March 2010
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The challenge of creating a new category —... →
[Just found this old draft…]
Good read from Chris Dixon. He’s right on.
We deal with this a lot when we’re pitching @HomeField. Example…
“Oh, so you’re for recruiting?”
“No… well. Not yet.”
“So, you’re an editor?”
“No. Well, sort of, but…”
It’s the way of the world. Our brains are...
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“It didn’t mean anything to us. We’re not part of it. We’re creators, we’re...”
– Dan Spinosa (via joeyevoli)
Proud to work with Dan - a great engineer, cofounder and one of my closest friends.
The above quote is from the mini documentary “The Startup” about our company.
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About “The Startup” | NYC 3.0 →
For those of you wondering what all the noise is about this documentary “The Startup,” here’s the explanation from the creators…
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27
I turned 27 this past weekend. Thanks to everyone for the well wishes.
And after living in NYC for over 2 years, I finally got my parents to visit - which was my mom’s first trip to NYC… ever. Yes… really.
We lucked out on the weather and spent a lot of time outside in SoHo, the West Village, on the Highline, Central Park, etc. and hit up a couple ‘chef’s’...
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I was going to post the cover by Vampire Weekend,...
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Poor attendance...
Just an FYI: if it’s quiet over here, it’s because I’ve been working on our company blog lately: telling our story from day one, announcing some new partners, handling all the PR for HomeField and dropping posts on new features like this (with video!).
Check it out once in a while. Who knows? You may learn something.
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-2-14) →
Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson (10)
Beach House (3)
The Black Keys (3)
Vampire Weekend (2)
Silje Nes (2)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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HomeField on bostinnovation.com →
BostInnovation.com did a nice writeup on HomeField. Check it out…
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Features Don't Win
@robgo:
This is a continuation from my previous post about fast followers.
Several times a week, I hear a pitch from for a company that is fairly similar to existing players in the market. When I ask the entrepreneur how they expect to win vs. the various competitors, I’ll often hear something like:
“Well, they don’t have feature x, y, and z which has been built into our product from the...
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Joe's Development: Start of A New Market →
Today the Business Development team of HomeField starts it’s next market, Men’s Division I soccer. We closed out our Spring Market of Div. I Men’s Lacrosse with 42% of the teams paying, and I expect to be above 50% by the end of the May.
Some of the things I’ve learned from this Market:
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proud of my BD team thus far. i’m psyched we’re starting to chase a new market...