{"id":42874,"date":"2023-10-20T15:24:25","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:24:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/startupsmart.test\/2023\/10\/20\/golftec-startupsmart\/"},"modified":"2023-10-20T15:24:25","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T15:24:25","slug":"golftec-startupsmart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/uncategorized\/golftec-startupsmart\/","title":{"rendered":"Golftec &#8211; StartupSmart"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"90\" height=\"110\" itemprop=\"image\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/l_golftec_igorheadshot.gif\" alt=\"Igor Vainshtein\" title=\"Igor Vainshtein\"><\/div>\n<p>Golf can be a relaxing way to while away the hours, but it\u2019s often hard for an office worker to squeeze in time on the green.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Golftec, an indoor golf simulator centre, allows you play more than 100 courses from all over the world and practise on the driving range, putting green or sand bunker \u2013 all in the middle of the city.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The company is targeted at golf enthusiasts that are &#8220;stuck&#8221; in the city between 7am and 9pm and would prefer to play golf than be stuck in traffic or on a crowded train.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have a unique product that totally changes the golfing industry &#8211; a &#8220;gym&#8221; for golfers,\u201d co-founder Igor Vainshtein says.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Asked why he started the business, the answer\u2019s simple: \u201cLove golf, loved the business idea.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The founders of Golftec faced their first challenge in cobbling together the $400,000 they needed to get the idea off the ground.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAgree and sort out loans before the business starts, or be prepared for some challenging conversations,\u201d 31-year-old Vainshtein warns those contemplating a start-up.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>After overcoming the initial start-up cost barriers, Golftec has gone on to become a revelation among Melbourne\u2019s golfing fanatics, excited by the prospect of virtually playing some of the world\u2019s greatest courses while being coached by professionals on how to improve their game.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Vainshtein says seeing people improve as golfers was one of the biggest kicks he got out of running the business.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Golf can be a relaxing way to while away the hours, but it\u2019s often hard for an office worker to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":60088,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42874"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42874"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42874\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}