Apple has changed the rules for what passes as a valid app (Will Apple’s App Store New Guidelines Trouble Event Apps?) and has started removing hundreds of thousands of apps based on these new guidelines. What this means: If your race has a light weight…
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This blog is the other half of the blog on When Software Dies. There are obviously many, many reasons why software dies. This blog hopefully helps a few creators avoid mistakes and a few users from making a poor choice that puts them…
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This past week RaceIT told customers that they would be closing down their servers later this year. I’ve (Bob) had a personal experience with this in the past, and thought I would write this blog to give the creator and user perspective….
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July 24, 2017 – Moorestown, NJ – RunSignup is pleased to announce the RunSignup Migration Assistance Program to assist races who currently use RaceIT in the USA and who may want to migrate to the RunSignup platform. Eric Cone, RaceIT founder and former CEO, will be leading the program….
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Racepass recently launched. They received some initial press (although Competitor.com took down their article) and that has elicited some concerns from some of the race directors who use RunSignUp. This blog will hopefully clear up any confusion and let you know your options. UPDATE (5/13/2017):…
Read MoreMoorestown, NJ – RunSignup released their First Annual Registration Trends Report at the Running USA Industry Conference on Sunday. Using registration data mined from the 31,000+ events on RunSignup in 2015 and 2016, this report offers a comprehensive look at events –…
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I went to The Big Short movie last night. I consider myself an amateur economics student of that time period and have read all the books – The Big Short, Too Big To Fail, and the ones by Geitner, Bernanke and Paulson. I found the network effects of financial leverage…
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Unfortunately, one of the things we have had to get good at this year is catching fraudulent races that have been set up (in addition to fraudulent transactions and hacking attempts). Over the past two days, we have caught 2 fraudulent races…
Read MoreMoorestown, NJ and Boulder, CO – PreRace dba GetEvent.com will be helping existing race registration customers migrate to the RunSignup platform. GetEvent is transitioning to a new business helping connect organizations buy and sell race events, and will be discontinuing their race registration system…
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Turkey Day is coming! We’re not the only ones noticing how many races there are on Thanksgiving Day: the New York Times acknowledged that for hundreds of thousands, Thanksgiving is now a day of running: http://tinyurl.com/qg6scls Turkey Trot Race Directors: There’s a nice little survey…
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