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The Biscuit Team (or at least a couple of us) are packing up and heading to Colorado Springs, CO this week for the Association of Railway Museums (ARM) Conference, where we will be hosting a seminar on automated ticketing and mingling with the hardcore railfans. We’ll be blogging from the event AND we’ve got some special news in store for later this week, so stay tuned.
- Pikes Peak in Colorado Springs
It’s been a while since we talked about BattlePass, our first product line extension in the history of the company. BattlePass is doing extremely well, with new MMA Promoter clients being added daily. We launched a myspace page shortly after we released the product, and quickly made “friends” with Dana White (head of UFC), Chuck Liddell, and many other icons of the sport.
Check out our myspace page by clicking here
Speaking of Liddell, did anyone see the fight this weekend?
ouch.
If you weren’t living under a rock today, you probably heard that Google released a new web browser called Chrome. Initial reviews of the web browser have been extremely positive: here’s what TechCrunch and Scoble had to say. We’ve been doing some testing at The Biscuit and TicketBiscuit seems to run extra fast in Chrome.
Give it a try and let us know what you think. Post your comments here or send us feedback at support@ticketbiscuit.com. As always, thanks for using The Biscuit!
In these days of 24 hour news channels and information overload courtesy of the world wide web, it’s easy to assume the role of “know-it-all”. And as Gustav roars into the Gulf of Mexico, many of us inject the current common knowledge about hurricanes into our water cooler discussions. For example, we all know-
- Katrina was the most damaging hurricane on record
- Hurricanes lose energy over land, but pick up steam (almost literally) over hot water, and
- Hurricanes make gas prices go up.
BUT- there are many things you DON’T know about hurricanes. For example, did you know that this Gustav is actually the fifth tropical cyclone to share that name? Look it up.
Find out what else you don’t know about hurricanes – check out the quiz hosted by the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. You just might learn something.
Speaking of learning something- we occasionally post ticket selling tips on this blog, like last week’s post on event aggregator sites. We’re interested in your thoughts on these tips. Are they helpful? Do you have tips to share? Let us know.
When I got home last night from “MMA 101″ class at Spartan Fitness, my wife told me I had something on my eyebrow. Turns out, it was a piece of leather from my training partner’s glove, left there when he landed a stiff jab during the “live sparring” we do at the end of class. As we prepare to launch BattlePass.com, the first and only ticketing system built for combat sports, my MMA training is much more than just a tough workout:
1. It gives me intimate knowledge of – and respect for – the country’s fastest growing sport, something that will prove invaluable as we approach the many promoters who regularly sell out MMA, Boxing, Jiu-Jitsu, and Muay Thai fights in town halls and community centers across the country. I expect this knowledge will come in very handy as we fight for the belt of “fastest growing ticketing company in the country”.
2. It strengthens my resolve and competitiveness in the business world. There’s nothing like learning to weather punches to the face, knees to the ribcage, neck cranks, and arm bars to put things in perspective when you’re trying to convince a prospective client of the value of your software.
3. It reminds me that size doesn’t matter – at least not in fighting or business. In the early days of modern civilization, David brought down Goliath; in the early days of the UFC, Royce Gracie brought down countless bigger fighters who, on paper, should have crushed him; and call it post-fight euphoria if you want, but I have a feeling that ticket buyers and sellers alike will one day tell stories of how “scrappy little TicketBiscuit” took down the ticketing behemoths of their day by out-thinking, out-maneuvering, and out-executing them.
Kimbo Gets Beat- But Was it Fixed?
October 10, 2008 in BattlePass, celebrity news, Commentary, Musings | Tags: BattlePass, carano, kimbo, MMA, petruzelli, proelite | by ehoush | Leave a comment
I’ve gotta admit, I was a big fan of MMA before but since the launch of BattlePass my fandom has gone almost to the nuclear scale. So it was with great anticipation that I awaited this last weekend’s matchup between seasoned veteran Ken Shamrockand Internet phenom Kimbo Slice.
Only the fight didn’t happen. Hours before the fight Shamrock apparently suffered a cut and was not allowed to fight. his last minute replacement was a previously relatively unknown fighter named Seth Petruzelli.
Petruzeilli knocked him out in 14 seconds. Kimbo was supposed to be the best thing for MMA since, well, (forgive the pun here) sliced bread, but he suffered an embarrassing beatdown at the hands of a no-name. And now, there are allegations that the fight was supposed to be fixed. But before I get there, why don’t you watch the fight in it’s entirety? Seriously, it will only take 14 seconds. Go ahead.
Okay so Seth delivers a beatdown. But Seth isn’t used to the limelight. So naturally, when everyone and their mother wants to talk to the guy who beat Kimbo, our boy Seth tells too much:
Ouch. You can read the whole article here if you are interested, but this could be big trouble for ProElite. We’ll keep you posted. One of the great things about MMA is that to this point it has been about combat, performance, preparation, skill. this kind of shenanigan would put a black eye on the sport, but it would be nothing new. I mean, there have been empires (*cough cough WWE*) built on this type of tom-foolery. The BattlePass team will actually get to meet ProElite head of Operations Jeremy Lappen at Fight Promoter University V in November, so I’m anxious to get his take on this whole matter (away from what says to the media).
On a side note, I am now a HUGE fan of Gina Carano. Wowza.
*swoon*
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