The PTI "How to Succeed" course has been been restructured and is highly acclaimed by students. This class gets into the meat of paintball, as well as some new concepts and opportunities that may expand your universe into low impact forms of shooter-tag, including .50 caliber products. You will learn practical initial decisions which will impact your bottom line and you will see nuts and bolts techniques about how to make money with paintball and associated opportunities, like paintball-to-go, and several low impact game forms that market well with paintball. You will also learn the truth about some newer business options that have been highly publicized but may be problimatical. Here is your chance to learn tricks and techniques as well as upcoming industry trends that will make a difference in your business. This class is personally taught by Bob McGuire, and draws on his decades of business experience, as well as twenty years of close personal relationships with the top figures in paintball. Much of the information comes from the new product support techniques pioneered by Bob McGuire.

Bob starts each class with an industry update, then asks the participants about their specific interests. The ensuing spirited lecture covers certain critical elements, and then is customized to suit the unique needs of the class participants. Students will enjoy the same satire and revealing insight that Bob offered for years in his monthly "NewSplat" column in APG Magazine.

Options the students select from for every class:

• Critical elements of a business plan

• What a banker looks for when you ask for a business loan

• How to run a successful paintball store

• How to run a successful paintball field

• How to get free publicity from local media

• Tricks and strategies that make a difference

• Where is paintball headed and how can I prepare for it?

• ASTM & Insurance Requirements… What do they mean?

• New technology and game formats designed for small fields and pro shops.