Tag: crowdfunding

How to have a private caddie with the wisdom of crowds?

By: 2014. 12. 15.

In 2012 I wrote that the golf industry needs crowdsourcing and crowdfunding to attract new players and reactivate "armchair golfers", but also to involve people in product/service development. According to National Golf Foundation, in 2013, 400,000 golfers (650,000 men left,…

Wilson Staff is crowdsourcing their golf bag development

By: 2013. 12. 11.

In 2012 I wrote about why should the golf industry adapt the concept of crowdsourcing to generate more ideas for product development and to drive higher customer engagement. For golf mobile application development I found several good examples…

Golf challenge day in St Andrews: 50+ miles within a day

By: 2013. 04. 29.

In June 4 amateur golfers Graeme Dawson, Gary Davidson, Ally Love and Angus Watson set out to complete each of the 189 golf holes (of 11 golf courses; par of 740, playing time of 22) in and around St…

Golf Game: How to raise $125,000 in 30 days

By: 2013. 03. 11.

In last December I wrote about the concept of crowdfunding as a potential solution to raise capital and financial support for a golf course. Of course this idea is not limited to golf courses. From the Finnish example we…

Crowdfunding in a Finnish golf course

By: 2013. 01. 18.

For a blogger to get some kind of response from readers and visitors it is a good feeling and response to his writinings. When this relationship reaches that level, that his post gets comments with personal remarks it…

How to crowdfund a golf course?

By: 2012. 12. 27.

It is very likely as we are close to the end of 2012 that this year was the year of crowdfunding. For those who are not familiar with the concept of crowdfunding: it is a collective effort of individuals…