Professional Improvement Retail Concept Store--Launch/Start-up.

1. We are a generation of self-improvers.

2. That drive has created entire industries.

3. Health and fitness.

4. Adventure travel.

5. Life coaching.

6. Gourmet cooking and extreme decorating.

7. Even Botox parties.

8. It’s also led us to master . . .

9. . . . the art . . .

10. . . . of the serial transition.

11. Now millions of us are in transition.

12. People leaving Corporate America.

13. People trying to get into Corporate America.

14. People chasing a dream.

15. We’ll work into our 70s or 80s and be in transition at least three times.

16. We have more obligations. Kids to educate and launch into their own careers.

17. Aging parents who need care.

18. Lots of debt, from missed chances and mistakes made.

19. But we have energy and ideas.

20. Businesses to start.

21. Jobs to get.

22. And change to see in the world.

23. We can do it right this time – if we just fill a few key knowledge gaps.

24. Fact is, millions of us need the latest business intelligence – fast, affordable and fun – to make our next move.

25. We need:

26. Up-to-date sales and marketing skills.

27. The latest thinking in human resources and communication skills.

28. Basic business skills – from operations to finance.

29. Hardware and software skills. And how the web is intertwined in everything we do.

30. Some of us even need image makeovers and presentation skills.

31. But up to now, those skills have been harder to get than they needed to be.

32. Corporate training is, well, corporate.

33. Seminars and Boot Camps can cost a fortune.

34. And who has time to cross the campus quad?

35. Still – self-improvement is a boomer’s idea of the perfect afternoon.

36. Introducing

38. It’s a training concept. It’s a retail concept. And it’s an entertainment concept.

39. It’s edutainment!

40. The sign on the back wall.

42. No one will ever leave a YouToolz class bored.

43. Business model.

47. Marketing.

49. Key consumer message: The YouToolz Store is the fast, fun place to get the serious business skills you need to succeed.

50. Sell the store as the key to the dream.

51. And as the place to get up to speed on the hot new concepts .

52. It’s fast. It’s fun. And ready when you are.

57. Management team.

64. The numbers (retail only). First-year operations include store design and construction.

65. Exit strategies. IPO. Possible sale to strategic buyers.