May 25, 2015
Social Loneliness
Market Validation
105,000 “Strictly Platonic Personal” ads
Real Tweets every few minutes.
10M users on meetup.comCraigslist
I wanted a place to… - View what everyone around me wants to do
and when
- Discover friends and acquaintances shared social intent for activities and upcoming events.
- Make plans easier
Team
Chad BrodskyBusiness Founder
•Founded Burlington Brew Tours in 2008•Financial Analyst @ VTFCU•University of Vermont (Finance)
Steve BrooksTechnical Founder
•Industry Data Analyst @ Dealer.com•University of Vermont (Operations & Computer Science)
Matt FerranteTechnical Founder
•Software Engineer (SE) @ DataXu•Worked as a SE @ EMC•University of Vermont (Computer Science)
Advisor: Justin Siegel, CEO of MocoSpace
DEMOSTRATION TIME
Discovery Connecting Planning
Target User base
Psychographic:
• Passionate about an interest • Proactive & Extraverted• Likes to spend time with friends• Enjoys being active• Likes to try new things • Socially Flexible
Social Media Shift in 2012
2012 2013
Foursquare redesigns emphasizes
deals, and recommendations, over real-time Check-ins
June 2012|
|July 2012
Event Page and Event Calendar redesign
Launch of ShoutPlans’s Social Intent planning tool for
activities and eventsSept 2012
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|May 2012
Pinterest’s pinning creates a way to
measure purchasing Intent
Raising $500,000 @ Approximately 15-20% Convertible Equity
Milestone: Mobile iOS & Android
Application
Funding will go toward building a small team (5 people) - launching the product, iterate with one year of runway.