SportCentral helps sports venues to acquire new customers and engage more with the existing
ones through SportCentral.cz website which is a destination site for sportspeople and non-professional teams.
Czech Tech Pitch Day - SportCentral (Roman Sterly)
1. Salesforce for sports venues
Roman Sterly
Founder / CEO
www.sportcentral.cz
roman.sterly@sportcentral.cz
youtu.be/E-5JL0KEAzU – video presentation
2. Our customers - Sports Venues
Struggle to acquire new customers
Struggle to engage their customers
Struggle with marketing
PROBLEM
3. Czech Republic
USA
Europe
8.000 venues
250.000 venues
500.000 venues
Venues are underutilized by 20-50%
Our customers - Sports Venues
Struggle to acquire new customers
Struggle to engage their customers
Struggle with marketing
PROBLEM
5. Directory listing (free) Season/lesson tickets Contacts
Daily deals, other discounts Memberships Analytics
Events (e.g. local
tournament)
Reservations Customer requests
Gift certificates Sales force automation
Newsletters
Tools for sports venues
Integrated into their website & SportCentral website,
mobile app, widgets
SOLUTION
Customer Acqusition Online Sales CRM
6. 150M U.S. Sportspeople
$150-200 bn / y U.S. Sports venues revenues
$12 bn / y
$3 bn / y
240M / m
U.S. CRM market
U.S. Daily deals market
U.S. Searches for sports venues on Google
U.S. MARKET SIZE
7. Business and IT background
Worked for Socialbakers ($8M in 2012)
Previous startup – customers from 20+
countries
Roman Sterly CEOTomas Holub CTO
Lubos Kral UX/UI
IT company owner
Customers in U.S. and CZ
Ministry of Industry & Trade advisor
Freelance designer, 200+ websites + 6 employees
8. Now (CZ)
Biggest database
6200 sport venues
Great SEO
Brand recognition
Future
Platform
Complexity
Customized
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE
Lower costs in CZ
9. Raised $50k
70k visitors 6200 venues
ACCOMPLISHMENTS TO DATE
Won Startup
Funding EuroTour
Prague 2013
Organized nation-
wide campaign/contest
“Sport of the Year”
Organizer:
US Market Access Center