Team Homefield gathers on top of their office roof.
The Startup is a four-chapter video documentary with interactives on a young tech startup trying to make it in New York City. My colleague Alex Hotz and I followed the entrepreneurs behind TeamHomeField.com for the past four months as they develop and grow their web-based video application for sports teams. Below is the Vimeo video intro for the project, which we encourage you to to embed and it includes the likes Fred Wilson, Nate Westheimer, Charlie O’Donnell and more.
The intro briefly explores how the New York City’s start-up community is growing, evolving and becoming more collaborative. In 2008, 95 seed and early stage startups could be found in the Big Apple. In 2009 that number shot up to 150, according to Union Square Ventures. Many of these start-ups are technology focused, gaining prominence and growth in recent years. In many ways, the scene is reaching a new level, 3.0. This is the inspiration behind “The Startup” and NYC 3.0.
The project was quite time-consuming and both Alex and I learned a lot. We first started following the guys from TeamHomeField.com in late October and tried to highlight some of the aspects startups have to take on (pitching, sacrifice, etc.). We hope you enjoy(ed) it. Also, take a look at the interactive timeline of TeamHomeField and a map of some of the tech startups in the city. We may also be hosting a screening of this in the near future. Stay tuned.
The music in the documentary is by the NYC-based group CARLON. Check them out at www.carlonmusic.com. You can also find them out on Facebook or Twitter.
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