November 2010
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Change in Direction
Its been a fun and very engaging 11 weeks. I think enrolling in the New Venture Lab and being forced to think about my business everyday of the course of the quarter has been very valuable. However, I think it is time for a change in direction in regards to Sportycus (or should I say, gameFigrs).
I feel like as the quarter progressed and as we discussed the customer value concept, my passion...
Featured on DailyMile Community Blog →
My other project, the Geeks in Running Shoes podcast, got a lift this week as I (and the show) was featured on the popular athletic social site (DailyMile) community blog.
Check out the post (http://www.dailymile.com/blog/uncategorized/featured-dailymiler-running-podcaster-raymond-king)
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Another week, another milestone
This week, I wanted to look into the different ways a business such as Sportycus could get funded. As I have said before, I believe that such a business does not really need outside funding to get off the ground. However, I found it to be an interesting exercise to look in what is out there.
First of all, I am always impressed by the amount of resources that are available for tech start ups. Just...
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Week 8 - Another Week has Passed...
Its week 8 already…the New Venture Lab course is quickly coming to an end. This week was good. I was able to work on my milestone of completing a working prototype of Sportycus. I however was not able to get all the features and scenarios that I had initially planned on at the time of writing this milestone 8 weeks ago, but I made progress. Users can now login, create a team, and start...