The first time I saw it, it scared me. It only took a couple of minutes though. I got it and understood its power. It all started with a cold DM on a hot August day. … [Read more...]
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Stylehawk Partners with Fight 2 Win for Event Venue Sourcing
Not long ago, the team at Stylehawk began working with a new client—Fight 2 Win, a Denver-based company that puts on Brazilian Jiu Jitsu matches around the country. The events Fight 2 Win puts on aren’t like any grappling matches you’ve ever seen. They call them “The Biggest Party in Grappling.” Not only do they bring in some of the country’s top Brazilian Jiu Jitsu fighters, but they also create a supercharged environment, complete with a high-intensity soundtrack, an LED video wall, lights, … [Read more...]
Is Your Event Profitable Enough?
Let’s be honest... Along with excitement and inspiration, event promotion carries significant risk. This business is for the bold and determined. Effective events have tremendous financial and social upside. The path to profitability however, is not always clear. I witnessed this first- hand in my work as a sports event venue operator. I saw hundreds of smart event organizers create super cool event concepts that failed to generate profit. Cool events that lose money are not … [Read more...]
Stylehawk Streamer: 5 Blog Posts Event Professionals Should Read This Weekend (1.25.19)
Happy Friday Event & Venue Managers! My first Streamer post of 2019. I am getting to it a little later than I had hoped, but my energies at the start of the year have been directed internally. I often talk in this post about testing and tinkering with the Stylehawk business concept. Our core value and key competencies have remained unchanged from when Stylehawk was borne back in 2014. The tact and the way that value has been communicated has changed. I think my message and value … [Read more...]
Stylehawk Streamer: 5 Blog Posts Event Professionals Should Read This Weekend (12.14.18)
Happy Friday Event and Venue Management Professionals! The end of the year is always a time of introspection. This year, has been truly incredible for me and my family. Stylehawk Event Services today is not the company I envisioned when I started this project in 2014 and it is not the company I thought I was leading when I shifted my focus full time to it… And that is a good thing. … [Read more...]
Stylehawk Streamer: 5 Blog Posts Event Professionals Should Read This Weekend (11.30.18)
Happy Friday Event and Venue Professionals! I hope y’all had a fantastic Thanksgiving holiday and got a little time away from work to enjoy friends and family. Our week has been very busy as we put 9 event venues under contract for events in 2019 in the days before and after Thanksgiving. Despite my remote location, we are still doing a lot of work in San Diego and Southern California. More and more though, we are working with sport event venues and event promoters around the country. … [Read more...]
Stylehawk Streamer: 5 Blog Posts Event Professionals Should Read This Weekend (11.16.18)
Happy Friday Event and Venue Professionals! It has been a busy week here at Stylehawk, which is great for this small business owner! One of the challenges that I struggle with is balancing the time necessary to provide my current book of business the attention it needs while also keeping my eye on customer acquisition and on business development. That is THE small business challenge for all of us. It’s fun... and overwhelming... and exciting... and scary..! … [Read more...]
Why Do Event Promoters Call Stylehawk for San Diego Venue Sourcing and More?
Event promoters, even seasoned ones, can almost always benefit from working with an event services company like Stylehawk. Putting on a successful sporting event involves a lot of details, and outsourcing certain tasks to a professional event services company can make a lot of sense. We love to be involved with the planning and execution of sporting events, but often, it’s not until an event promoter hits a wall in their planning that they call us for help. Here are three common reasons why … [Read more...]
Stylehawk Streamer: 5 Blog Posts Event Professionals Should Read This Weekend (11.9.18)
Happy Friday event and venue professionals! Stylehawk Event Services is an event management company that specializes in sourcing athletic facilities and sports event venues for our clients. The concept really is that we curate a wide diversity of sports event venues in order to (1) centralize the venue search process for event promoters and (2) create additional event rental revenue opportunities for our venue partners. Along the way, we add value by providing management and operational … [Read more...]
Faulty Security Practices At Your Event Venue..? Don’t Be Left Vulnerable
In business, borrowing concepts and tactics is commonplace. This is not like plagiarism in school… It is strategic. When enough of these concepts are adopted and implemented across an industry the ideas are recognized as industry best practices. In 2013, the National Football League (NFL) implemented a new clear bag policy. Under this policy, the “size and type of bag” is restricted from entering NFL stadiums. The NFL carries tremendous clout. The league is currently the premiere major league … [Read more...]
