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Being Your Own ICP

If you are building digital tools to manage physical spaces there is no better way to learn what to build than to manage physical spaces with technology. There is another, less obvious, strategic advantage: highly efficient distribution.

How to Monetize PodPlay Pro Monitors

The "cool" factor differentiates a club with PodPlay Pro courts from competitors that just offer courts. This blog describes how clubs turn the cool factor into a return on the investment required to install PodPlay Pro courts.

Introducing Alfie: PodPlay AI Agent

Alfie is an AI Agent seamlessly integrated into the PodPlay Admin Dashboard. It functions like a Customer Success Manager (CSM), answering client questions by tapping into over 300 articles from our Knowledge Base.

On Visionary Founders Part 2: Making a Dent in the Universe

The archetype of the visionary founder seen through the lens of Apple and Stripe. A relentless focus on craft and quality by each of these company’s founders is the key to turning an ambitious vision into a reality.

On Visionary Founders Part 1: Would Jay Gatsby Be Investable?

The visionary founder archetype as seen through the lens of The Great Gatsby. Vision divorced from reality as a tragic flaw for founders. Sam Bankman-Fried as a cautionary example of a modern day Gatsby–a visionary founder who failed to turn vision into reality.

Your App is Your Front Door

As the digital front door to your club, a modern, branded, intuitive reservation management app is essential to creating an elevated customer experience.

Build Something You Are Proud Of

If word-of-mouth is the cheat code for SaaS businesses then "build something you are proud of" may be the golden rule of product design that aligns product roadmaps with word-of-mouth.

How to Bend the Pickleball Club Revenue Equation

Court utilization and average hourly rate are the essential inputs to your pickleball club’s revenue equation. Small increases in these inputs can lead to large increases in revenue.

The Guide to Starting Your Pickleball Business | PodPlay

Your club’s size, business model, membership structure, pricing, programming, and other factors are crucial to running a profitable pickleball business.

Why User-Generated Replays Matter | PodPlay

Learn how PodPlay transforms the way players capture and share authentic moments in racquet sports clubs with seamlessly integrated user-generated replays.

Sharks Pool Club: A PodPlay Case Study

PingPod’s acquisition of Sharks Pool Club resulted in increased profitability after implementing PodPlay’s technology to power reservations, replays and autonomous mode.

Digital Scoreboards + DUPR

Transform the playing experience at your Pickleball club with PodPlay's digital scoreboards and DUPR integration. These features work seamlessly with the core PodPlay reservation management system.

What Consumers Want

By minimizing variable labor costs, the autonomous model allows a venue to stay open more hours, while adding very little marginal cost.

Changing the Game

PodPlay’s integrated replay functionality gives customers the ability to capture and share great moments and turn them into shareable content.

The Coaching Flywheel

The PodPlay Coach Connect feature makes it simple for customers to find the right coach for them. They can simultaneously book a court and a lesson with just a few taps.

Managing Time-Bound Inventory

At PodPlay, we are focused on helping our customers manage time-bound inventory (such as courts, tables, or appointments) in order to maximize utilization.

Built by Players for Players

By substituting technology for labor, the PingPod model could simultaneously keep costs low and allow the Pods to stay open more hours than a traditional club.