Obstacle Racing Media recently published a story about Tough Mudder’s financial problems. This story that relates to several previously published blogs we have published, as well as to the fundamental way we run our business. One side of the story became public when one of…
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Seven of us spent a few days in Puerto Rico at the 2019 Running USA Conference, meeting with customers, comparing notes between events, and hearing about the newest ideas in the running industry. A few highlights… Volunteering (and fun) On Saturday, before…
Read MoreOver the past year, we have been collecting stats on what happens to races over 500 people that use our platform from year to year. For example, in November, 2018, we looked at the 290 races over 500 that used RunSignup races…
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As you can see from the chart above, it was the busiest day of the year for the running community – Thanksgiving and Turkey Trots! The chart shows the busiest peak was about 2,000 page views per minute – about 33 requests…
Read MoreThere is a wave of consolidation coming in the race registration business, as we’ve written about several times. Between a flat industry and too many smaller vendors who do not have the critical mass to build a complete platform, many registration companies will…
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EventBrite had a sparkling (pun intended!) IPO debut this week. They sold over $230M of stock and their fully diluted valuation now hovers around $3.4 Billion. Their S1 filing with the SEC provides a treasure trove of information that is very interesting to registration companies like…
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As we have talked about in the past, one of the real concerns for our market is the cancellation of races and race management companies going out of business. Final Kick Events just posted this blog saying: Final Kick Events is shutting down.This…
Read MoreAs we discussed a couple of weeks ago, more races are being cancelled. This is a major problem for our industry as it gives a negative image and may over time create more questions on the part of participants when they sign up…
Read MoreThis is Bob. I am at the Running USA conference (which has been awesome!). However, I am feeling like some people may view me as being a little obnoxious. The reason is I have been very vocal about the potential problems our…
Read MoreOne of the big rumor topics at Running USA is this article speculating that a race registration company is “under heavy fire for delinquent payments and misrepresentations of balances owed to race organizations” We have talked about it in our “Is Your Registration Company…
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