so it seems like there might space for a product that makes team communication easier. not like that is an underserved product category out there but still, i'm struggling to find a tool that makes it easy for users to
- communicate a point to every one
- keep it short and on topic
- identify important dates and times
- make it consumable by everyone.
as a result it seems like communication that needs feedback from everyone is done through group email (where at least one person is accidentally left off the list). Other non essential notices of the nature "hey i'm doing this at this time" or "hey i'm going to this race this weekend" are done via groupMMS, where undoubtely someone isn't in your address book and all you know is some guy at some number replied.
Diseparate from most other team sports, we dont really need to manage ice time, pool time, etc. We dont need to have playoff tournament functionality. So a lot of the features of a normal sports team mangement tool are not necessary.
hmmm. off the cuff maybe this product should.
- be mobile -duh. maybe only mobile.
- members subscribe with email/mobile number
- most interactions are done vis sms. post a ride, text a central number the details, said product takes care of notifying the other folks.
- also mms promotes short messages.
maybe it could also
- create some kind of scehduling tool that would allow users to opt in to the specific events and then target messages about that event to the subscribed parties, ala basecamp.
- other things that might be nice to track: sponsorship deals, pro forms, team proposals, etc.
hmm. yah. seems like you'd have to budget 2 cents + 1 cent per user for each broadcast. probably have to do some math to figure out the pricing.