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LaFontaine: Golf Sales on Whatnot Are Growing Hundreds of Percent YoY
“And so golf on whatnot is having a huge surge, you know, that's growing hundreds of percent year over year, and we have all these golf shops selling, and so that's, you know, another, another fun category that
I've been buying it, and the team's been investin…”
Banister: Social deduction games reveal how people operate and lie
“If you think about it, it's kind of like poker or golf. It's one of those things, if you get invited to it here, you should go, because it's a great way to take down barriers and get to know somebody and laugh and have a good time without, like, all the small …”
Rubin: Conscious self-awareness destroys creative flow like the golf yips
“Once you're aware of it, it's harder to protect. Like, in the process of it happening, if you realize this is it, it's like what is it in golf? The yips. You know, like when you're playing golf, if you like, if you start thinking about it instead of just being…”
Kohn: Pitching golf tech gets more executive attention than B2B SaaS
“Golf putting has become this great Trojan horse for us not to give away the strategy, but if you want to talk to a CEO of a major corporation or a CFO or talk to any kind of leadership, don't go to them saying, I have a great B to B SaaS solution for you. Say,…”
Hershberg: Golf participation is up nearly 20% from pre-pandemic levels
“So the growth in the game is nearly 20% from what it was prior to the pandemic.”
Preysman: Pickleball lacks the history needed for luxury streetwear brands
“Well, it is a hot sport, but I, you know, what I would say is I'm not sure yet it has the aspiration. You know, it's, it doesn't have the rich history that call that tennis and golf have that allow it to play in the world of streetwear and luxury. So I just th…”
Saxena plays glow-in-the-dark golf at 5:30 AM before work
“I wake up at four 30, I leave my house at five, and I tee off at 5:30 in the dark with glow balls. And I do that because then I can finish almost 14 to 15 holes by nine, get shower, and get to office by 10, 10, 30. That's pretty much three, four days routine i…”
Valiante: Tiger Woods is the only golfer in history who played better with a lead
“He's the only golfer, and I mean this, in the history of the game who's ever played better with a lead.”
Hershberg: US golf participation grew nearly 20% following the pandemic
“Well, I think when you look at the amount of golfers across this country, golf has really experienced, I think, a renaissance as a result of the pandemic, so the growth in the game is nearly 20% from what it was prior to the pandemic”
Shaan Puri: Creating An Accessible Golf Equivalent Builds A Valuable Asset
“And so I think that if somebody could take the characteristics that make golf work and create their version of pickleball, I think you'd own a pretty valuable asset.”
Chamath lost $750,000 on a single high-stakes golf bet
“Jason, I, the biggest match I ever played was a five hundred thousand million dollar NASA. I lost one and a half bets. I lost 750 K.”