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The Nine98 - Fourth Edition.
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The Nine98 - Fourth Edition.
We’re continuing this newsletter to show what building a football app in public looks like. In return for a few minutes of time each week, we’ll give you our best stories & insights from the world of football + tech + startup. Done right, this will bring us closer to our goal of making Nine98 the world’s largest amateur football community, with 'The Nine98' at its core. We’re targeting an MVP release in early Q4 2024 but there’s plenty of value on the table right now. So why wait? You can expect a mix of product updates; storytelling; interviews and content from top players and industry leaders; and rewards because we can. As we’ve learned from web3, it doesn’t really mean fuck all if we don’t bring our people with us.
What's New at Nine98 This Week
Development Updates:
Where are things at, right now?
Our development team is hard at work bringing the application together for our early-access ALPHA release. The current state of development is in its early stages, with most individual elements being assembled. Moving from design to database to code to reality is a challenging process, and they’re doing an amazing job of staying ahead of schedule. As a sneak preview, here are some testing screenshots shared with us by the development team this week.
The Screenshot is showcasing how easy it will be to share ‘games’ before logging your performances with friends around you through QR codes.
Social Media Highlights:
We did it… We went VIRAL!
434,000 views, 19,300 likes, and 8,400 comments later—we’ve skyrocketed from just 300 followers to 4,639 on our Instagram! We’re absolutely buzzing and ready to keep this momentum going. We're on a mission to build the world’s largest amateur football community, and we're not stopping until we’ve made it as big as it can be!
Want to see this video? Check it here.
Community Spotlight
Highlighting Our Community:
Brockenhurst have been in action again this week with two flying wins. Beating Hythe & Dibden 6-2 before stomping through Cowes Sports 6-3. Our sponsored players have been unfortunate not to feature more but regardless - stay tuned for more of their progress through this season.
FPL Highlights! This weeks top team managed 114 points with a Triple Captain Haaland proving the peak of existence - once more…
Top of the league standings after GW2:
#1 - Rekt City FC (shoutout Ovie!) - 184 pts
#2 - Old Havertz Kai Hard (also our winning TOTW player) - 176 pts
#3 - 7stargeneral - 169 pts
Future Insight
Looking Ahead:
The upcoming week is packed as we head into September at full speed. This month, we're expecting significant progress with our app development, ramping up our marketing efforts, and, of course, delivering content galore. We've got a special trip planned for the end of September that we can’t wait to share with you—let’s just say the content really kicks off then. Keep an eye on our socials for live updates, and feel free to send us your ideas!
The 99th Minute
TL;DR:
Quick Recap:
1. New this week at Nine98 Development (Dev Screenshot!).
2. Brock action as always.
3. FPL of the Week & current standings.
4. Future Insights - September & Secret Trip Booked...Ready for the next steps?
If you haven’t yet, make sure you sign up to the waitlist at;
https://www.nine98.io and remember - refer friends with the unique invite code to climb further up the early access leaderboards.
And of course, make sure to follow us across all socials.
On that note, thanks for reading & see you next week!
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