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AAT PROJECT
DISCOVERINGBRILLIANCE
WHAT IF ? THE ANSWERS TO SOME OF THE WORLD’S GREATEST PROBLEMS RESTED IN THE MIND OF A TEENAGER…
BUT THE TEEN DIDN’T HAVE THE FUNDS OR EXPERTISE TO MAKE THEM A REALITY.
America’s Amazing Teens™ (The AAT Project™ ) is a collaboration of the worlds of academia, science, finance, business, and media. We support exceptional young scientists, researchers, developers and inventors by providing a platform to share their ideas with the world. Our mission is to promote technological and scientific innovation, and change the cultural aspect of what science and math looks like by setting a new higher standard for teen role models. We will Manage and Mentor teens across America who will make a difference in the world.
The Competition: The AAT Project™ is an online competition that will Identify, Mentor and Manage exceptional teens whose ideas will change the world.
Targeting Insight: There are more than 30 million teens in the U.S. Nearly three out of four (72 percent) believe technological inventions or innovations can solve some of our most pressing issues within the next decade, including global warming, energy conservation, fossil fuel depletion, diagnosing, treating, and curing diseases, just to name a few. Nearly two-thirds of teens (64 percent) are confident they could invent some of these solutions.* Our competition is designed for teens 12 ½ -19.
Advisory Board:
Over 30 of the Top Universities in America represented. Best of Academia, Science, Finance and Media.
Total Investment: $10,000,000
Funding to Date: Self-funded Friends and Family
Current Round: Seed Round – Up to $5M
Type of Security: Convertible Note 5% interest 20% discount
Contact: Nan Fisher New York, NY Tel. 212.759.3032
*sciencedaily.com
GOALS ● To create a powerful movement that will Identify, Mentor and Manage the best and
brightest teens in America.
● To promote technological and scientific innovation, and change the cultural aspect of what science and math looks like by setting a new higher standard for teen role models.
● To provide 25 million+ students with the opportunity to participate in an online competition that will reward the teens’ accomplishments in science, technology, engineering, math and all aspects of innovation.
● To share in the teen’s future success by offering Mentorship, Management, and Marketing. The AAT Project™ will also be providing them with provisional patents to protect their IP.
● To guide these teens to the most prestigious colleges, universities and opportunities in America.
● To create a philanthropic fund (a minimum of 250K), which will provide aid to future visionaries, leaders and innovators who are participating in the competition in need of help financially.
Meet a few Ambassadors of
THE AAT PROJECT
JACK ANDRAKAAt age 15, he invented an inexpensive and sensitive dipstick-like sensor for the rapid and early detection of pancreatic cancer. He won the Grand Prize of Intel International Science and EngineeEngineering Fair.
e diagnostic method he
developed is more than 90 percent accurate in detecting the presence of pancreatic cancer's biomarker protein
called mesothelin.
Katherine with Elon Musk at the 2012
Popular Mechanics Magazine Breakthrough Award
KATHERINE BOMKAMP Globally known for her Pain Free Socket, a holistic prosthetic device that has the potential to alliviate phantom pain
expeexperienced by 80% of the world’s 10 million amputees. Katherine invented the device at 16 and was an Intel International Science and
Engineering Fair Finalist.
She worked with her brother, Scott, to further the success of the project, which has since been acquired. Stacey, now 20,
is lecturing all over the world about innovation and entrepreneurship, and working on her new project 2 Billion Under 20.
PARAM JAGGIAn Intel International Science and Engineering Fair Finalist. At 17 he designed a device called "Algae Mobile" to reduce tailpipe emissions. rough
photosynthesis, algalgae in the tube converts CO2into Oxygen.
Param now is the Chief
Environmental Officer of EcoViate. EcoViate is a green-tech start up that focuses on inexpensive, efficient, and
disposable green products.
e UN appointed Monique as the rst ever Youth Champion in 2010 for her efforts to raise awareness about the challenges young people face. “Having traveled across America and to 24 countries as the rst-ever UN Youth ChampiChampion I’m inspired by the desire of young people everywhere to make the world a better place. ”
MONIQUE COLEMAN MightMight be most well-known for her role in Disney’s High School Musical, or for her dance moves on ABC’s Dancing With e Stars, but it is her inspirational philanthropic work that has earned her the title of “Youth Champion” by the UN.
Its goal is to open the door for paralyzed people to get back to normal everyday life again. e company is working on
incorporating advanced tetechnology for the Exo-skeleton.
GRACE YOUNG Studies Mechanical & Ocean Engineering at MIT,
with a focus on marine robotics and exploration.
Grace spent this June living underwater as an aquanaut on Mission 31. Currently, she is a candidate for Ph.D. in Offshore Geotechnical Engineering at OOxford University
JONNY COHENWhen only 12, Jonny gured there must be a way to make school buses more aerodynamic. He spent ve years building pprototypes with help of faculty at Northwestern University.
Currently at 19, Jonny is working on perfecting an airfoil called
the Greenshield to mount on top of school buses. e new version costs $30 and impimproves gas
mileage by 15%.
OMAR ABUDAYYEH
A third year MD/PhD student at Harvard Medical School/Harvard-MIT Health, Sciences, and Technology program as a 2013 Paul and Daisy Soros Fellow and graduate fellow
of the National Science FFoundation.
Omar graduated with a S.B. degree in Mechanical EngineeEngineering and Biological Engineering from MIT as a Henry Ford II Scholar and Barry Goldwater Scholar in 2012. His research interests are at the intersection of nanoscale engineering and computational biology where he is developing better tools to explore such realms as cancer, liver brosis and neuronal plasticity.
JACOB BARNETT A 16 year old theoretical physicist at Perimeter Institute. His research areas are loop quantum gravity and quantum
foundations. He boasts an IQ of 170, that is belithat is believed to be
higher than Albert Einstein.Jacob started taking college
classes at Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) at age 8, self taught and nished all high school math in 2 weeks at age 10. He went on to publish his rst piece of rresearch in physical review A at age 12. Jacob began to work on his Master's at 13, and was accepted to the Perimeter Institute at 15. Jacob's work aims to lead us into the quantum age of science!
RAJA SELVAKUMAR
Raja was a nalist at the 2013 Intel Science Talent Search for his project, "Gastro Microbial Fuel Cell: A Novel Implementation of GMFC in Capsular Capsular Nanorobotics."
Based on the icrobial fuel cell, the GMFC generates electricity
using gastrobacteria, to be used to power capsular nanobots.
He was also He was also one of PopSci's High School Inventors of 2012.
Raja is now an undergraduate at MIT.
EDEL BROWNE One of our Global Youth Ambassadors,
17 years old, Edel is studying for a Bsc in Biotechnology, at the
National University of Ireland Galway.
Edel created “Free Feet,” a laser device that attaches to the side of a shoe to reduce gait freezing for Parkinson’s Disease sufferers.
ANN MAKOSINSKI16, one of our Global Youth Ambassadors from Canada. Ann invented a hand-heat-powered “Hollow Flashlight.” She won rst prize in her aage category at the 2013 Google Science Fair, and was a nalist at Intel Science Fair.
Ann was named one of Time Magazine's
30 under 30, has given three TEDx Talks,
and was featured on the premiere week of e Tonight Show with
Jimmy Fallon.
CIARA JUDGE One of our Global Youth Ambassadors from IrIreland. Ciara won the BT Young Scientist in 2013. Her project is about using natural bacteria called Rhizobium to speed up the germination and subsequent growth of cereal crops by decreasing germination time by 40% and increasing crop yield by 30%, with some results exceeding 74%.
Ciara represented Ireland in the EU Contest
for Young Scientists in Prague where she was awarded First Place. She is a member of the Center for Talented Youth Ireland.
Ciara just won the Grand Prize at Google Google Science Fair 2014.
Management & Mentorship We are a management and marketing vehicle that drives the enterprise value by owning a piece of the teens’ intellectual property, and total earnings in return for exposure, mentorship and shared services that our company provides. The AAT Project™ will build a network of professionals that will help our teens transform their ideas into profitable enterprises, and market their vision to a wide audience. We have the support of over 30 Top Universities in America, which will open the doors to ensure our teens of a better future. We will become the scouts for universities all over the country, discovering exceptional young scientists, researchers, developers and inventors.
How We’re Protecting Our Teens Ideas
• Providing a secure and exclusive private Portal, for the vetting and judging process.
• All the people vetting and judging for the competition will be required to sign an NDA before they are able to view any of the teens projects.
• We will apply for and purchase a provisional patent for all the teens projects that make it through the vetting process to protect their ideas. This will be done prior to any project being placed on to the public competition site.
• The IP practice at The AAT Project's global law firm will have a significant oversight role for preserving, protecting and proliferating the IP of each engaged teen.
The Business Opportunity ROI will come from several different revenue streams, including: ● Licensing of Teen’s Intellectual Property, Total Earnings● Ad Revenue -- Website, (Potential) TV Special● Cooperate Sponsorship● National TV Special
(Produced by Emmy Award-Winning Ferro Productions) ● Documentary
(Directed by Academy Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker Ross Kauffman) ● International expansion
Financials ($000) YR1
2015 YR2 2016
YR3 2017
YR4 2018
YR5 2019
Revenue $1.9 $7.5 $15.3 $31.7 $74.4
Expenses 3.5 5.0 5.7 7.8 9.0
EBITDA ($1.6) $2.5 $9.6 $23.9 $65.4
The AAT Project BUDGET: YEAR 1
DESCRIPTION OF EXPENSE COST FOR FIRST YEAR
Operating Expense $425,200.00
Legal and Accounting $380,000.00
Employees $685,100.00
Business Consulting $325,000.00
Documentary $1,005,500.00
Marketing & PR $662,000.00
Philanthropic Fund (10% of EBITDA) -
Total Expenses for the First Year $3,482,800.00
Bringing Awareness Through
ENTERTAINMENT…
ROSS KAUFFMAN, Academy Award-Winning
Documentary Filmmaker of
Born Into Brothels, will produce and didirect a full-length
documentary featuring our 12 nalists, the best and brightest
teens in America.
e winner will be announced, and all 12
nalists will celebrate with
AAmerica's top musical artists and
celebrities.
Emmy Award-Winning Ferro Productions will produce a
Nationally Televised Rock Concert Special
honoring and celebrating the the accomplishments
of our 12 nalists.
Management Team • NAN FISHER – Founder and Managing Partner, Nan has had great success as an
Entrepreneur, veteran television producer and talent manager.
• GEOFF SCHNEIDER - Venture Capitalist, Geoff has over 20 years of operating and investing experience with online media, marketing software and Internet service companies, and founded Cava Capital.
• RON BALZAN – Ron is a seasoned strategy, finance and business development executive. He was has spent over 20 years working at American Express, American International Group and in private equity.
• DAVID L. CONCANNON – Lead Counsel for The AAT Project™, David is a Partner at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe in the firm’s global Emerging Companies Group.
• JAMES HUERTA – Strategist, Jim’s strength is in Intellectual Property, Entertainment, Strategic Business Consulting and Market Research.
• VAMSI SISTLA – Serial Entrepreneur, Vamsi is an innovative technologist with over 15 years of experience in Television, Media & Entertainment. He’s built various enterprise quality software and technology platforms.
• ERIN HERSEY – Erin works with Fortune 500s for the global innovation consulting firm ?What If !. She was COO at e-commerce agency Avenue Code, and launched the M.F.A. program in Design for Social Innovation at the School of Visual Arts.
IT’S TIME. It’s time to show America that teens are the future. The AAT Project brings innovation and entrepreneurship together in a way no one has ever done. With your help, together, we can change the world!
Click here to view our Prezi: http://prezi.com/6kgqewvpzk24/i-the-aat-project/
The AAT Project Advisory Board - Educators
ADAM P. WAX Professor, Director, Biomedical Engineering, Duke University
ALAN WOLF Professor and Chair of Physics: Acting Dean,Cooper Union
AMITABH LATH Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers University
AMY CHENG VOLLMER Department Chair and Professor of Biology, Swarthmore College
ANDREA NEWMARK Professor and Chair of Chemistry, Cooper Union
ANUPAM K GARG Professor of Physics & Astronomy; Fellow of the American Physical Society, Northwestern University
ARMIN D. KAISER Professor of Biochemistry and of Developmental Biology, Stanford
AVI SILBERSCHATZ Professor of Computer Science, Yale
BARRETT CALDWELL Fellow of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, Purdue University Faculty Scholar, and Director of the NASA Indiana Space Grant Consortium (a STEM education and workforce development program out of the NASA Office of Education)., Purdue University, NASA
BARRY SIMON IBM Professor of Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, Caltech
BENJAMIN C. PIERCE, PH.D. Professor of Computer Science, UPenn
BERNARD CHAZELLE Eugene Higgins Professor of Computer Science, Princeton
BEVIL R. CONWAY Knafel Assistant Professor of Natural Science and Neuroscience, Wellesley College, Harvard Medical School
BRYNA KRA Professor of Mathematics and Chair. Fellow of the American Mathematical Society, Northwestern
CHRISTOPH ROSE-PETRUCK Professor of Chemistry, Brown University
CONSTANTINE YAPIJAKIS Professor of Civil Engineering, Director of the Environmental Research Lab, Cooper Union
CRAIG S. LEVIN Professor Departments of Radiology, Physics, Electrical Engineering and Bioengineering, Dir. of Molecular Imaging Instrumentation Laboratory, Stanford
DAN ABRAMOVICH Professor of Mathematics, American Mathematical Society affiliate, Brown University
DANIEL ROCKMORE Chair of the Department of Mathematics, Dartmouth
DAVID COX Professor, Mathematics Dept., Fellow of the American Mathematical Society, Amherst College
DAVID EAGLEMAN Neuroscientist and Director of both The Laboratory for Perception and Medicine and the Initiative on Neuroscience and Law at the Baylor College of Medicine , Baylor College of Medicine
DAVID I. AUGUST Professor of Computer Science, Princeton
DAVID M. BLEI Associate Professor of Computer Science. Original developer of Latent Dirichlet Allocation, Princeton
DAVID M. CHENOWETH Assistant Professor of Chemistry. Department of Chemistry, UPenn
DAVID R. YARKONY D. Mead Johnson Professor of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University
EDWARD FRENKEL Professor of Mathematics (representation theory, algebraic geometry, and mathematical physics, UC Berkeley
ELIZABETH A. HADLY Paul S. & Billie Achilles Chair of Environmental Biology Senior Fellow, Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford
ELIZABETH DELONG Professor of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Duke University School of Medicine
The AAT Project Advisory Board - Educators
ENRIQUE GALVEZ Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Dir. of the Division of Natural Science & Mathematics, Colgate University
EUGENIA ( JEANIE) LIAKARIS Dir. of Career Development, NYU Wasserman Center @SCPS
EZRA MILLER Professor of Mathematics, Duke
GARY WESSEL Professor of Biology, Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Brown University
GEORGE DJORGOVSKI Professor of Astronomy, Co-Director of the Center for Advanced Computing Research, Dir. of the Meta-Institute for Computational Astrophysics, Cal Tech
GIL REFAEL Professor of Theoretical Physics, Physics EO Condensed Matter Theory, Caltech
HAZEL SIVE Professor of Biology and Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, MIT
HELEN LAM Assistant Dir. of Research at the UCCCC Office of Community Engagement and Cancer Disparities, University of Chicago
HIROSI OOGURI Professor of Theoretical Physics and Mathematics & Deputy Chair of Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy, Cal Tech
HONGJIE DAI Department of Chemistry, Stanford
HOPI E. HOEKSTRA Principal Investigator of Hoekstra Lab, Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard
IVAN DMOCHOWSKI, PH.D. Department of Chemistry, UPenn
JAMES CANARY Professor of Chemistry, NYU
JARED R. LEADBETTER Professor of Environmental Microbiology, Caltech
The AAT Project Advisory Board - Educators
JENNIFER CURTIS Associate Professor, School of Physics, Georgia Institute of Technology
JIM CHUNG Executive Director, Entrepreneurship and Technology Transfer, The George Washington University
JOHN A. MAROHN Professor, Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology Member, Field of Materials Science and Engineering., Cornell
JOHN DOYLE John G Braun Professor of Control and Dynamical Systems, Electrical Engineering, and Bioengineering, Cal Tech
JOHN O. DABIRI Professor of Engineering and Applied Science, Dir. of Center for Bioinspired Wind Energy, Cal Tech
JONAH BERGER James G. Campbell Assistant Professor of Marketing at the Wharton School of UPenn, Author of "Contagious," UPenn
JONATHAN BLOCK Professor of Mathematics. Chair of Graduate Group, UPenn
JOSEPH Y. HALPERN Computer Science Department, Cornell
JUSTIN DU BOIS, PH.D Associate Professor of Chemistry, Stanford
KAREN KIM Professor of Medicine in Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, University of Chicago
KATHARINE "KIT" NEEDHAM Entrepreneur in Residence, Project Olympus, Carnegie Mellon
LAI-SHENG WANG Professor of Experimental Physical Chemistry, Brown University
LISA CARBONE Associate Professor of Mathematics, Rutgers University
LYNNE HILLENBRAND Professor of Astronomy, Cal Tech
MALCOLM J. AVISON Professor, Departments of Radiology & Radiological Sciences, Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science
The AAT Project Advisory Board - Educators
MARIA-LUISA ALEGRE Section of Rheumatology, Professor of Medicine, University of Chicago
MARIANO GARCIA-BLANCO, M.D, PH.D. Charles D. Watts Professor Director, Center for RNA Biology, Duke
MARISA C. KOZLOWSKI Professor of Chemisty, Secretary-Treasurer of American Chemical Society Division of Organic Chemistry, UPenn
MAURIZIO PORFIRI Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering., NYU Poly
MEGAN EVERETT Program Officer of the Veterans Program for the Robert R. McCormick Foundation, former Assistant Director at Northwestern’s Farley Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the McCormick School of Engineering.
MICHAEL A. MARASCO Professor of Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences, Northwestern
MICHAEL PLATT Professor: Director, Duke Institute for Brain Science, Center for Cognitive Neuroscience, Duke
MICHEL M. MAHARBIZ Associate Professor with the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, UC Berkeley
MIHAELA GLAMOCLIJA Assistant Professor Dept. of Earth & Environmental Sciences, Rutgers University
MITCHELL LIPTON Dean of Admissions and Records and Registrar, Cooper Union
MORTEZA GHARIB Vice Provost for Research, Hans W. Liepmann Professor of Aeronautics and Bio-Inspired Engineering, Cal Tech
The AAT Project Advisory Board - Educators
NEKTARIA TRYFONA Adjunct Professor, Distance Education Program Coordinator, Department of Geography and Geoinformation Science (GGS)", George Mason University
ODEST CHADWICKE JENKINS Associate Professor of Computer Science, Brown University
PATRICIA CAHN Hans Rademacher Instructor of Mathematics (geometric and low-dimensional topology), UPenn
RACHEL MEYER NSF Plant Genome Research Program Postdoctoral Fellow, NYU
RAFE MAZZEO Professor of Math, Co-Founder of Stanford University Math Camp, Faculty Dir. of SPCS (Stanford Pre-Collegiate Studies), Stanford
REBECCA GOLDIN Professor and Graduate Director, Mathematical Sciences, Director of Research, STATS, George Mason University
ROBERT M. HAZEN Professor of Earth Science; research scientist at the Carnegie Institution of Washington's Geophysical Laboratory Senior Staff Scientist, Geophysical Laboratory Executive Director, Deep Carbon Observatory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, George Mason University
ROBERT MONTGOMERY Professor of Surgery, Chief Division of Transplantation, Director of the Johns Hopkins Comprehensive Transplant Center,
ROBERT Q. TOPPER Professor of Chemistry, Cooper Union
ROBERT REENAN Professor of Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Brown University
ROCHELLE SCHWARTZ-BLOOM, PH.D. Professor of Pharmacology & Cancer Biology, Director, Duke Center for Science Education Duke University Medical Center, Duke
RON DONAGI Professor of Mathematics (Mathematical Physics: Algebraic Geometry and String Theory), UPenn
The AAT Project Advisory Board - Educators
SAMUEL K. SIA Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, 2010 NASA Launch Innovator, Columbia
SANJEEVI KRISHNAN Postdoctoral Researcher in Mathematics Department, University of Pennsylvania
SCOTT J. MILLER Irenee du Pont Professor and Chair of Chemistry, Yale
SETH BORDENSTEIN Associate Professor of Departments of Biological Sciences & Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University
SHELDON GOLDSTEIN Professor of Mathematics, Physics, and Philosophy, Rutgers University
SONG LI Professor, Department of Bioengineering, UC Berkeley
STEVEN J. SIBENER Carl William Eisendrath Distinguished Service Professor, The James Franck Institute, The University of Chicago
STEVEN MEDNICK Associate Professor of Clinical Entrepreneurship at USC Marshall School of Business, USC
SUNIL GUPTA Edward W. Carter Professor of Business Administration, Head of the Marketing Department, Harvard Business School
TAMAR SCHLICK Professor of Chemistry, Mathematics and Computer Science, NYU
TANZEEM CHOUDHURY Associate Professor in Information Science, Pop Tech Science and Public Leadership Fellow, Cornell University
TERRY MCCARTHY Adjunct Professor for New York University’s Graduate Business School in the Integrated Marketing and Human Resources Management disciplines, NYU
THOMAS H. CORMEN Professor of Computer Science; Chair of Department of Computer Science, Mathematics and Social Sciences, Dartmouth College
The AAT Project Advisory Board - Educators
VIKRAM KAPILA Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, NYU Poly
YANNIS YORTSOS Dean, Viterbi School of Engineering, USC
YIMON AYE Principal Investigator at Aye Lab, Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University
ZYGMUNT HAAS Professor at School of Electrical Engineering, Dir. of Wireless Networks Laboratory, Cornell University
The AAT Project Advisory Board
ANDREW ACKERMAN Managing Director at DreamIt Ventures, Contributing Writer at AlleyWatch, Angel Investor, Mentor, Writer, Advisory Board Member at VolunteerSpot, Inc.
BARRY KOLEVZON Managing Partner at The Nessa Group, LLC. Executive Director at New York Private Equity Forums
BETHANY WATSON Co-Host of the nationally-syndicated "Elvis Duran and the Morning Show"
BILL DORFMAN, DDS Co-developer of Nite-White, Day White, Zoom!, and Breath Rx. Co-founder of the LEAP Foundation.
CAROL ALT Author, Entrepreneur, Talk Show Host, Supermodel CHARLIE MATTHAU Director, Writer, and Producer DENYCE GRAVES World-renowned Mezzo-Soprano ELAINE METAXAS MTV Vice President Production and Development ELIZABETH YALE Producer & UNICEF's Next Generation Board Member FRANIE STONE Event Producer, Entrepreneur FRANK PELLEGRINO Restaurateur, Entrepreneur GEOFF SCHNEIDER Managing Director/Founder, CAVA Capital
GIL BEYDA Founder and Managing Partner at Genacast Ventures
JAMES HUERTA Seasoned executive, focus in Intellectual Property, Entertainment, Strategic Business Consulting and Market Research.
JANE POYNTER Biosphere 2 crewmember, CEO of Paragon Space Development Corp, which was picked by NASA to test technology as one of four companies in the country to participate in NASA’s Flight Opportunities Program.
JOHN KYEES Former CFO of Urban Outfitters, Currently sits on the board of Vera Bradley Inc., Destination XL Group Inc., Hot Topic Inc., Rackwise Inc., Arhaus Furniture
JOSHUA B. SIEGEL General Partner and Co-Chairman of Georgetown Angels
LESLIE SCHUSTER TV Literary and Director Agent United Talent Agency
MARCIA NELSON A seasoned business developer, specializing in family offices, tax, trusts and estates and alternative investment professionals. MBA in Finance & Tax from Fordham University. She serves on the NY Advisory Council of Women in the Boardroom.
PETER SHANKMAN CEO, Entrepreneur, Founder of HARO
RONALD BALZAN Seasoned strategy, finance and business development executive in mature and emerging markets in private equity and consumer financial services (American Express, AIG)Founder and Managing partner at Genacast Ventures
ROSS KAUFFMAN Academy Award-Winning Documentary Filmmaker, owner and president of Red Light Films
SCOTT HART President at Scott Hart Entertainment SIMONE BERNSTEIN Co-Founder and President of VolunTEEN Nation STEWIE STONE Esteemed Comedian, Event Producer, Entrepreneur TERRY WRONG Executive Producer of Special Series at ABC News
The AAT Project Advisory Board
America’s Amazing Teens LLC (a.k.a.) The AAT Project Nan Fisher, Managing Partner www.theaatproject.com Nan@nanfisherentertainment.com 212-759-3032 New York City
Business Description: The AAT Project™ is an online competition that will identify, mentor and manage exceptional teens whose discoveries will change the world.
Services: We support exceptional young scientists, researchers, developers and inventors by providing a platform to share their ideas with the world. Our mission is to promote technological and scientific innovation, and change the cultural aspect of what science and math look like by setting a new higher standard for teen role models. We will manage and mentor teens across America who will make a difference in the world.
Target Markets: Our competition is designed for teens 12 ½ -19.
Strategy/Barriers to Entry: Strong advisory board: Educators from over 30 of the Top Universities in America represented. Our advisory board is a collaboration of the worlds of academia, science, finance, business, and media. Ross Kauffman, the Academy Award-Wining Documentary Filmmaker will direct a full-length documentary, featuring our 12 finalists. Emmy Award-Wining Ferro Productions will produce a National TV Rock Concert Special honoring and celebrating the accomplishments of our 12 finalists. Competition: Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, Siemens Competition & Google Science Fair Business Model: ROI will come from several different revenue streams: A percentage of Teen’s Intellectual Property; Management Company; Documentary; National TV Rock Concert Special; Ad Revenue from the website; Cooperate Sponsorship; The AAT Academy; International Expansion. Distribution/Sales Model:
($000) 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Revenue $1.9 $7.5 $15.3 $31.7 $74.4
Expenses 3.5 5.0 5.7 7.8 9.0
EBITDA ($1.6) $2.5 $9.6 $23.9 $65.4
Management: Nan Fisher Geoff Schneider David Concannon Jim Huerta Vamsi Sistla Erin Hersey
Industry: Education/Entertainment Stage of Dev.: Seed Round Unpaid Employees: 3 Full-Time 10 Part-Time Founded: June 2013 Trailing 12 months revenue: $0 (January 2015: Official Launch) Monthly Net Burn: $6K Breakeven Date: Year 2 Financing Sought: Up to $10M Use of Funds: (45.89% Operations)
(12.54% Legal & Accounting)
(13.88% Marketing / PR)
(19.82% Documentary)
(7.86% Philanthropic Fund)
Capital Raised to Date: $200K Law Firm: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP Board of Directors: TBD