Loop Golf's Matt Holder on auto tee times for golfers, plus: Cruise robotaxi suspension | E1836
This Week in Startups
Jason Calacanis
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🗓️ 27 October 2023
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Today’s show:
First, Loop Golf's CEO Matt Holder joins Jason for a jam session on scaling his startup, which is building an automatic tee time booking app for golfers (4:32). Then, Jason gives a recap on the news surrounding Cruise robotaxi & more! (32:43)
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(0:00) Loop Golf’s Matt Holder joins Jason
(4:32) What sets Loop Golf apart from traditional golf booking apps
(8:17) Matt demos Loop Golf
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(16:49) The sudden surge in the popularity of golf
(20:53) The current state of golfer-tracking technology
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(25:29) Incorporating real-time features into Loop Golf
(27:40) Thoughts on surge pricing and additional app features
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(32:43) The suspension of Cruise’s robotaxi permit in San Francisco.
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| 0:00.0 | And so we give them the power to basically set and forget it. |
| 0:03.6 | Let us do the work for them and book a tea time for them in their sleep, |
| 0:07.6 | which literally happened for me last night at a nice. |
| 0:11.3 | This week in startups is brought to you by Mercury Raise. |
| 0:16.1 | With Mercury Raise, startup founders no longer have to navigate roadblocks alone. |
| 0:21.2 | Visit mercury.com slash raise to get access to a network, connections and advice. |
| 0:27.7 | Coriant. Real wealth requires real solutions. |
| 0:31.8 | Coriant provides wealth management services centered around you. |
| 0:35.8 | For more information, speak with an advisor today at coriant.com. |
| 0:41.6 | And Vanta. Compliance and security shouldn't be a deal breaker for startups to win new business. |
| 0:48.0 | Vanta makes it easy for companies to get a sock to report fast. |
| 0:52.2 | Twist listeners can get $1,000 off for a limited time at Vanta.com slash twist. |
| 0:58.8 | All right, everybody. Welcome back to this week in startups. As you probably know, |
| 1:03.6 | golf is one of the most valuable sports in the United States right now. |
| 1:08.6 | Last year, more than 25 million people played golf at an actual golf course that that sink in. |
| 1:14.2 | That's about 10% of the population. And there are about 10,000 golf courses |
| 1:18.8 | open to the public here in the United States since COVID hit. |
| 1:22.8 | Man, golf has exploded even more with the last three years being the three biggest years on record |
| 1:29.5 | for golf in America. So we have a founder who is innovating in the golf space, specifically in |
| 1:34.8 | getting those T times booking those really coveted T times loop golf helps golfers book T times |
| 1:41.7 | automatically. And the CEO and co-founder is Matt Holder. Welcome to the show Matt. |
| 1:48.6 | Thanks Jason. Thanks for having us. |
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