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For soccer, do you know Jogabo app? Why don't you partner on specific sport community apps intead of making all sports in the same time with Sporty? It will be harder to have a critical mass for all kind of sports and avoiding the chicken and egg problem.... PS : Do you really think everybody can/like play at amateur/occasional level more than 1 or 2 sports?

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I haven't heard of Jogabo, but will be sure to check it out. Someone else here also mentioned it.

Yeah, I do think people could enjoy more than one or two sports, especially for the occasional level. E.g. soccer and basketball regularly, and then perhaps something like running and volleyball a few times a month or something.

We have no idea though, will be interesting to see the data after a month.

Thanks for the plug Jonny (I'm one of the founders of Jogabo). We are definitely staying clear of multisport and your comment is one of the main reasons. That said we are not a meetup for sports like Sportsy. It might work for you guys but I definitely think you are going to really focus on the chicken and egg problem. We tried this with our previous startup but we quickly realized we didn't want to venture in that space. Pre-populating your app with existing events will turn you into a "classifieds" type of product and I doubt you want to go there.

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