Our Founder's Pickleball Story: How GamePointGo Began

If you’ve ever played pickleball, you know the feeling. The rally ends, the ball bounces off to the side, and suddenly, no one’s sure of the score. Everyone looks at each other, guessing, laughing, or worse…arguing a little. I know, because I’ve been that person. I could never keep score. And honestly, I used to feel embarrassed and unintelligent for it. Most of the time my teammates were patient, but every now and then there’d be an eye roll. Sometimes we’d all just laugh and try to reconstruct the last point, figure out who served last, and guess where we left off. It’s part of the game’s charm, but also its frustration.

Pickleball is supposed to be fun. It’s social, easy to learn, and full of energy. I first started playing about eight years ago in Mexico with my sister. We loved it! It was lighthearted, easy, and full of laughter. But after COVID, the sport exploded. Suddenly, pickleball was everywhere, and it became this amazing way to reconnect with people I hadn’t seen in years. It brought me back into my community at a time when I really needed it.

The scoring issue, though, was always there. Everyone knew it was confusing. Everyone had their own way of tracking it. And the more I played, the more I realized this was something that really interrupted the flow and the joy of the game.

I didn’t set out to invent anything. In fact, at first, I thought someone else would fix it. But I was in between jobs at the time, and the problem kept tugging at me. I’ve spent most of my career in software development and UX design, and one day I started thinking about the problem the same way I’d think about a design challenge… programmatically. That’s when it clicked. I had the skills to code it, to design it, and to actually bring it to life.

I leaned heavily on the Small Business Development Center (SBDC). They became my go-to resource for everything I didn’t know (which, at the time, was just about everything.) I didn’t even know what a startup business model really was until I worked for an angel investment group as Director of Project Management. Looking back, it felt like everything I’d done in my career had quietly prepared me for this moment. I just didn’t know it yet.

Being a first-time female founder has been one of the hardest and most rewarding experiences of my life. I had to learn everything from setting up a corporation, to building financial projections, to getting up the courage to ask people for money. There were days I felt like I had forty number-one priorities and only one person to handle them: me. But I kept reminding myself that the best way to eat a whale is one bite at a time. So that’s what I did. One small step at a time.

There have been a few moments that made it all worth it. The first was when my very first investor said yes. Her support gave me the resources to build the first prototype, and she’s stood by me every step of the way. The second was the moment I actually held the first prototype in my hand. I’ve spent my life designing software, but this was the first tangible thing I’d ever created. I had written the code, designed the look, sourced the manufacturer… everything. Holding it was like holding proof that belief and persistence can turn ideas into something real.

Through testing, I started hearing from players that using the ProScore reduced their anxiety and helped them focus on the game. They felt more confident, more relaxed, and they said it made the whole experience smoother. That feedback was everything to me, because that’s exactly why I’m doing this, to make pickleball more fun, more inclusive, and a little less stressful for everyone who plays.

As a company, GamePointGo is still learning. We’re new, and we’ll probably make mistakes along the way, but we believe in staying transparent and authentic with our community. This isn’t just about selling a product, it’s about building something that makes the game better for everyone.

Looking ahead, I want GamePointGo to give back. One of my goals is to support local Boys and Girls Clubs by donating equipment and helping kids learn the game. I want to help grow pickleball by making it more accessible, especially for young players who might not have the resources to start.

And on a personal level, I’ve made it my mission to share everything I’ve learned along the way. No gatekeeping, no pretending I have it all figured out. I’ve started a podcast to document the journey, to talk about what works, what doesn’t, and to help other women step into their own power and lead.

Because if there’s one thing I’ve learned through this entire process, it’s that courage and community can build something extraordinary.

GamePointGo was founded on a simple promise: never lose track of your pickleball score again, and never lose sight of the joy that brought us all to the court in the first place.