Newest Startup - MichPong.com

[J0schm03]

Thought I would talk a second about my newest startup MichPong.com.

We host beer pong tournaments around the Mid-Michigan area and it's starting to become a huge hit.

I'm sure some of you have played the game in your basement or on a late night at a party. But a lot of people haven't heard the movement of the game from the basement to the big leagues.

There's actually a World Series of Beer Pong going into it's fifth year next year in January. It started off with me and my partner playing in tournaments all over, NY, Chicago, MI and in Vegas. We won over $20,000 in cash and prizes from Beer Pong alone last year lol. Just traveling around and having a good time that's not bad.

But we decided to take it to the next level and start to try to grow the sport and make it more legitimate.

So far we've held 2 tournaments and we've already picked up some sponsors! We've got a distributor on board and 2 companies that sell tables and supplies.

Besides the tournaments our store is in development and almost complete where we can sell all kinds of tables and supplies.

We've got an interview about to take place with a couple newspapers and it's only gonna grow from here.

Has anyone else heard of anyone trying to do this around their area? The sport really is taking off all over campuses and it's a great opportunity.

Check us out MichPong.com
facebook: Mich Pong

And just to show we got 4th place out of 414 teams at the World Series this year Beer Pong | Official Beer Pong Tables, Rules, Games, and the World Series of Beer Pong | BPONG.COM click on the little pictures the last one on the right. The Designated Drinkers 4th place

[evanday]

I know i play with my friends . It sounds like a great idea! Glad to hear its on the rise. Good luck in the future.

[J0schm03]

I know i play with my friends . It sounds like a great idea! Glad to hear its on the rise. Good luck in the future.

Yeah it's been a huge hit in New York and New Jersey, worldpongtour.com hosts tournaments in those areas and has been doing really well with their business.

We've became close with those guys so they've kinda been helping us along the way as well.

[mjb96]

Have you networked with people in other states doing the same/similar thing?

[J0schm03]

Have you networked with people in other states doing the same/similar thing?

Yea we have. We're close with another company out of Chicago Triple to Win Entertainment - Chicago Tournaments as well as the guys from NewYork World Beer Pong Tour. We're all in close contact with each other and help each other out when possible.

We've talked about joining forces with tripletowin to put on a large event. But it's still up in the air.

[benmaxime]

lol nice...

[J0schm03]

We just got some good press! Got to talk with the State News, the paper for Michigan State University where we're hosting all of our tournaments at.
The State News: College students launch beer pong tourney site

[businesgoonline]

good idea! keep it up!

[rob2009]

beer pong is the greatest sport ever invented. lol. keep it up, it'll go far. i have had a few small tourneys at parties to cover costs, but never thought about making it a business. great idea guys.

[J0schm03]

It makes me happy that others can see the potential to make money with this growing trend.

In fact, we're now speaking with some manufacturers to start producing our own line of supplies, mainly tables. We've even gotten some interest from Miller Lite!

I'm excited to get our new product launched, and will be sure to share it with you guys!

[Beer Pong]

I play it a lot out on the west coast. San Diego. Check out sdbeerpong.com

[Beer Pong]

MichPong has been around a while and is a good company. We started Beer Pong Leagues - Beer Pong Tournaments, Beer Pong Leagues, and Beer Pong Fundraisers out in San Diego and it has taken off.

[JoshuaW]

Great idea and nice site!

[J0schm03]

MichPong has been around a while and is a good company. We started Beer Pong Leagues - Beer Pong Tournaments, Beer Pong Leagues, and Beer Pong Fundraisers out in San Diego and it has taken off.

Yeah we've heard a lot about your site on bpong.com and other sites. Are you going to be at the Atlantic City Championship next week?

This has been a really good learning experience dealing with manufacturers in China. As well as going through all the steps to actually establish and set up a business.

Now we're just negotiating with some manufacturers so we can choose the best fit for our business. I'll be very excited when we can finally unveil our new product!

[J0schm03]

Thank you everyone for the comments. It's always good to receive feedback whether it's good or bad.