Tag Entrepreneurship

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.

After two years of development starting from a napkin idea in 2012, theDraftNight officially launched on the Apple App Store. Built entirely by international development contractors and local designers, this was my first experience taking a product from concept to market — managing remote teams, navigating the App Store review process, and shipping something real.