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Re: Show HN: Startup Sports Club

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Post by jchendy » Fri, Mar 07, 2014, 4:54 AM UTC

Sweet! I mocked up a pretty similar idea during a General Assembly class a couple months ago. Glad somebody with more motivation than me actually implemented this! http://jchendy.com/imdownfor/

Re: Show HN: Startup Sports Club

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Post by hkmurakami » Fri, Mar 07, 2014, 4:59 AM UTC

vishaldpatel wrote: post #13

How is this different / better than meetup.com?

Apparently Meetup.com started out with this usecase in mind but evolved into what it is now.

It just doesn't evoke this sort of usage anymore.

Re: Show HN: Startup Sports Club

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Post by rurounijones » Fri, Mar 07, 2014, 5:11 AM UTC

birken wrote: post #17

rurounijones wrote: post #16

Why limit it to Startups in the name? Do people outside of startups not play sports?

From the About page: Why "startup" sports club? -------------------------- Startup people generally enjoy trying new things, networking with one another and live in dense clusters. If you aren't in the startup community that is fine also, there is no actual requirement.

Fair answer.

My statement was a bit facetious in that of all of the above in that about page answer; there is nothing especially specific to "startup" people.

It seems another example of the Startup People are different from normal people" that gets mentioned a lot on HN.

Re: Show HN: Startup Sports Club

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Post by chm » Fri, Mar 07, 2014, 6:14 AM UTC

Come on... "Startup"?

Is this a common thing or are the authors trolling?

Re: Show HN: Startup Sports Club

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Post by vishaldpatel » Sun, Mar 09, 2014, 3:06 AM UTC

vostrocity wrote: post #19

vishaldpatel wrote: post #13

How is this different / better than meetup.com?

I would never think about Meetup for sports/casual activities. All Meetups I attend are "professional" events in my field. Perhaps Meetup has an untapped market?

Most meetups I attend are of the hiking / watch sports variety.