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Published: Mon, 26 Oct 2009
Description: How Brooklyn Boulders founders used the social networking site to create this climbing gym.
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" The idea here is that. I mean the real Brooklyn Bridge is illegal."
" Funny -- Yardley and him promises he won't get arrested for climbing districts in fact you can walk out with a souvenir. They can by the T shirt I -- the -- right. -- fellow Babson College grads Stevens stated I took the co founders of Brooklyn boulders climbing gym and Brooklyn. The largest in the New York City area."
" These activities. Are really what drives me on a daily basis. And and I just love to share share about other people. And building this place seem to be like the most natural way. Reaching them."
" But even -- is stunned at the path from dream to reality."
" As senior in college when FaceBook. Had its big debut a lot of my younger fraternity Brothers were elected why -- Facebook's they'd like c'mon we got friend you know a friend and you. Except my for Democrats alike dude we're friends already like what's the big deal you know and the like -- and it's really cool."
" He didn't join them but a couple of years later at pins -- urging he broke down and signed up."
" He's like dude -- like this thing is going to be means. For us means."
" And it has -- They started by creating a FaceBook group called New York City needs a climbing to him."
" We got a lot of you know feedback from that we had out over a hundred members make right off the bat."
" They would ask questions and take polls all -- stuck. And they say on the interest led then to start --"
" When -- Getting in touch with their customer."
" Is easy. -- like finding out what your customer wants is easy like I do is pass them on FaceBook."
" And it wasn't only suggestions they got. When they realized they were going to have to to a 40000 Tina -- into the mall they asked their FaceBook friends helping hands literally."
" He came to the idea of having a weekly events where. We have people come in volunteered there there's Saturdays today install. Tina Johnson all of these -- every hold you see on the wall sits on its united and has vaulted into the water."
" Can't estimate that there Tina have parties see of them over 50000 dollars in labor. What did the volunteers get in return."
" They got here pizza. And -- passes. To come enjoy engines that's apartheid's."
" With the help of states family and private capital they've made over a million dollars and upgrades to the gym. But how are they planning to turn a profit."
" is not going to sustain this business by itself. The climbers you know in the coming here and -- self sufficient. By the leadership and then. They're they're going to bring their -- now machine bread and butter this industry is the first time congress which includes. If you look coming from and every day or that they the birthday party participants. Or the corporate groups that come. Because those people are new to climbing in giving you less in -- just."
" Seems to be happening fast from Brooklyn builders at least from the looks of their FaceBook page since opening in September 2009. It already has over a thousand fans and -- State's biggest piece of advice."
" Learn how to use his book. Have yet to need some ones that started this project. Since I've been such a huge benefit his book where they told me there job -- their business where it happened. Thought that FaceBook in the -- so that kids."
" And remind young and Stevens -- and land and it check out Brooklyn boulders dot com. For foxbusiness.com. I'm Christina Scotty. "
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