SPMT 217 Quiz: Spmt 217 Quiz #2
30 Apr 2018
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1 What challenges did you face in your entrepreneurial endeavors?
a. Capital = brain
b. Camera and TV, not much overhead
c. Not cost but at 24 you need to gain a reputation
d. Fixated on performance golf
e. Need to have a focus, cant be too broad
2 What advice would you give students looking into the sports industry or starting their
own business?
a. Need to have a passion
b. If youre going to put 40-50 hours into something, you better like it
3 What elements of your brand do you feel are the most valuable?
a. Teaching
i. 2 PGA tour, 2 web.com, 2 national champions, 145 collegiate players with
scholarships
b. radio
i. locally and on PGA tour for 11 years
ii. likes to e ale to desrie hat’s goig o
c. diversification
i. important to stay fresh otherwise you will get tired of doing the same
things
4 What makes the golf industry a unique business?
a. Multibillion dollar business
b. Riddled with niches and class (upper class sport)
c. Lag in golf industry (18-30 year olds not playing golf)
i. 12-18 year olds used to play until they got older and they had to pay for it
themselves
d. Takes time and money to play
e. Supposed to be rec sport to play with friends and have comradery
f. Trend : make it easier and cheaper
g. Game wont die
i. Where business is done and where people can get out of the office
h. Lifetime activity
i. Gae is’t getting easier even though the technology is improving and golf
courses are greener
j. Wants to make it so that people enjoy it instead of being penalized
5 Gae eig stuffy. I ters of the eiroet, Do you thik Golf is too professioal
or not professional enough?
a. Game is too stuffy, too professional and not casual enough
b. Cant force a traditional way on a nontraditional mindset
c. Needs to feel like there is flexibility
d. Augusta national = nicest of the nice
6 What skills are the most transferrable?
a. Interpersonal skills, being able to talk to people
b. Being able to communicate and make people achievers
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