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Office Sports

DeskSport Pro

"Competitive athletics for the sedentary professional."

Actively Seeking Capital
Most urgent investment in the portfolio

The Problem

The modern office is a deeply unsportsmanlike environment. Employees sit for eight or more hours per day, engaging in no athletic competition whatsoever, arriving home uncelebrated and unranked. There are no scoreboards. There are no trophies. There is no one to beat.

CT noticed this while sitting at his desk and felt something was missing. That something was competition. The other thing missing was physical activity, but we are addressing one thing at a time.

The Solution

DeskSport Pro is an integrated office athletics platform that brings the competitive spirit of organized sports into the workplace without requiring anyone to stand up for more than ninety seconds at a time. The product suite includes:

  • ChairBall™ — A proprietary ball sport played entirely while seated. Rules are still being written. The ball is small.
  • The DeskSport Leaderboard — A real-time web dashboard ranking employees by performance metrics that have not yet been defined
  • Cube Javelin — Soft-tipped competitive javelin for open-plan offices. Currently in regulatory review by HR departments CT has contacted
  • The Annual DeskSport Classic — A branded tournament, championship trophies included, winner gets a gift card

The concept exists in its entirety as a twelve-slide deck and a foam ball CT has on his desk. Both are available for investor review upon request.

Market Opportunity

There are approximately 160 million workers in the United States. A significant portion of them work in offices. Offices have desks. Desks are where DeskSport Pro operates. The math writes itself, though CT has not yet written it.

We are targeting a B2B model in which companies pay a per-employee licensing fee to bring DeskSport Pro into their workplace, on the theory that companies spend money on wellness programs and this is similar, but with more competition and fewer yoga mats.

A pilot program has been proposed to one company, which was CT's previous employer. They have not responded. We consider this a soft yes.

The Team

CT — Founder and Commissioner. Invented ChairBall. Has extensive experience sitting at a desk. Was described by a former colleague as "competitive in a way that was sometimes a lot." Considers this a qualified endorsement.

Open Roles — Head of Rules Development (ChairBall regulations remain informal), VP of Enterprise Sales (to call the companies back), and one person to throw the javelin during demos so CT does not have to do it himself every time.

Use of Funds

  • $12,000 — Equipment manufacturing (balls, foam javelins, branded lanyards)
  • $10,000 — Platform development (the leaderboard website)
  • $8,000 — Enterprise sales outreach (cold emails, some LinkedIn)
  • $6,000 — Trophy production (the trophies are important)
  • $4,000 — Legal review of Cube Javelin liability questions
Honest Disclaimer DeskSport Pro is the most developed concept in the BizByCT portfolio in terms of enthusiasm. ChairBall is a real game CT plays alone. Cube Javelin has not been approved by any HR department and CT acknowledges this is a potential obstacle. The "soft yes" from his former employer was the absence of a "no" during a three-week period. Investors should understand that the primary asset here is a twelve-slide deck and a foam ball, both of which are CT's and will remain CT's regardless of investment outcome.