Grow With Us!

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Pong. Eat. Drink. @ Pips & Bounce! We believe that every town deserves a great place for folks to come together through the joy of pong! We would love to bring our unique brand of fun everywhere, but we can't do it alone. We’re just now starting down the road of building upon what we’ve started, and we’re looking for fellow “pongtrepreneurs” to join our growing family in this journey!

Who Are These People?

Pips & Bounce opened our first location in November 2014 in Portland, Oregon. It was the brainchild of two brothers, Mike & Eugene, who had a crazy dream of bringing back fond memories (and creating new ones, too!) of table tennis fun in a fresh and friendly way.

Why Pips & Bounce?

In the process of creating a special something out of virtually nothing, we have developed a unique formula for bringing to life a unique ping pong social club experience. As we set our sights on sharing the joy of pong, lessons we have learned serve as the foundation for an original playbook to becoming a pongtrepreneur, built upon lots of trial-and-error, several lucky guesses, and occasional flashes of brilliance.

What’s In It For Me?

  • Help with developing your business plan

  • Access to and understanding of our brand, identity, and underlying business DNA

  • Advice about financing your location

  • Location insights & site selection assistance

  • Architecture & design guidance

  • Assistance with developing your financial projections

  • Help with obtaining ping pong equipment

  • Advice with putting together your floorplan and business processes

  • Insights into choosing and setting up your point-of-sale systems

  • Bar and kitchen design support

  • Help with recruiting, hiring, and training your team

  • Organized events and insider channels to learn from and share wisdom with a growing community of fellow pongtreneurs

  • The notoriety of being the person that brought Pips & Bounce to your town!

What does it take?

The rewards of becoming a Pips & Bounce pongtrepreneur are unique. Your club will become a special part of the fabric of life in your community, a place where folks come together and make their own amazing memories through the joy of pong - all thanks to you!

Becoming a pongtreneur requires a certain level of craziness, a willingness to depart from the path of least resistance. You don’t need to have any table tennis skill, but you will need to be able to ride the highs and the lows of running your own business. You’ll have to be ready to make tough decisions and incur more risks than most people are willing to take. We can’t promise that you’ll get rich quick (or at all, for that matter), but we can guarantee that you’ll laugh out loud, cry occasionally, and learn a ton about the world and yourself along the way.

Depending on the market, pongtreneurs should expect to invest/borrow/raise between $500K - $1.0 million to become the friendly face of Pips & Bounce in your hometown.

If you’ve made it this far down the page, congratulations!. You just might be crazy enough to still want to talk with us, so please share your info below, and we’ll get back to you as soon as we can. Thanks for being patient with us as we figure out this new stage our own journey as pongtrepreneurs!