Your running a small business which happens to be a sports league. You need people to help you … office staff, field staff, refs, umps, scorekeepers, maybe even coaches and volunteers. People are People. People are incredibly complex, and also incredibly simple. The human brain craves a few things universally: 1) Completion2) Achievement / Goals3) […]
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Way back in the day I was a Sysop for something called a BBS – a Bulletin Board System – an old school version of what would eventually become the internet – Instead of going to a website, you would actually dial in via a land line to someone’s desktop computer, 1 at a time,
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Small business can be boiled down to 2 basic ideas – no matter what biz you are in: Can you solve problems ?Can you make good decisions, even with incomplete information? Coffee shops, Night clubs, Sports Leagues, software companies … you are constantly solving problems that are unique – “you’re never gonna believe what happened
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If you want to go quickly go alone, if you want to go far … hire a bunch of great umpires and referees. At least we think that’s how the saying goes… When you first start your sports league, and your small business, you might be able to do most everything. Reffing, scheduling, registration, membership,
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Life is pretty good, there isn’t much to complain about. I get to write blog posts like this that hopefully new entrepreneurs and old industry veterans find amusing, and maybe think about things a bit differently when they are working on running a quality sports league. Sure there is traffic, a few health things here
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You are starting up and growing your rec sports league – What do you focus on ? Fun of course! Everyone likes playing sports, hanging out with friends, inviting grandma and grandpa to watch a youth game, maybe even going to a sponsor bar afterwards for an adult recreational league. When you first get going,
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Sports Leagues are just another business … and small business is always about one thing: People. When you first start you will want everyone to like you … heck you will want everyone to love you! The reality is – out of 10 people 1 or 2 will love you, 1 or 2 will hate
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Sports, Rules, and Refs Make Your Customer Service Feedback Different. The customer is always right … Not Really – In rec sports leagues – the customer is right about 53% of the time – The other times … Well they are going off of incomplete information, group think, or just a general lack of understanding.
Your Sports League Customers are always RIGHT … 53% of the time. Read More »
It might be the summer BBQ in the park, a virtual trivia event with WFH employees, or a holiday party at a swanky club, but every company makes the same mistakes with the company party. We wont hit you with every mistake possible – like when you created a logjam at the buffet line –
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You’ve decided to start a sports League – Amazing! Only you know whether this is a part time hobby/experiment, or something you want to do as a business for the next 20 years. There are some very basic questions: Youth or Adult? How many seasons? Rec league or more competitive? But you will never make
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