About Us

The founding team of Banana Sport is a diverse group with a wide range of expertise, including business consulting, marketing management, and web design.
Despite their different professional backgrounds, they are united by one common passion—a deep love for sports. Want to learn more about us? Keep reading to find out more!

5000+

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280+

Registered Trainers

20k

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Get to know our team

The founding team of Banana Sport is made up of a diverse group of individuals from various professional backgrounds. However, there is one thing that unites them all—their shared passion for sports. Want to learn more about us? Keep reading!

Ondrej Pavelek

CEO & CMO
With 15 years of experience in marketing and business, Ondřej founded and later sold Bistro Social, one of the largest social media agencies in the Czech Republic. Over the course of his career, he has crafted marketing and communication strategies for more than 300 companies, from small local businesses to global corporations. Outside of work, he’s passionate about practicing martial arts.

Jan Doan

Strategy and Business
After graduating from the University of Economics, Jan spent over six years in project management across the banking, mining, and real estate sectors, where he also worked as a negotiator and consultant for both domestic and international markets. Four years ago, he decided to channel his business skills and experience into a small group of badminton players, helping it grow into a thriving community of 2,000 members. He particularly enjoys building businesses from the ground up and exploring new opportunities.

Bohouš Polacek

Graphics and Design
Bohouš has dedicated his entire professional life to graphic design, visual style creation, web design, and print materials. He has a proven track record of successful projects, including identity design for both small and large businesses, as well as web design with implementation. His experience spans working with multinational corporations and successful startups, and he is also skilled at assisting smaller entrepreneurs.

Braño Stupak

Technology and Business
Braňo studied Cybernetics at VUT in Brno and Computer Science in Austria. With a decade of experience in software development, he has worked on numerous successful projects for international clients. His portfolio includes mobile and web applications as well as machine learning projects, primarily within the startup scene. In addition, he has founded several of his own businesses.

Pavel Dolezal

IT Development
Full Stack Software Developer with over a decade of experience in mobile app development and backend systems. Pavel worked on a range of projects from small technology proofs of concept to complex software solutions for Fortune 500 companies.

Jiří Kubina

Sales
Jiří je dlouholetý zkušený obchodník, který, jak sám říká, má obchod v krvi a sport v srdci. Rád oslovuje nová sportoviště a pomáhá již zapojeným organizacím v jejich obchodním růstu. Na platformě Banana Sport oceňuje nejvíce možnost zlepšit život ostatním lidem pomocí pravidelného pohybu.
Ambasadoři

Our sports ambassadors

Tomáš Steinhart

Fitness Bitevní pole
Tomáš is the owner and head coach of the successful fitness center Bitevní pole. As a brand ambassador for the Banana Sport platform, he ensures a seamless connection between coaches and the app.

Vlasta Phamová

Banana Badminton
Vlasta is the founder of the Banana Badminton project. As a brand ambassador for the Banana Sport platform, she ensures a seamless connection between coaches and the app.
2019
A bunch of friends around Vlasta start Banana Badminton. From the original eight players, the community took in dozens more.
Začátky Banana Badmintonu
2020
Banana Badminton is growing and building the first reservation system.
První rezervační systém Banana Badminton
2022
Banana Badminton needs a more comprehensive solution and Jan starts developing the app.
Začátky Banana Sportu
První návrhy rezervačního systému pro trenéry
2023
In the middle of the year we are putting together a permanent team. Ondřej takes the position of CEO, Jan is dedicated to business development and Bohouš accepts the position of chief designer. At the end of the year, Pavel and Braňo will complete the final form of the team, who will take over the development of the mobile application.
2024
🚀 The app is out!
In March, we are launching a sharp version of the Banana Sport app for friendly coaches and organizations. At the same time, we are also starting to recruit new collaborators from the sports public.

After a successful recruiting summer, we are launching our first major marketing campaign in September, reaching over 250,000 people in the very first month. The number of registered users exceeds 5000.
Aplikace Banana Sport for Coaches
2025
We have big plans for next year. We would like to complete the gamification project of user sports and we are also working on our own league system for different sports. We also plan to develop our own booking system for sports venues, or integrate their existing solution.
Aplikace Banana Sport for Coaches

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