NoteWagon: from NIL to MIL

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Gabriel Chan fb.com/NoteWagon @NoteWagon

From nil to mil Building your STARTUP

The Ideal Startup

Team  

Product  Market  

The Ideal Startup

Team  

Product  Market  

School  Project  

The Ideal Startup

Team  

Product  Market  

School  Project  

Pipe  Dream  

The Ideal Startup

Team  

Product  Market  

School  Project  

Pipe  Dream  

Bullshit  

The Ideal Startup

Team  

Product  Market  

School  Project  

Pipe  Dream  

Bullshit  

 ✌  

•  VCs *really* like unfair advantages: –  experienced team

–  BIG market lead –  “superior” technology

THE WINNING COMBO

TEAM

Teamwork

Teamwork

Teamwork

Teamwork

A-Players absolutely rock at their job

B-Players do an “OK” job

C-Players need every bit of help

TEAM

User oriented

Profit oriented

Operations Business Dev

Technology Product Dev

Cre

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ed

Dis

cipl

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Orie

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O B

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MARKET

College Education Market

Market Segmentation

19 million students in post-secondary in North America

Southern Ontario & New England (US) are educational hubs of

Canada & USA, representing the highest concentration of post-

secondary institutions.

Undergraduate students represent over $60 billion purchasing

power annually in the US alone.

This is the most valuable segment within the 18-24 demographic,

spending over $200 billion annually in the US alone.

1.1 million undergrads

in our backyard

15.2 million students are in undergraduate

3.2% from 2011

PRODUCT

Problem: Student-Teacher Interactions

Solution: Peer-to-peer learning platform

The Solution

Vision To open the classroom to the world Mission To encourage students to help each other succeed academically.

The Solution

Social peer-to-peer learning platform

Social note taking

Note sharing Collaboration

tools

Live

In development

The Solution

Social peer-to-peer learning platform

Social note taking

Collaboration tools

Live

In development

Note sharing

Note Sharing Mechanics

Note Sharing Mechanics

Note Sharing Mechanics

Note Sharing Mechanics

Note Sharing Mechanics

Note Sharing Mechanics

Note Sharing Mechanics

Note Sharing Mechanics

Note Sharing Mechanics

Stuff Students Say

“I used my affiliate link to refer friends and get free notes all semester” "- C. Yefet – University of Guelph "

“I earned $45 in my first day uploading "past study guides on NoteWagon.” "- N. Mittler – University of Western Ontario "

“Uploading on NoteWagon is the best part time job any student could have!” "- A. Hunter, Boston University"

“After my Mac crashed, all my lecture notes were gone. I emailed NW, and someone helped me to get them all back.” "– L. Chan – Queen’s University"

Questions?

Gabriel@notewagon.com

fb.com/notewagon @notewagon

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