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Table tennis venue company

PingPod is a company that runs table tennis venues, nicknamed "pods." Most pods are operational 24/7 and operate without on-site employees.

PingPod Inc.
FoundedJuly 31, 2019; 5 years ago (2019-07-31) in New York City, New York, United States
FoundersDavid Silberman, Ernesto Ebuen, Max Kogler
HeadquartersNew York City, United States
Key peopleMax Kogler (Co-Founder, CEO) David Silberman (Co-Founder, CFO) Ernesto Ebuen (Co-Founder) Ilya Rivkin (CTO) Ben Borton (Chief Strategy Officer)
ServicesTable tennis clubs
Websitehttp://pingpod.com/

History

David Silberman conceived of the idea and pitched it to two individuals: Ernesto Ebuen, a former U.S. table tennis player who took on the role of Chief Product Officer, and Max Kogler, a former Goldman Sachs employee and businessman, who joined as the CEO. PingPod's first location was opened in 2020 on the Lower East Side in New York City.

Features

Locations are equipped with features like automated scorekeeping and the capability to replay moments in a match, called PodPlay. PodPlay licenses its reservation management software and instant replay and scoreboard system to other venue operators, namely in the pickleball space.

Locations

PingPod runs several locations across most of New York City, Brooklyn, New Jersey, Philadelphia, Boston, Chicago, Miami, as well as internationally in Bristol, UK and the Philippines.

References

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  5. ^ Lu, Yiren (14 November 2023). "How Many Employees Should Be Working In Your Store? The Answer Might Be Zero — Here's How One Company Does It". Entrepreneur.
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  9. Bojnansky, Eric. "New York company to open two automated ping-pong locations in Miami". South Florida Business Journal.
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