2. Team Matt Johnson Early business leader at Blist - profitable venture-backed company (Morgenthaler) Led Customer Development at Grockit (Benchmark) Brown University Rails developer Co-founder/CTO (TBD)
3. Market 250Mpeople in the world have a pending immigration status. Every year 650K people immigrate to US, UK, Australia, Canada, NZ Rich and poor immigrants alike typically spend $5-$15K each on professional services fees.
4. Problem Immigration is arguably the single most important decision and event in a person's or family's life. The immigration process is usually confusing, contradictory, painful and expensive. There is no high-quality, social & interactive property with a trusted brand in immigration on the web today.
5. Solution Linkedin For Immigration A social community where prospective immigrants can: Get advice and reassurance from successful immigrants, and Get matched up with high-quality immigration professionals in a confidence-inspiring manner.
6. Business model testing Buy social network profiles, sell professional services leads. Currently, paying $2 each for prospective immigrant profiles, selling each lead to Australian immigration consultants for $6 each. Current customers are paying me $150/month each.
8. Competition For prospective immigrants: family & friends, individual lawyer & consultant websites. For lawyers & consultants: SEO, Adwords, generalized lead-gen, offline advertising, offline referrals, corporate clients.
9. Linkedin for immigration Our mission is to help more people immigrate more easily. Human migration is the largest economic opportunity in the world. First revenue-generating product is client lead-gen for immigration professionals.
