– Freshman KiAndre Gaddy has been named the Cascade Collegiate Conference (CCC) Red Lion Men's Basketball Player of the Week during the period of DecemJanuary 5, 2020. We are really excited about signing a number of netball and hockey players as well,” he added.Story Links College Place, Wash. “We anticipate this to be our leading category in the next few months, given the enormous interest from the get go. He said the startup’s sports category is growing “extremely” fast, with a lot of interest from rugby, soccer and cricket players. “He simply loved the idea, he has a good lens on being a ‘celebrity’ and engaging with fans which has been incredibly beneficial to our business,” said Des Fountain. He says when he shared the idea for MyFanPark with De Villiers he said it was immediately that he should team up with him. “He actually came up with the idea when he was travelling to Portugal and shared it with Joy and myself, which lead to us ideating MyFanPark and formally starting it as a business together,” he added. Lombard got idea from Portugal tripĭes Fountain credits Lombard with coming up with the idea of the startup.
“It’s the most open World Cup ever and there are probably about five teams that can win it and no doubt there will still be a few upsets,” he said. “The first game ( in which the Springboks lost against New Zealand 13-23 on 21 September - Ed) was disappointing but the expectations are still there that this team can go all the way. He said these are tracking services and also include a hardware component.Īhead of tomorrow’s Rugby World Cup match between the Springboks and Namibia, De Villiers says he’s expecting “big things” from the Springboks for the World Cup. The logo is being carried on the Springbok jerseys at the World Cup.įinally, he’s been involved with another business for about 10 years called Safe-T which also holds equity in Truck Assist. “Then already I realised that the people you go into business with is probably one of the most (important) decisions you’ll make and if you get it wrong from the start then the chances of it getting better is extremely slim.ĭe Villiers is currently also involved in another startup called Faces on Numbers, together with his brother Andre-Louis. A forced exit if you can call it that and a fair chunk of money lost. “I was still playing (when) I got involved in a business, but I learnt some very valuable lessons through that process. We are extremely excited about MyFanPark and the interest that we’ve received is also very encouraging,” he said.ĭe Villiers said he’s been involved in several businesses before. Through that process MyFanPark also came to life and together with Dylan, Joy and Wouter, we have brought it to where it is now. “He actually told me about another business called Slipztream which I became a partner in.
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In an emailed response from Japan, where he is for the Rugby World Cup, De Villiers said he and Des Fountain have known each other since school and previously played professional rugby together. De Villiers is also a partner in that business.
Joy and Dylan are also founders of Slipztream, which in June launched it’s an app and desktop platform that allows users to easily snap, upload and submit expense claims instantly for approval (see this story). The platform takes 25% of any fees paid to sports stars and celebrities when they record messages for fans at usually about R300ĭe Villiers ( pictured above, left) and Des Fountain founded the startup, with entrepreneur Wouter Lombard and Dylan’s wife Joy Des Fountain. MyFanPark is former Springbok rugby captain Jean de Villiers’ latest business, at least one previous endeavour didn’t go so well Presently 100 celebrities have registered active profiles with an almost equal amount of registered celebs whose profiles aren’t active as of yet, Des Fountain ( pictured above, far right with fellow founders) told Ventureburn earlier this month. For example, fathers can use the service to send a video clip of their son’s favourite sports star before their son is about to play a big match.