Take a Cab to the Game

From Jim Barney:

Sports analogies can get tiresome, but I recently told a venture capitalist inquiring about Click & Pledge, that our product offering, an online fundraising system, is "a fastball."

So we continued our business discussion analogous to baseball.  (He wouldn’t let it go.)

Following a few innings of discussion, he summarized Click & Pledge as such:

“If I attend a World Series game, Click & Pledge is like buying a $15 Family ticket:  I get a good seat, a hot dog, a big bag of popcorn and a large cold drink.  Or, I could opt for one of your competitors and get a lower level box seat.  Ticket price is $115 and I pay extra for all the food and drink I consume."

"But when it’s all said and done, regardless of my seat, I saw the same game.   It’s about value,” he stated. 

I agreed with him.  But I switched the analogy challenge to a cab ride in New York.   

"Click & Pledge is like riding in a Ferrari but only paying for the price for a standard yellow cab," I said.  "That’s value."

He agreed.

I have not heard from him since.

From Jim Barney:

Sports analogies can get tiresome, but I recently told a venture capitalist inquiring about Click & Pledge, that our product offering, an online fundraising system, is "a fastball."

So we continued our business discussion analogous to baseball.  (He wouldn’t let it go.)

Following a few innings of discussion, he summarized Click & Pledge as such:

“If I attend a World Series game, Click & Pledge is like buying a $15 Family ticket:  I get a good seat, a hot dog, a big bag of popcorn and a large cold drink.  Or, I could opt for one of your competitors and get a lower level box seat.  Ticket price is $115 and I pay extra for all the food and drink I consume."

"But when it’s all said and done, regardless of my seat, I saw the same game.   It’s about value,” he stated. 

I agreed with him.  But I switched the analogy challenge to a cab ride in New York.   

"Click & Pledge is like riding in a Ferrari but only paying for the price for a standard yellow cab," I said.  "That’s value."

He agreed.

I have not heard from him since.

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