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:
There’s a lot of content on the web for teachers but
it’s hard to find exactly what they need
and there’s a lot of noise
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
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
