ISLabs The Genesis justin spratt – 19 june 2009

ISLabs – Germination Brainchild of Fletch Water-cooler chats… gazillion ideas IS has some of the smartest people We are best equipped private enterprise to help tech www.twitter.com/justinspratt www.twitter.com/islabs

Brainchild of Fletch

Water-cooler chats… gazillion ideas

IS has some of the smartest people

We are best equipped private enterprise to help tech

ISLabs – The Problem SA has…. Great people Great ideas Enough money So what is the problem? www.twitter.com/justinspratt www.twitter.com/islabs

SA has….

Great people

Great ideas

Enough money

So what is the problem?

ISLabs – Finance Continuum Chasm www.twitter.com/justinspratt www.twitter.com/islabs

ISLabs – The Idea Angel great, but we don’t have $ Incubator best model for IS www.twitter.com/justinspratt www.twitter.com/islabs Y- Combinator Google Projects Summer of Code

Angel great, but we don’t have $

Incubator best model for IS

ISLabs – Y-Combinator Loopt (2005), mobile social networking, on all the major U.S. carrier networks Scribd (2006), a Web-based document publisher, partnered with Random House Xobni (2006), an e-mail software maker, was demoed by Bill Gates, a $20 million buyout offer Weebly (2007), a website authoring toolmaker, 1-million-users mark Omnisio (2008), an online video annotator, acquired last year by Google, circa $15 million www.twitter.com/justinspratt www.twitter.com/islabs

Loopt (2005), mobile social networking, on all the major U.S. carrier networks

Scribd (2006), a Web-based document publisher, partnered with Random House

Xobni (2006), an e-mail software maker, was demoed by Bill Gates, a $20 million buyout offer

Weebly (2007), a website authoring toolmaker, 1-million-users mark

Omnisio (2008), an online video annotator, acquired last year by Google, circa $15 million

ISLabs – Google Projects www.twitter.com/justinspratt www.twitter.com/islabs

ISLabs – The Team www.twitter.com/justinspratt www.twitter.com/islabs Fletch The Engineer Carps The Scientist DC The Creative The Finance Guy

Thanks! www.twitter.com/justinspratt www.twitter.com/islabs