I recently connected with someone on LinkedIn who made reference to using the EquiSoft system at a place they worked.  According to their website, EquiSoft provide:

Horse Management Systems designed by experts in both bloodstock and technology

Furthermore, they can boast clients such as Shadwell Stud, the Irish National Stud, Coolmore and the Aga Khan.  Wow!

EquiSoft Live is a horse management system that they have developed.  It is available live online.  What does this mean to business owners?  That they can access much needed information anywhere, anytime – as long as they have the internet.  Great!

There are many horse software programs out their for businesses to use.  The ones that are accessible from anywhere you can use the internet, are a step ahead of those that you need to install on a computer.

Those that are designed by people who know software systems and also the horse industry are a step ahead again.

EquiSoft is able to provide software for horse and stud management and for racing administration.  Important sides of the thoroughbred industry are covered by both of these different areas being catered to.

Software to manage horses is becoming more and more available online.  However, finding software that aptly caters to what the horse industry needs can be difficult for some.  Having software that is made by those who know the industry is obviously of benefit to the horse business owner.

EquiSoft, Horse Management Software

Whether you’re a business owner looking for software to better manage your horse business or you’re someone looking for a business idea in the horse industry: have you considered horse management software?  There are many forms of management software that are available that can make a manager’s life easier.  There are also many companies out there that could make use of another passionate staff member!  Or, if you have the know how, you could develop your own software for a niche area of the equine industry.

I was recently reading an article about different ways to invest $100. One suggestion referred to a business that promoted peer to peer lending. This was the first I’d heard of this term.

The general idea is that every day Joe’s can invest a small sum (or a large one) toward a loan that another Joe needs to fund something. One person gets a loan that they are due to repay at a competitive rate. Other people invest their funds into this loan, and gain as they receive the loan repayments.

Now this article identifies a business in the United States that promotes peer to peer lending. The lenders can only be in the US however, so I went searching for something similar in Australia. The first I found allows lenders to invest at a minimum of $25,000. This is a sum too large for me.  As opposed to the appealing $25 you could invest in the American based set up.

So I got to thinking: what if there was a peer to peer lending setup for the equine industry? People could apply for funds as they typically would for a loan. Other people could invest their funds (even amounts as small as $25) and receive a return. An added bonus would be knowing that the money they’re providing for the short term is helping to finance ventures within the equine industry.

I love the idea of investing and receiving a return; I also love the idea of helping others to grow in the equine industry. The industry as a whole could be improved through the borrowed funds of others. It could allow people to gain degrees or other qualifications, to purchase their first broodmare or share in a stallion, a racehorse or perhaps gain funding to compete.

Of course, for this to be possible there needs to be someone with the vision and the financial know how to set up an equine industry peer to peer lending business.