWhen we started the company in 2010, we made the decision that free events should be free. We figured that our incremental cost of a free event is very low if we are not burdened by support. And our development team had…
Read MorePart of Bob’s continued ramblings. The term Network Effect became popular with, well – networks, and then with social networks. It is “the idea that when more people use a product or service, its value increases.” I was not sure if there would…
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We have been doing the US race registration market analysis every 6 months for many years. We include a ton of analytical data, and also include our analysis of happenings and directions in the market (of course that analysis is done from…
Read MorePart of Bob’s continued ramblings. Last week Eventbrite announced Q2 earnings, and put simply, they were a Train Wreck. That blog reviews the details of the mistakes that have decreased their ticket buyers by 16% in the past year. This has led to…
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EnMotive has announced the end of their registration business. As with previous registration vendors who have had to cease operations, RunSignup is here to help those customers who previously used EnMotive. Here is the letter that customers are receiving and has been…
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Part-Time Technical Customer Service Representative RunSignup is seeking a Part-Time Technical Customer Service Representative to join our weekend support team! This is a great opportunity for an individual who is passionate about the racing and ticket industry and looking for weekend work….
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