While other team management software (http://www.teamr.com/) sites such as Active.com are using close to $280 million in venture capital dollars, the teamr family of sites that includes MyTeamCaptain, MyScoutLink and MyHOAHelper remains entirely self-funded, an important distinction in today'ss volatile market.
Many of our competitors are relying on Venture Capital to finance expansion, which is certainly an acceptable route to follow, but we felt this wasn'st in line with what we wanted to do
with our team management software solutions, Lars Helgeson, President of teamr explains. While venture capital can provide you with an influx of money for rapid growth, you lose a
significant amount of control over company decisions. You then have a group of people you have to answer to from a profit standpoint and that can affect important decisions about the
integrity of your product. Helgeson adds, Two of our most important products: our team captain management software and our scout software (http://www.myscoutlink.com/) have been developed with very specific needs in mind and we'sre very proud of them. We don'st want the bottom line to affect
the quality of these software products.
Lars Helgeson, Cooler email founder and Internet entrepreneur, launched the teamr family of sites under the original name MyTeamCaptain as a way to manage his own league hockey team and
soon recognized the need for this type of online group management capability in other areas. He leveraged the technology to create multiple portals for specific groups, including
MyScoutLink and MyHOAHelper, which along with the original MyTeamCaptain remain the most popular. Today Helgeson continues to pursue further growth by reinvesting in teamr rather than
putting profits in the stock market or other personal investments.
Helgeson elaborated on his financial plans for teamr by saying, In today'ss market, venture capital dollars come at a high cost. Companies lose a portion of their company ownership in
exchange for cash. Since many of our team management software packages are successful, we know that investing in ourselves is the best option. Helgeson concluded, Why invest in something
else when we can invest in our own dream, something we really believe in
About teamr
Teamr was founded by Lars Helgeson to create a way for team leaders to manage their leagues with easy to use league software (http://www.myteamcaptain.com/faq.html) and soon expanded to provide software solutions for everything from event organization to HOA management
(http://www.myhoahelper.com/). Teamr is headquartered in San Diego, California. For more information on teamr or their team management software,
visit http://www.teamr.com or call 760-845-1784.