With a track record of having built 187 coffee bars, our Founders launch
“possibly the most advanced start-up in franchise history”
– Entrepreneur Magazine
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🟩 Open With Revenue. Not Risk.
Most businesses open and hope customers show up.
👉 Links Golf Cafe™ opens with paying members already in place.
Through our Founders Club Pre-Sale Model™, you generate meaningful upfront revenue before opening your doors—creating momentum, reducing risk, and accelerating performance from day one.
🟩 What Is the Founders Club?
Founders Club is a premium, limited membership offered before opening.
Members receive:
Unlimited golf access
Annual food & beverage credit
A comfortable, private place to meet and host
Access to business masterminds and event
👉 But for you as an owner, it does something even more important:
It generates revenue before you open.
🟩 Why Members Join (In Their Own Words)
Hear directly from our first Founders Club member on why he joined immediately.
“It’s a genius idea… I didn’t see a downside at all.”
🟩 A Proven Model at Scale
The Founders Club Pre-Sale Model™ is not new.
It is inspired by the model used by ClubCorp, one of the most successful golf and country club operators in the world.
Their approach was simple and powerful:
👉 Pre-sell Founding Memberships
👉 Generate significant upfront capital
👉 Finance the remaining balance with long-term debt
In many cases:
50% of the project was funded through memberships
50% financed through long-term lending
This model helped ClubCorp scale into a global business, culminating in a $1.1 billion acquisition by Apollo Global Management in 2017. It now is called Invited.
Today, the business continues to grow, with over 180 clubs worldwide and ongoing institutional investment.
🟩 Applied to Links Golf Cafe™
We’ve taken this proven model and adapted it for Links Golf Cafe™.
Instead of $50M golf course developments, we apply the same strategy to a ~$1M location model.
Example:
👉 If a location costs approximately $1.1M to build:
~$550,000 can be generated through 37 Founders Club pre-sales,
The remaining ~$550,000 can be financed through aligned lending partners
👉 This creates a powerful structure where:
upfront capital requirements are reduced
risk is significantly lowered
demand is validated before opening
This is how we open with revenue - not just expense.
🟩 How the Pre-Sale Model Works
A simple three-step process:
1. Pre-Sell Memberships
Offer a limited number of Founders Club memberships in your market.
2. Generate Upfront Revenue
Members pay in advance for long-term value.
3. Open With Momentum
Launch with:
cash in the bank
an active member base
built-in usage and referrals
👉 This is the opposite of “build it and hope.”
How the Founders Club Is Presented
Here’s a real example of how Founders Club memberships are positioned and sold in the market.
This is the actual framework used to pre-sell memberships before opening.
This is one of the key tools used to generate pre-opening revenue.
🟩 Why This Model Changes Everything
Most locations:
open with fixed costs
rely on unpredictable traffic
take time to ramp up
With Founders Club:
👉 You can:
offset build-out costs
reduce capital required
validate demand before opening
create immediate community
👉 It’s not just marketing.
👉 It’s financial strategy.
🟩 This Isn’t a Discount Program
Founders Club is not:
Groupon
discounted access
early-bird pricing
It is:
👉 premium, limited, and intentional
Members join because:
they want a home base
they want connection
they want to bring people into a great environment
👉 That’s why it works.
🟩 Built Into the Business Model
The Founders Club Pre-Sale Model™ is not optional.
It is a core part of:
your launch strategy
your revenue model
your community-building engine
It integrates directly with:
memberships (recurring revenue)
events
business programs
referrals
👉 This is how momentum starts early—and compounds over time.
🟩 What This Requires
This is not passive.
Successful execution requires:
outreach
relationship building
following the system
consistent action
👉 The good news:
You are supported with:
proven scripts
structured campaigns
positioning
the AI Revenue Operating System™
🟩 What This Creates
When executed correctly:
👉 You open with:
members already engaged
events already booked
revenue already generated
👉 And most importantly:
You are not starting from zero.
Why consider a franchise instead of building it on your own?
The advantage comes down to three key factors: proven systems, strategic buying power, and marketing designed to drive results.
At Links Golf Cafe™, this is amplified by our AI Revenue Operating System and eight integrated revenue streams - working together to simplify operations, increase efficiency, and maximize performance across every location.
Our Five Stage Franchise
Awarding Process
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