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Creating an eSports company w/Lean Startup methods - Page 2

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StarStruck
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
25339 Posts
May 24 2012 12:49 GMT
#21
Businesss savvy.

I checked your website several months and I remember seeing the player cards.

Now we're getting mice and keyboards?

Keep it going Jason.
Zorkmid
Profile Joined November 2008
4410 Posts
May 24 2012 12:55 GMT
#22
I'm a Six Sigma bb. Was interesting to hear about Lean in the context of a startup. I've mostly used it to help re-design existing processes.
Athos
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States2484 Posts
May 24 2012 14:33 GMT
#23
Cool. Scrum and Agile development has really helped me and my friends stay organized when we're working together on programming projects.
MysteryMeat1
Profile Blog Joined June 2011
United States3292 Posts
May 24 2012 17:18 GMT
#24
how much have you grossed while following your business model.

sounds really cool.
"Cause ya know, Style before victory." -The greatest mafia player alive
Chargelot
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
2275 Posts
May 24 2012 17:52 GMT
#25
This sounds like EA's game production method. Except, you know, they're doing it because they're lazy.
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Vivax
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
22324 Posts
May 24 2012 18:49 GMT
#26
Little by little.
Sure it's smart cause it limits the investments and risks of every step and lets you evaluate the outcome really fast.
You're obviously being successful with it and congratulations!
It looks like it's a very effective way to create a startup and i will definitely learn from what you've written here, i've never known about such a systematic method.

Not very effective for big companies cause of the high expectations though.
moge
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States124 Posts
May 24 2012 20:20 GMT
#27
On May 24 2012 21:45 haduken wrote:
Hey OP I want to buy your stickers. Any car stickers?

URL thanks.


I have the Good Game sticker on my car
Our site is iHearteSports com. I left it out because I didn't want to be spammy.
gentle lover of esports - Product Manager for http://iHearteSports.com
Ares[Effort] *
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
DEMACIA6550 Posts
May 24 2012 22:00 GMT
#28
Interesting stuff, thanks for posting
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shindigs
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States4795 Posts
May 25 2012 07:28 GMT
#29
excited to see where your startup goes. i used to think the stickers were a bit silly way back when, but looks like you had an amazing long term plan and now I'm a fan!
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BlindKill
Profile Blog Joined July 2011
Australia1508 Posts
May 25 2012 09:48 GMT
#30
Is this a form of lean accounting? I've read about this method for small businesses but never really looked into it.
“Life is a grindstone, and whether it grinds a man down or polishes him up depends on the stuff he's made of.”
Dahkar
Profile Joined May 2011
United States13 Posts
May 25 2012 13:55 GMT
#31
On May 25 2012 05:20 moge wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 24 2012 21:45 haduken wrote:
Hey OP I want to buy your stickers. Any car stickers?

URL thanks.


I have the Good Game sticker on my car
Our site is iHearteSports com. I left it out because I didn't want to be spammy.


Are you going to be able to make it to the Red bull Tournament in Austin this weekend?
moge
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States124 Posts
May 25 2012 15:52 GMT
#32
On May 25 2012 22:55 Dahkar wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 25 2012 05:20 moge wrote:
On May 24 2012 21:45 haduken wrote:
Hey OP I want to buy your stickers. Any car stickers?

URL thanks.


I have the Good Game sticker on my car
Our site is iHearteSports com. I left it out because I didn't want to be spammy.


Are you going to be able to make it to the Red bull Tournament in Austin this weekend?


No, but you can buy online at our site.
gentle lover of esports - Product Manager for http://iHearteSports.com
MrShankly
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
United Kingdom371 Posts
May 25 2012 19:51 GMT
#33
Haha I just graduated as a game programmer, and I was thinking of making an iOS application/game but probably won't cause i dont have good application ideas, this was a pretty interesting read and would have been useful if i decided to do it!!
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Lonyo
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
United Kingdom3884 Posts
May 26 2012 12:15 GMT
#34
On May 24 2012 01:35 mOnion wrote:
this is pretty interesting stuff, unfortunately I can see this type of business startup working much better in programming than it would in a typical entrepreneurial venture since there are generally much larger capital investments. that's why the large startup times are needed, because you can't just invest millions of dollars on an idea without crunching a shitton of number. so basically the 1k you set aside for buying stickers is less of a real business, more of a hobby that makes money, for now!

that being said, very excited with what you're doing, hope it works out!

edit: you might actually want to hybrid, and do the small startup thing for now, and later when you want to expand and do mice, keyboards, w/e, then go to a lender and say "hey look at this thing, its already working, gimme some money and we'll make it very work". just a thought. at that point a legitimate business plan would be necessary though.


Isn't that how a lot of businesses start out? A hobby that gets developed into a business.
I think that's maybe the whole point of the OP. You want to start a business. Instead of trying to start a massive business in one go, start small and develop.

There will be some things which can't develop in that way, but many things which can.
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CPTBadAss
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States594 Posts
May 28 2012 03:19 GMT
#35
On May 24 2012 21:45 haduken wrote:
Hey OP I want to buy your stickers. Any car stickers?

URL thanks.


I believe the website is http://iheartesports.com/

They're not bumper stick sized but I'm pretty sure they could go on your car no problem.
I'll keep on struggling, 'cause that's the measure of a man | "That was the plan: To give him some hope, and then crush him" -Stephano
Kashll
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
United States1117 Posts
May 28 2012 04:05 GMT
#36
Our company is agile and lean with a focus on the long tail. Ok, our company is actually a polecat I found in my backyard.
"After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music." - Aldous Huxley
iseefor
Profile Joined September 2010
United States162 Posts
May 28 2012 04:42 GMT
#37
man i just want to say you are the person i want to be when i get out of Business school.. would you have any tips to someone just starting out?

thanks for the amazing content as always
.CJ.herO lifer.
O.Golden_ne
Profile Joined August 2010
Australia204 Posts
May 28 2012 10:34 GMT
#38
can you do the trading cards for ROOT?
i will buy so many
also, i will be buying a few of the micro/macro stickers this pay. they are very cool!
Like a baneling in a mineral line
Not_Computer
Profile Blog Joined January 2007
Canada2277 Posts
May 29 2012 03:55 GMT
#39
Awesome, I need to learn more of this.
"Jaedong hyung better be ready. I'm going to order the most expensive dinner in Korea."
moge
Profile Blog Joined January 2011
United States124 Posts
May 29 2012 14:03 GMT
#40
On May 28 2012 19:34 O.Golden_ne wrote:
can you do the trading cards for ROOT?
i will buy so many
also, i will be buying a few of the micro/macro stickers this pay. they are very cool!


Already working on it
gentle lover of esports - Product Manager for http://iHearteSports.com
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