Youth Sports v2.0: Cool companies changing youth sports…OMG!
Wow. There are some really cool companies changing the business of youth sports. Technology is changing and disrupting so many different industries and youth sports is no exception.
Having spent the last fifteen years in corporate banking and private wealth management, and transitioning into a more entrepreneurial Co-Founder and CEO role with Convenience Select, I have had the opportunity to see a lot of different business models and interact with many different entrepreneurs. Over the years, I have been able to analyze and evaluate the pros and cons of hundreds of different business models (often times putting bank capital into them) and learn from founders and entrepreneurs seeing where they were having success and where they need to make changes. Having said all that, I continue to be amazed by the pace of innovation that is currently taking place globally and within youth sports in particular.
Earlier this week I had an opportunity to reconnect with a couple of entrepreneurs I was fortunate to meet at the recent Austin Technology Council CEO Summit. These two entrepreneurs are completely changing the way athletic gear and equipment is ordered, sourced, delivered and ultimately placed into the hands of youth athletes across the United States. The name of the Dallas-based company is Order My Gear (ordermygear.com) and the entrepreneurs I’m speaking of are Kent McKeaigg (CEO, Founder) and James Skidmore (COO, Co-Founder). It is clear to me that these two are changing the game within the business of youth sports and in my opinion they are just getting started. What’s even more fascinating is the business lineage that Kent comes from with his father essentially laying the framework for a business and distribution model that Kent would later refine and build using the power of today’s technology. I readily admit I am not able to communicate the power of Kent and James’s story as well as they can, but I would encourage you to take a minute, check out their site and reach out to them if you are in any way involved with youth sports (especially if you are involved in the athletic gear side of youth sports). The proof is in the numbers, OMG has launched over 60,000 online stores and successfully managed over $100MM in orders.
I am proud to be able to call these guys friends and I am hopeful that our company, Convenience Select, can have the type of impact that the team at Order My Gear (aka OMG!) is having. Keep up the good work OMG and thank you for hosting me at your awesome new offices in Dallas!
Allan is CEO & Co-Founder of Convenience Select (convenienceselect.com), a payments company supporting youth sports organizations. Our mission at Convenience Select is to remove the burden related to payments from youth sports organizations. We strive to improve the operations of these organizations by facilitating a more efficient, do-it-for-you platform and service to collect payments, manage reconciliations and provide reporting.
