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Scoreboard

Turn your walls into a game.

A retro-inspired, wall-mounted LED scoreboard that lets families, couples, classrooms, and teams track points, goals, and friendly competitions. Controlled from your phone, it brings the thrill of a pinball machine into your everyday life.

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Scoreboard LED display product

Goals Without Fanfare
Fade Into Silence

Boring office environment with sticky notes
  • Sticker charts lose their novelty after a few days. Kids stop caring, and parents stop tracking.
  • Phone apps feel lifeless and invisible. Tracking progress on a screen buried in your pocket creates zero excitement.
  • There is no physical, tangible way to gamify daily life. Chore tracking, fitness goals, and friendly competitions deserve better.
  • Whiteboards and dry-erase trackers are functional but completely devoid of personality or delight.

A Scoreboard That Feels
Like a Pinball Machine

Mount it on your wall. Add your players. Award points from your phone. Watch the board light up with retro LED animations and satisfying sound effects that make every single point feel like a celebration.

Retro arcade aesthetic with LED lights
30s
Setup time from unbox to wall
1 Tap
Award points from your phone
100%
More fun than a sticker chart

Built for Fun.
Designed for Life.

Retro LED display

Retro LED Display

High-visibility LED numbers with satisfying sound effects and light-up animations every time someone scores. It looks and feels like a real arcade scoreboard.

Phone app interface

Companion App

Add players, set point values, create custom games, and award points with a single tap. The whole family can control the board from their own phones.

Family game night

Game Templates

Pre-loaded templates for chore tracking, fitness challenges, classroom behavior, party games, weight loss goals, and more. Create your own or browse the community library.

Modern wall decor

Two Sizes, One Vibe

The Home model is dartboard-sized, perfect for kitchens and playrooms. The Pro model is built for classrooms, offices, and common areas where everyone needs to see the score.

Everyone Keeps Score.
Now They Can See It.

Happy family at home

Families with Kids

Parents who want to gamify chores, healthy eating, screen time limits, and good behavior. Sticker charts are tired. Scoreboard makes it exciting.

Couples

Playful accountability for fitness goals, savings targets, household tasks, or who wins the most board games. Friendly competition keeps things fun.

Classrooms

Teachers who run classroom reward systems, team competitions, and behavior tracking. A physical, visible scoreboard transforms engagement.

Teams and Offices

Sales floors, small teams, and startups that want a tangible way to celebrate wins and track performance beyond spreadsheets.

Market Size

The U.S. smart home and decorative display market exceeds $40B. Letterboards, Vestaboards, and decorative displays make up a $500M+ niche. Targeting just 1% of U.S. households with children represents a $33M+ opportunity before education and office segments.

The Playbook

Revenue Model

Direct-to-consumer hardware sales: $99 for the Home model, $249 for the Pro model. Companion app with a freemium tier and a premium subscription at $4.99/month that unlocks advanced game templates, leaderboard history, and multi-board syncing.

Go-to-Market Strategy

Launch on Kickstarter to validate demand and build a community of early adopters. Then sell direct-to-consumer through Instagram and TikTok ads showcasing families and classrooms in action. Partner with parenting influencers and teacher communities to drive organic awareness.

Competitive Advantage

Unlike apps or sticker charts, Scoreboard is a physical, always-visible presence in the room that creates real emotional engagement. The retro aesthetic and tactile feedback tap into the same appeal as Vestaboard and letterboards, but at a fraction of the price, with interactive functionality no one else offers.

Key Risks

  • Hardware manufacturing complexity and upfront tooling costs could delay launch and strain early capital
  • Consumer electronics returns and warranty claims can erode margins if quality is not tightly controlled
  • Larger competitors like Amazon or established smart home brands could replicate the concept once proven

Year One Milestones

01

Successfully fund and fulfill a Kickstarter campaign with 2,000+ units sold

02

Launch the companion app on iOS and Android with 10+ pre-loaded game templates

03

Secure partnerships with 5 parenting or education influencers for sponsored content

Startup Cost Estimate

From prototype to first production run, including app development, tooling, and initial marketing.

$50,000 - $150,000

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