In 2006, Working on Equipment in the Bag info

In 2006, we are introducting a new web site that is a spinoff of GolfInvestors. It is called "Equipment in the Bag". The URL for this web site is:

http://equipmentinthebag.com

As the name of the web site alludes to, the site will contain information about what equipment is in the golf bag of various professional golfers. The goal is to obtian the information each week from tournaments played on the US PGA Tour and the European PGA Tour.

Most likely during the first couple of years we will only be ale to get the information for several golfers in each tournament. Hopefully we will eventually be able to get the equipment of each golfer that played in the tournament.

I do not know if we will be able to accomplish that goal, but that is what we are striving for.

This information is currently on the GolfInvestors web site. However, this information gets lost amongst all the other stuff being shown on GolfInvestors. As well, it is not the main priority of GolfInvestor as GolfInvestors is about stock markets. This "equipment in the bag" data is just additional information that GolfInvestors is collecting as part of its ancillary activities for being involved in the professional golf tournament segment of the golf industry.

How does showing equipment in the bag help users and GolfInvestors? We associate the equipment to the golf vendors so we can help them sell more of their products. GolfInvestors then gets a small percentage of the product sales. As well, the golfer whose equipment is being shown could get a percentage of the product sales.

Take a look t the "Equipment in the Bag" site and let me know if this site is usefull or is a wash? Thanks.

Watercolor paintings

In the spirit of the holidays, let's talk about gifts --- golf watercolor paintings.

GolfInvestors recently setup the golfwatercolors.com web site in which watercolor paintings of golfers are being sold. These paintings are portraits of golfers and can be bought as prints (originals are not being sold at this time).

We commissioned an artist, Valery Sovoley, to paint the portratit of selected golfers. I know Valery personally through my work in another company I founded, SmartBond. Valery is from Kharkov, Ukraine and currently lives in Germany.

Five portraits have been completed so far, with five more to be finished in early 2006.

Paintings Available Now

• John Daly
• Ernie Els
• Davis Love III
• Phil Mickelson
• Vijay Singh

Paintings Available in Early 2006

• Jim Furyk
• Sergio Garcia
• Retief Goosen
• Justin Leonard
• David Toms

View the entire list of available watercolor paintings at golfwatercolors.com

GolfInvestors Stock Certificate

Am back writing blog entries now, as I have taken the GMAT test yesterday. Not studying anymore. See the end of this blog for more information on how I did on the test.

GolfInvestors gives users the ability to print stock certificates at any time from their own computer. The certificate is based upon the number of shares the user owns of a golfer on a GolfInvestors stock market.

In late 2004 we commissioned an artist, Vitaly Goloborodv, to design a stock certificate specific to the GolfInvestors stock markets. Vitaly did a wonderful job in designing the stock certificate. He designed the certificate based upon the GolfInvestors corporate green color and our corporate "G" icon.

Below is a sample of what the stock certificate looks like.

Users can log in to their GolfInvestors account, go to their My Account - Portfolio page, and click on the stock certificate icon on the right side of any player's row (only "long positions are available to print stock certificates; "short" positions are not available). Doing so will auto generate a screen version of the stock certificate with the number of shares owned of the golfer. This stock certificate image is screen quality and can be viewed on any computer monitor. For example, the image can be used as a wallpaper image on a user's computer desktop.

A print quality version of the stock certificate can be purchased if wanted. [ Purchase ]

This is just another element that is implemented on GolfInvestors to make the trading experience more real.

Now back to the GMAT. As for my results on the GMAT, I was shown my score immediately after I hit the "finished" button on the keyboard. In this day and age the GAMT test is taken on a computer (CAT - computer adaptive test). It is not like it was when I first took the GMAT in 1992. At that time 100-200 people gathered on a Saturday morning with no.2 pencils and a punch card in hand. The results were mailed to you 2 months later.

In this go around I knew my score when I left the site. No suspense at all. It is taking me longer to write out my test score in this blog entry than it took the computer to calculate and present to me my score. I made a 590.

This core is not terrible, not good, and below my goal of 600. Ugh.... Now I need to make sure all of my other items for the PhD application are spectacular and in line with the criteria heights of the application committee.

Oh, I did forget to mention which schools I am applying to. Actually, I am applying to just one school: University of Colorado - Leeds School of Business - PhD Program.

They have a good focus on entrepreneurship / small business / business strategy, which is my desire area of study.

No blog entry; Still studying for the GMAT

I did not write a blog entry this week as I am still spending time studying for the GMAT test, which I will take next Tuesday (December 13th).

See the November 30th blog entry to see why I am taking the GMAT test again.