A natural extension of my gig is actually going out and playing sports. In fact, a passion for sports might as well be a job requirement to work at Sportsvite. These days, I’m playing on three softball teams and I’m also in a Tuesday night wiffle ball league. I feel like […]
Last summer Sportsvite decided to partner with the NYC Corporate Athletic League and Zenbu Media to develop and organize The Battle For Manhattan. The event is an NYC athletic competition that consists of different sports events that promote the goodwill and spirit of New York City.
Sportsvite wants to make it easier for […]
It’s my job to watch Max the Dog this week as my parents and Lisa are both out of town. My apartment building allows pets and my deck/backyard makes it super easy to take Max out when he need to go. I even decided to bring Max to work instead of keeping him locked […]
Last week I launched a basketball contest on Sportsvite called “Play With The Pros”. The contest allows basketball players to submit their own highlight videos. A panel of expert judges along with the entire sportsvite community determines the best player. That player will receive a private tryout with an ABA team […]
Sportsvite was featured on WABC morning news in New York City today. The feature ran at about 6:15 AM. I set my alarm and tried to wake-up to watch it but I fell back asleep. Thank go for TiVo. 7online.com, the website for WABC-TV, also featured the segment on their homepage […]
I often get blank stares or faint smirks when I tell people about Sportsvite. Yes, I also receive enthusiastic comments and praise but for this post it makes sense to highlight the haters. I don’t really mind as I can easily see how “myspace+evite for sports” can sound a bit trivial. Often, […]
This week I sent out an email to all of my contacts (over 300 people) touting Sportsvite.com. The other dudes in the office did the same. Our network of friends and teammates is pretty substantial. More importantly, they like sports and they like us. The number gets to be even more substantial if our […]
I recently had a few meetings with Vin and Neal (managing partners at [212] Media) and we decided to hire someone to fill a junior marketing role at Sportsvite. I’ve been trying to execute on all of our marketing objectives on top of my normal business development stuff and it was getting to be […]
Willis Reed did for the ankle sprain what Mahatma Gandhi did for starvation and what Brittany Spears couldn’t do for K-Fed. He made the worst thing ever seem cool as shit. Willis hobbled onto the old Garden floor in game 7 of the 1970 NBA finals and despite playing only a few minutes nailed […]
