march 2013 Unbound FI demo day emergency
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Unbound Learning is a startup that aims to help teachers find relevant content on the web more easily by providing smart search and social sharing tools. Their solution connects teachers to the best online content through targeted search and recommendations based on what other teachers have found useful. They plan to launch initial products like district planning tools and a lesson planning tool by summer 2013 and generate revenue through freemium subscriptions and sales to school districts.
march 2013 Unbound FI demo day emergency
- 1. Unbound Learning Helping teachers inspire students by connecting them with the best content Nicholas M. Cummings Founder Institute graduate, Winter 2012-2013
- 2. Problem: Theres a lot of content on the web for teachers but its hard to 鍖nd exactly what they need and theres a lot of noise
- 3. Solution: Let teachers pinpoint what they need through smart search and social sharing
- 4. Content, Just For You
- 5. Find What You Need
- 6. Teachers as a Market 45 out of 50 states are implementing the Common Core Teachers on average work 20 hours outside the classroom Individual teachers: $1.35 billion / year
- 7. Teacher Strategy District Strategy Freemium paywall with games layer User growth strategy (individual) Teacher referral incentive (bypass paywall) Planning tools to incentivize users Purchase orders & purchase account Use teacher cred to sell big accounts
- 8. Competitors Learni.st More Social Less Steps Built for teachers
- 9. Founding Team Nicholas M. Cummings Andrew Abate Specializes in ed tech implementation Works at Cheshire High School in CT Math teacher Frustrated with education in general Frustrated with education technology Founder Institute graduate, Winter 2012 Advisors Bryan Janeczko Sean Flaherty Founder Institute NYC Co-director SVP, ITX Corporation Other Team Members Vietnhi Phuvan IT Security & Ruby Hacker Irfan Ebrahim Product Manager Dr. Greg Selitto Asst. Dean, Iona College Catt Small HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, JQuery Product Designer at NASDAQ OMX Agile project management experience Andre Smith Ruby Hacker
- 10. Progress: Founder Institute Startup Weekend Idea vetted by NYC area CEOs and angel investors Garnered interest from three schools and two large organizations Concept validated by commitment of the team Feedback from teachers and people close to education industry Development & Beta Launch Design district & lesson planning tools (Target: June-July 2013) Met Andrew Abate & Vietnhi Phuvan