Landed First Major Partnership: The Post Sports Bar & Grill

Secured an initial $35,000 advertising partnership with The Post Sports Bar & Grill — billed as the world's first fantasy sports bar, with two St. Louis locations at the time. This was the first real external validation of theDraftNight as a business, giving us a physical venue and a committed partner. We went on to host 300–400 live fantasy drafts together, and the app was eventually sold to The Post. A second $30,000 investment followed roughly a year later.