Posts by HarvardTiger

An interesting metric to consider when the market is flat is acquisition cost of new customers. It's far easier and less expensive to attract repeat business than to attract never-evers to give skiing a try. If that's the case then you...

Quote: Originally Posted by gonzostrike that's the whole point of this thread, pussycat -- to try to describe that. try reading it from Bud's origin post throughout, not just Mr Venture Capital's sidetrack about...

Quote: Originally Posted by gonzostrike you just don't get it. you can't even consider my position without making a caricature of it. I've never been talking about anything other than an optimized ski school...

You need to ask for a raise--I think you're gettin' used! Quote: Originally Posted by therusty After my morning breakfast and warm up workout, I email changes to my waiting list back to the school. I show up at the...

Quote: Originally Posted by ldrjax ...snip... Overall, it was a great experience me, and terrific for the city of Jacksonville. The civic leaders wanted exposure for the city, and they got it. ldrjax, do you...

Quote: Originally Posted by gonzostrike ski schools should be independent. ski areas should have independent contractor relationships with all different modes/flavors of ski instruction. all modes/flavors should...

Quote: Originally Posted by dchan ...snip... For the students that would like to see this happen, please keep making suggestions. If this does come to pass, we will need as much input as we can get to make it the best...

Oh, coach, I know. It's all very good! Man, I just wanna' SKI! And don't tell gonzi this...be he and I probably have way more in common than either of us might ever want to admit. But I'd love to meet the guy and learn and...

Quote: Originally Posted by Coach13 I'm sure gonzo would be willing to take you up the tram and show you the "safe" way down. I was born at night, coach...but not last night!

Quote: Originally Posted by gonzostrike Pussycat, you forget that I used to work with a whole fleet of Elitists. Won't bother me a bit. Heck we might even laugh at each other. Well, if you can stand it...I...