SlideShare VCF Project

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SlideShareA presentation by Chryselle Simmons

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About

Online hosting service

Privately held

Two offices

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Value

PowerPoint is essential

Globalization◦Need for increased communication and access

to the same documents worldwide

Intuitive uploading process

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Plans and PricingFeature

Price

Unlimited Uploads

Private Uploads

Analytics

Buzz Tracking

Ads

Leads

Videos

Zipcast Meetings

Custom Channel

Full Branding

Comment Control

Basic

Free

Yes

No

No

No

Yes

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3 videos

Yes - with ads

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Silver

$19 monthly

Yes

Yes

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30 per month

10 videos

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Gold

$49 monthly

Yes

Yes

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70 per month

20 videos

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Yes

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No

Platinum

$249 monthly

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

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Unlimited

Unlimited

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Yes

Yes

Yes

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Rashmi Sinha◦CEO and Co-Founder

Jonathan Boutelle◦CTO

Amit Ranjan◦COO and Co-Founder

Ross Mayfield◦VP of Business

Development

Management

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Potential Market

250 million users of PPT

Widely ranging professions and uses

◦Professors ◦Medical researchers◦Government officials

◦Demonstration tool◦Photo album ◦Photo editor

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Current Market

Notable Global Businesses

Government Agencies

• The WhiteHouse

• US Army• US Navy• State of Utah

Consulting Firms

• Booz Allen Hamilton

• IBM• Frost &

Sullivan

Information Technology

• Gartner• Hewlett

Packard• Dell• CapGemini

Advertising and PR

• JWT• Burston

Marsteller• Edelman

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Current Market

User Statistics•85%

of users hold at an Associate’s degree or above

•19% of users hold a Master’s degree or above

Educated•Over

37% of users earn $100K+ per year

Affluent

•32% of users are 18-34 years old

•65% of users are 35+ years old

Adult

•Over 50% are managers, directors or C-level executives

High Level

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Current Market

Monthly Global Visitors

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Competitive Analysis

Four major competitors◦SlideBoom◦MyPlick◦authorSTREAM◦SlideServe

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Competitive AnalysisFeature

Private

Download ppt

Support pdf

Support pptx

Audio Hosting

Transitions

Animations

Sounds

Music Integration

Videos

Audio Synchronization

SlideBoom

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MyPlick

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authorSTREAM

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SlideServe

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SlideShare

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Venture Capital

Seed Funding◦$300,000

Series A◦$2.7 million from Venrock◦Added David Siminoff onto Board of Directors

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Recommendation

Market is thereLarge market shareCompetent management

Extremely competitive marketNo feature variation from competitionLow barriers of entry

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Recommendation

Do not invest◦Not convinced there is a sustainable

competitive advantage