From Blackberry Drive to Lissiland
Court Bluford is a founder, engineer, writer, and former professional basketball player. His core philosophy is behavioral science and behavioral economics: technology is the medium; behavior is the outcome. He grew up on Blackberry Drive in Fort Washington, Maryland, near Fort Foote Park, and founded Lissiland to apply these ideas in the field.
- Fort Foote: community, court, and playground
- Welcome, MD: great-grandmother's house across three generations
- Graduation: Pallotti to Assumption College
- Nantucket Nectars: first job out of college
- Basketball: seven years as a pro in the US, Dominican Republic, and Canada
- Jezign: first sneaker deal
- Mobile Apps: 40+ apps launched, including Martha's Vineyard Ferries and PolicyPal DC
- Speaking: adoption, govtech, product thinking, regulated mobile, AI with intention; stages include NFDA, ICCFA, OGR, La Fleur's, Arlington County; speaker one-pager PDF
- Writings: essays on behavior, product, and building
- Work: Lissiland; behavioral science & economics
- Husband & Dad: father of two girls
- Beach: family recovery time
- Websites: learned by printing pages
- Travel: San Diego, El Milon DR, New Brunswick, Montreal; family trips to Gulfport, Bermuda, Camarillo, Martha's Vineyard
- Legos: building with constraints
- Kia Telluride: ordered online direct in 2022, no dealer markup
- Ritz-Carlton: overnight manager; creative service solutions
- Four Seasons: One Dalton grand opening; path to San Diego
- Books on Brain: Outliers, Hooked, Norman, Kahneman, Sivers
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