1. PhraseMates
Learn a language. Meet a friend. Expand your
world.

2. What is PhraseMates?
• Phrasebook with
50,000 phrases in 6
languages.
• Community of language
enthusiasts who want to
meet people from
around the world.

3. What can you do with
PhraseMates?
• Browse a big
database of
phrases.
• Star favorites to
personalize.
• Add your own
and share.
• Browse other
users and
search for
“mates”.
• Ask mates to
translate
phrases.
• Gain Karma by
participating.

4. What problem does PhraseMates
solve?
• People want to communicate with
people with shared interests from
other cultures.
• PhraseMates brings people together
through language and shared
interests.
“People don’t want to buy a quarter-inch
drill. They want a quarter-inch hole.”
Theodore Levitt

5. • Sebastien is in seventh grade.
• Learning Spanish but finds homework
boring.
• He searches for silly phrases.
• Antonio, from Costa Rica, contributed
one.
• Spanish just got real.

6. • Vanessa studies Italian at University.
• Going to Italy on summer holidays.
• Creates a custom phrasebook.
• Angelo is a student at Accademia
dell'Arte.

7. • Elon is starting a car
company.
• Going to car show in
Stuttgart.
• Searches for greetings in
German.
• Katharina manufactures car
parts.

8. • Marc is a young professional from New
York.
• He decides to do an MBA in Paris.
• He has to learn French fast.
• One year later he is fluent.

9. MISSION
Learn a language. Make a friend. Expand your world.

10. Team
Users
Bring to Life
All Languages
Chris Cirefice
Developer
French Japanese
Victoria Sfriso
Linguist
Spanish French Italian
Alli Flowers
Customer Success
French
Marc Bolh
Storyteller
French Swedish
Designer
User Experience
Surprise Us

11. You tell me
• How can we make this app magical?
• How would you use it?
• What would you be more likely to pay
for?
Offline access to phrases.
Extended access to mates.

12. How can you help?
• Join beta program (Android).
• Introduce us to designers,
developers, marketers that love
language, travel, people.