HOW A COLLEGE SPORTS PROJECT BECAME SBJ SPORTS TECH OF THE YEAR
Antyush Bollini, Co-founder, COO - OneCourt
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A tablet that turns basketball into vibrations sounds like a novelty. Today, roughly half the NBA carries one, and Ticketmaster is footing the bill.
In this conversation, co-founder and COO Antyush Bollini explains how a college project became Sports Business Journal’s Sports Technology of the Year, and how partnerships with leagues, clubs, and brands helped the company reach the market.
Antyush also shares what OneCourt learned from its earliest pilot with the Portland Trail Blazers, how the company is approaching media and tracking-data rights, and why founders must validate not only whether a solution works, but whether customers will actually pay for it.
In this episode, you’ll hear:
How OneCourt moved from hand-built prototypes and 3D-printed parts to preparing a scalable consumer product
The feature that inspired a fan to check the score and game clock 700 times during one game
What the Portland Trail Blazers risked by becoming OneCourt’s first in-venue pilot partner
How a viral fan video helped OneCourt move from cold outreach to inbound interest from NBA teams
The three tests Antyush believes every startup idea must pass
