I have over $500 invested in the website.
I have at least 80 hours of research and work done in the past 5 weeks.
I have 4 teams who have partnered with me: tQ, REQ, tG, and Beercraft. They will all be coaches.
I have over 40 confirmed coaches already.
I have literally pulled about 6 all-nighters in the past 2 weeks on this site.
I have excel spreadsheets full of data, contacts, and graphs.
I am developing a legitimate 30+ page business plan which will be completed at the end of April as it is my final for my Entrepreneurial Finance class.

I can keep going, but I think I've already shown i'm DOING more than you think.

Sounds like you've poured quite a bit of work into this, keep it up. It's a great idea, and it'd be fantastic to see this idea come to fruition.

Wiggles88

United States52 Posts

March 31 2011 09:20 GMT

Thank you Cow and SuperstaR. I'm doing this for the community and e-sports! I want to see Starcraft 2 on cable TV someday soon in the States

lac29

United States1485 Posts

March 31 2011 09:31 GMT

This sounds like a great social media/start-up idea. Good luck man =).

kAra

Germany1467 Posts

March 31 2011 10:04 GMT

#10

good idea! gl with it

Wiggles88

United States52 Posts

March 31 2011 11:00 GMT

#11

Great! Hopefully I will have some money left over for a sponsored thread on TL once the site is done. :D

Navane

Netherlands2763 Posts

March 31 2011 11:59 GMT

#12

Sounds like very legitimate to me; classic cut-me-in-as-middle-man business.

Tschis

Brazil1511 Posts

March 31 2011 12:20 GMT

#13

Sounds like a very good idea, as long as you can get all those coaches :}

But you have to give a good amount of attention to the point system, since it looks like a lot will run around them.

Must have 24/7 active moderators on forum to stop spamming in order to gain points. The selling points idea sounds really nice, but I don't know if it will work since you can get them for free just by posting. I think you have to give some attention to this matter, I mean, balance how many points will be needed for a session, and how much the points will cost (if bought).

//tx

Wiggles88

United States52 Posts

March 31 2011 14:30 GMT

#14

Thanks for the input guys =) Yes, the point system will be well thought-out, and I will use feedback from coaches and the community to bring it to a desirable structure.

TheAldo

United States214 Posts

March 31 2011 14:48 GMT

#15

Great idea.

Couple questions:
Are you planning to use the Chris Anderson "Free" type model where everything is free but you sell ad space and offer a premium option to get rid of ads. How much will points be worth? It is not good enough to say you are doing something for the community, you need to be able to monetize it.

Are you actually coding the website or did you outsource it?

tofucake

Hyrule19264 Posts

March 31 2011 15:03 GMT

#16

I've never been a fan of sites that require you to do things to regularly get what they are providing. Imagine if TL required you to post to be able to watch TSL. That would suck.

Also, one of the benefits of scheduled coaching is that a coach can learn a student quite well in terms of their strengths and weaknesses. With a random coach you'll have fairly generic advice that can't build upon previous sessions.

Velr

Switzerland10979 Posts

March 31 2011 15:06 GMT

#17

Simple advise:

NEVER post about something like that before it's ready...

At best you will get compliments or at least "no flames".
At worst you your idea will get stolen and done "quicker" by a more ressourceful entity.

Wiggles88

United States52 Posts

March 31 2011 15:32 GMT

#18

On April 01 2011 00:06 Velr wrote:
Simple advise:

NEVER post about something like that before it's ready...

At best you will get compliments or at least "no flames".
At worst you your idea will get stolen and done "quicker" by a more ressourceful entity.

I am near completion and will be launching soon, so I've basically waited until now to get community feedback on a public basis. Thanks for that advice Velr!