Building BASKETBALL IQ for the next generation 🏀 Founder @think_bball
Riga, Latvia 🇱🇻
Joined March 2008
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Aleksandrs Borovenskis retweeted
Learning point:
As I transition from player to coach I am realizing that basketball terminology is universal. Different coaches, different philosophies, different systems, but the language of the game stays consistent. The details may differ, but the foundation remains the same
THINK. is live on Android!! 🎉
The closed testers are the reason it got here. Every "this feels off" made it better.. 'Preciate y'all!! 🧡
every startup should map its Maze
every way it can die, written down.. 🪦 and how you get past each one
Not fun. but way more useful than another dream pitch
Shipped the update this week. 🎉 Excited for this defense module for new players. Short, concise, but so important in the game of basketball.
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Gobert telling LaMelo to "slow down with me" is the best IQ note of the preseason.
a ball screen asks the defense a question. go too fast and you leave before they answer.
the guards who look quickest in May are usually the patient ones in October 🧠
(h/t @DaneMooreNBA)
one product call I keep defending at THINK.: every player picks a position at sign-up.
the game keeps going positionless, and I love it. but a 5 and a 1 still read the same possession from different spots.
so whatever you ask THINK., the answer starts where you stand.
Last month a US fund passed on us because we're not a Delaware C-Corp yet.
In their September stats, incorporation was the #1 pass reason (47%), checked before anyone reads a deck.
Non-US founders raising in the US: sort the entity first.
Anyone flipped to Delaware mid-raise?
September sports tech: $306M across 13 rounds (h/t Malte Kittlaus).
Basketball's share: @nexplayground $150M, @shoot360 $7M, @brodierec $3.6M. 🏀
All three measure what your body does: shots, reps, stats, movement.
What decides games happens before the ball moves. Seeing the floor, knowin the read, five guys callin it the same thing.
Almost none of that money goes there.
Paris for a few days.. C-Day out there. Walkin, thinkin — brain got quieter, ideas got louder.
Still seein the floor tho. Back on the grind!! Users, language, next clear piece.
🟠 @think_bball
Will to win without basketball IQ just becomes chaos under pressure.
Hate losin' is fuel. Reads are the steering wheel.
Lived that as a player. Huddle says one thing. Five different movies hit the floor. 😂
Shared language fixes a lot of it — same words, same action.
THINK. puts that on the phone: think.basketball
Rewatching the @ycombinator Startup School from back in 2018. Three things crazy:
1️⃣ It was 8 years ago 😳
2️⃣ Most of it is still relevant today!! Startups, growth, channels & tactics via @Airbnb (w/ a lil adjustment for AEO)
3️⃣ @gustaf is not aging 😂
youtu.be/T9ikpoF2GH0
Youth sports capital buys facilities, events, apparel, media, pathways.
Basketball’s deep in that stack. 🏀
See the floor. Understand the game. Communicate it.
That layer still lives w/ a whiteboard + whoever’s in the gym..
Easy layers get bought first. Hard layer still open.
Coaches see it first. ⬇️ Bodies get trained. Mind doesn’t.. Language, coverages, next-play reads — that’s trainable, same as a jump shot.
Just shipped our first major update on @think_bball!! 🎉
Now the app learns from how a player uses it: what they search, what they ask the chat, where they get stuck — and starts showing them what actually matters to their game.
Always wanted to let the community ride with us early.. so we took the @think_bball raise live on @stardotfun!! 🚀
Buildin the AI brain for basketball IQ 🏀 crazy unique opportunity to back a real tech project from day one..
If you lookin to invest in smth fresh.. the play is right here 👇🏼
star.fun/projects/THINK
