Word: crews
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Over the summer, he started talking to two fellow members of the men's varsity lightweight crew, Jonathon D. Kibera '98, who designs Rowers World, and Chistopher J. Sims '98, who programs the site. The three rowers discussed developing a site where the country's 100,000 rowers could go for tips, information about rowing and possibly even merchandise. Kibera and Sims, who work at Sapient Corp., a consulting firm in San Francisco, work on the site from 4,000 miles away...
Their strategy is a simple one. American crew is a niche market, with rowers are scattered all over the country. Before Rowers World, the only way for rowers to buy products was at regattas, including the Head of the Charles. "Basically the companies had about five chances a year to sell their products," said Fallows. "Now they can do it every...
...wanted to provide a service for people, not make them feel like we were always trying to sell them something," said Kibera. "And it's also about a community--it can be lonely if you're the only one into crew in your state...
...fair river to watch the shells racing by, some gliding as if guided by an ethereal rhythm, others sputtering along like a beat-up old jalopy. If you're lucky, you catch a glimpse of the eight herculean men who comprise the United States National Team's fastest crew; at worst, you get to witness a spectacular crash...
...friend of mine once woke up at 5 a.m. on a Saturday morning in the spring to watch Harvard race, only to realize that the crews battle upstream for two kilometers--so that one can watch the start or end of a race, but never both. Crew is definitely not a spectator sport...