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Mike Zisman

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
264 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Golf Genius: $53M ARR, $10M Self-Funded, Zero VC โ€” Mike Zisman

But the real break for us and every company, you know, I often say if an entrepreneur tells you luck wasn't part of his success, they don't know what they're talking about, you know.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Golf Genius: $53M ARR, $10M Self-Funded, Zero VC โ€” Mike Zisman

Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity, but you need some luck.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Golf Genius: $53M ARR, $10M Self-Funded, Zero VC โ€” Mike Zisman

And in our case, it was building a relationship with the USGA to replace their tournament management system with ours, which really put the company in a whole different trajectory.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Golf Genius: $53M ARR, $10M Self-Funded, Zero VC โ€” Mike Zisman

That was 2016.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Golf Genius: $53M ARR, $10M Self-Funded, Zero VC โ€” Mike Zisman

So it started in 2009.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Golf Genius: $53M ARR, $10M Self-Funded, Zero VC โ€” Mike Zisman

As I like to say, we wandered in the desert.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Golf Genius: $53M ARR, $10M Self-Funded, Zero VC โ€” Mike Zisman

Entrepreneurs wander in the desert till you... Today, we say product market fit.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Golf Genius: $53M ARR, $10M Self-Funded, Zero VC โ€” Mike Zisman

Do you have a product market fit?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Golf Genius: $53M ARR, $10M Self-Funded, Zero VC โ€” Mike Zisman

And we went from

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Golf Genius: $53M ARR, $10M Self-Funded, Zero VC โ€” Mike Zisman

buddy trips to leagues, to servicing clubs, and then really enter a relationship with the USGA to do tournament management.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Golf Genius: $53M ARR, $10M Self-Funded, Zero VC โ€” Mike Zisman

And then they came back in 2019 and said, hey, we also want you to build the new handicap system.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Golf Genius: $53M ARR, $10M Self-Funded, Zero VC โ€” Mike Zisman

There was a new worldwide standard for handicapping, and we want you to build that and operate it.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Golf Genius: $53M ARR, $10M Self-Funded, Zero VC โ€” Mike Zisman

It's probably the largest pure play golf software company in the industry.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Golf Genius: $53M ARR, $10M Self-Funded, Zero VC โ€” Mike Zisman

Revenue, measure by revenue.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Golf Genius: $53M ARR, $10M Self-Funded, Zero VC โ€” Mike Zisman

No, that would get you to about two-thirds of our revenue, but then we do all the handicapping.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Golf Genius: $53M ARR, $10M Self-Funded, Zero VC โ€” Mike Zisman

We also have other products.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Golf Genius: $53M ARR, $10M Self-Funded, Zero VC โ€” Mike Zisman

We go to a golf pro.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Golf Genius: $53M ARR, $10M Self-Funded, Zero VC โ€” Mike Zisman

It's a classic suite.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Golf Genius: $53M ARR, $10M Self-Funded, Zero VC โ€” Mike Zisman

I grew up in the days of Microsoft Office, a smart suite.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Golf Genius: $53M ARR, $10M Self-Funded, Zero VC โ€” Mike Zisman

We go to a pro at a club and say, look, you spend your time doing three things.