Any Investors Here?

RoadZter · 12-30-2011, 05:53 PM

We are trying to buy 2 virtual batting machines from probatter.com. Would be the only facility here and our surrounding area that has them.

RoadZter · 12-30-2011, 06:02 PM

Yeah female sports are big down here. Especially fastpitch softball and basketball. Mainly because they can be played year around. Heres the machine we are trying to pick up.

RoadZter · 12-30-2011, 06:05 PM

Here's a pic of our girls at the 2011 Christmas Party. We have about 80 registered right now. It's at the facility that has no machines!!

RoadZter · 12-30-2011, 06:08 PM

Other than it being profitable and a great thing for the community (because these girls could be out there getting pregnant, I'm not saying all of them would in case someone gets offended) Heres another reason why I'm so passionate about this.

This is my daughter:

azn370z · 12-30-2011, 06:08 PM

I would like an estimate on return on invetment. What amount are you looking from investors?

RoadZter · 12-30-2011, 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by FL 4Motion

I just skimmed the website and from the looks of it, y'all are going to be pretty much exclusively focusing on female fast pich softball correct? That seems to be a very limited potential clientele base. That said, I'm not from your area and perhaps there is legitmately a huge pent up demand for this.

I'm just used to seeing sports performance facilities/private gyms that focus on a few sports, ie hockey in hockey season, wrestling and football etc, NFL combine prep.

I just can't help shake the feeling that you guys could easily expand your clientele base and by default help train more athletes and of course bring in more $$$. Your investors will care most about that last part.

I agree with that last statement but for the last year we have been exclusively operating as an all female program and have doing pretty well. It also makes us different than anyone else in this or the surrounding area.

frost · 02-05-2012, 04:53 PM

So ... facebook IPO. Everyone is talking about it; it's supposed to raise the company's value from 75 to 100 billion dollars. But Pandora, Linkedin, groupon, and zynga all went public recently, and only one of them is trading above it's opening price. Not to mention, americans are ditching facebook in high numbers due to all the bad publicity. Doesn't seem like a smart one to buy in on ... or am I missing something?

ZMan8 · 02-05-2012, 05:53 PM

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Originally Posted by frost

So ... facebook IPO. Everyone is talking about it; it's supposed to raise the company's value from 75 to 100 billion dollars. But Pandora, Linkedin, groupon, and zynga all went public recently, and only one of them is trading above it's opening price. Not to mention, americans are ditching facebook in high numbers due to all the bad publicity. Doesn't seem like a smart one to buy in on ... or am I missing something?

I have a feeling that facebook will fall soon after it's ipo because it's a lot of hype. However, on the bright side facebook has a real business model. I believe 85% of their revenue is from ads and becauce traffic is so high on their site (second in the world) they sell. Groupon's business model was flawwed.

The real question I would ask is how long will facebook be popular / sustain growth? Will they become another myspace in a few years? That's where I see the risk. Google as a comparison is constantly growing by introducing new features, patents, making android faster/better. Will facebook be able to introduce much more "value adding" features?

I will follow their IPO closely, but will hold off making moves until I do more research and see the market reaction.

frost · 02-05-2012, 06:30 PM

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Originally Posted by ZMan8

I have a feeling that facebook will fall soon after it's ipo because it's a lot of hype. However, on the bright side facebook has a real business model. I believe 85% of their revenue is from ads and becauce traffic is so high on their site (second in the world) they sell. Groupon's business model was flawwed.

The real question I would ask is how long will facebook be popular / sustain growth? Will they become another myspace in a few years? That's where I see the risk. Google as a comparison is constantly growing by introducing new features, patents, making android faster/better. Will facebook be able to introduce much more "value adding" features?

I will follow their IPO closely, but will hold off making moves until I do more research and see the market reaction.

It's bad timing. G+ is starting to gain traction, Facebook is about to force "timeline" down everyone's throat, which will result in even more people quitting. Initial openings will be through the roof because of the hype, but I can't imagine it increasing profits.

Not sure what happend with groupon. Got too big too fast?

m4a1mustang · 02-05-2012, 06:32 PM

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Originally Posted by frost

It's bad timing. G+ is starting to gain traction, Facebook is about to force "timeline" down everyone's throat, which will result in even more people quitting. Initial openings will be through the roof because of the hype, but I can't imagine it increasing profits.

Not sure what happend with groupon. Got too big too fast?

Groupon has no business model. They IPO'd so the insiders could

ZMan8 · 02-05-2012, 07:31 PM

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Originally Posted by m4a1mustang

Groupon has no business model. They IPO'd so the insiders could

Exactly!

frost · 02-05-2012, 07:52 PM

Seems like they have a good base, finding businesses who will offer discounts for their offerings, and then split it with the companies. Even the payment terms groupon made to the companies are good for Groupon. But growing too fast meant it had more bills than incoming revenue, and it also failed to address getting consistent revenue. A regular jow like me may look here and there, and buy something here and there, but it's sporadic at best. So in my mind, some months it can really pull in money, and other months it may not be able to pay the bills. Guys like me, who only use the service once or twice are the nemesis of them being able to stay sustainable.

ZMan8 · 02-06-2012, 09:56 AM

A little on groupon:

Is Groupon's Business Model Sustainable? - Forbes

How Sustainable Is Groupon's Business Model? - Knowledge@Wharton

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Let me talk about some of the fundamental weaknesses. Obviously, one is, however brilliant of an idea it is, there is also now a huge increase in competition. When Groupon had few competitors, it was more viable than it is now with 499 competitors.

But that is not the big weakness. The Groupon business model works better during a recession than it does during a vibrant economy. I will explain why, and this is where it gets intriguing. The reason some retailers might be willing to provide supply to Groupon is because they have excess inventory. That is particularly the case for services. One of the services I notice frequently [offered on group buying sites] is that of beauty salons. They have so many seats and so many beauticians. If I don't sell that 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. time slot on Thursday afternoon, I cannot carry that time slot in the inventory tomorrow. It perishes. It perishes in the same sense as an [unsold] airplane seat [once] a plane takes off down the runway. Because of the recession, there has been an abundance of people who are forgoing beauty salons and other sorts of luxury, discretionary services. Rather than let that airplane seat go [unfilled] and the beautician hour go with no revenue, [companies] would [rather] sell it for a little above whatever the incremental costs are. So there is a willingness to do deep discounting.

As the economy picks up and there is less excess inventory, the availability of supply will go down. The willingness of the merchant to offer deep discounts will go down. The business proposition to the customer will be less attractive if [the item or service being offered] doesn't have the same deep discount.

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12-30-2011, 05:53 PM	#1 (permalink)
RoadZter Base Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Sunny South Texas! Posts: 228 Drives: 370z Roadster Rep Power: 14	We are trying to buy 2 virtual batting machines from probatter.com. Would be the only facility here and our surrounding area that has them.

12-30-2011, 06:02 PM	#2 (permalink)
RoadZter Base Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Sunny South Texas! Posts: 228 Drives: 370z Roadster Rep Power: 14	Yeah female sports are big down here. Especially fastpitch softball and basketball. Mainly because they can be played year around. Heres the machine we are trying to pick up.

12-30-2011, 06:08 PM	#4 (permalink)
RoadZter Base Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Sunny South Texas! Posts: 228 Drives: 370z Roadster Rep Power: 14	Other than it being profitable and a great thing for the community (because these girls could be out there getting pregnant, I'm not saying all of them would in case someone gets offended) Heres another reason why I'm so passionate about this. This is my daughter: