Mark and I aren't product guys. We are business guys with an idea for a cool game that makes fantasy sports more appealing to a more casual fan. We don't code, we don't design. We can sell BittyBet like crazy, but we probably won't be doing much more than basic HTML / CSS / JavaScript. But, we do have a good idea of what we want and we've been doing tons of testing with our friends and family. So far, everything in validation land is pretty pleasant. People like it, the game makes sense, things are going very...
September, 26 2010 • 1 Comment • 1 Faves
Last nights 49er game ended in a heartbreak for SF fans. What would the odds have been on a last minute field goal to win the game? Sign up for BittyBet to find out.
September, 21 2010 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves
Last night was amazing! We did what Adeo Ressi of the Founders Institute would call a 'ghetto launch'. We had 3 people, 1-friend and 2 friends of her's that I didn't know take part in a really, really basic version of BittyBet. They were watching the SF Giants game on TV at my friends house, I was watching at my house. We were on the phone and in a shared browser environment so that I could see what was obvious and what wasn't to them. Guess what, they loved it! First, a couple of key things that I heard them...
September, 17 2010 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves
Hey BittyBet fans, so we are in the alpha process now where we are second guessing ourselves and the idea a little bit. It's a good thing, but it is important to get some more validation than just friends and families who think that playing BittyBet is the best thing in the world to do during a game. I was really inspired by Lindsey Harper's post on how she used Mechanical Turk to validate the idea for her stealthy start-up. In looking at the rest of her site, it appears that she is about 3 - 6 months ahead of...
September, 8 2010 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves
via sports.espn.go.com Even though it's a shorter sentence, in BittyBet, this won't kill your season.
September, 3 2010 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves
via nfl.com Ghetto alpha party scheduled for 9/20 for the first Monday night game. Are you on the list? Find us.
September, 2 2010 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves