In a recent New York Times article “The Running Boom Has Popped”, Jen Miller says “Road races have hit the wall. The number of finishers in events in the United States has fallen from a peak of about 19 million in 2013 to…
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The 100th Anniversary edition of Forbes contained a section with short quotes or essays from 100 of the best business minds. There are a number of quotes that are thought provoking for races and for RunSignup. Here are the highlights we took from…
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There was a recent article on Bloomberg News suggesting that the next financial crisis could start in Silicon Valley and “Fintech”. Fintech is a broad term, but touches all races who use online registration with the movement of over $1 Billion per year…
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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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