Duck Duck Moose is an independent developer of educational apps for children that has been in business since 2008. It has created over 30 iOS apps and 2 Android apps focused on early learning through nursery rhymes and creative play. With over 3 million paid downloads, it is based in San Mateo, CA and has 20 full-time employees. The company follows a design process that involves observing children at play, identifying learning patterns, brainstorming app ideas, creating prototypes, and refining the apps based on child and parent testing feedback.
The document discusses CREAM, a mobile app that allows users to shop for curated outfits and styles from top designers. It has experienced rapid growth, with sign-ups increasing by 50% week over week. With a global market opportunity of $3 trillion and growing mobile usage, CREAM aims to target 250 million women in Asia known to spend significant amounts on fashion annually. The company is led by a team based in NYC to capitalize on being the fashion capital.
Visiblee helps B2B websites increase their conversion rates by 300% or more within a month using a unique combination of big data and machine learning to analyze website visitors. They identify anonymous website visitors in real-time and automatically engage them. Visiblee experienced 46% month-over-month growth in recurring revenue over their first 9 months of operation, reaching $42,000 per month due to their experienced founding team, proprietary technology, and strong growth.
This document discusses Tie Society, a company that sends subscribers ties on a monthly basis. It notes that 75% of Americans believe well-dressed men are more successful, and ties are considered a quintessential men's accessory. Charts show strong customer retention rates and increasing monthly tie shipments. Testimonials suggest the service helps subscribers dress as well as their bosses. The company mission is described as selling the look of success. The document concludes by announcing Tie Society is raising $500,000 in funding.
This document describes how to add conversations to Dropbox files using Groupiter. Groupiter allows users to connect their Dropbox account to enable conversations on Dropbox files. Once connected, any files posted to a user's teams on Groupiter can have comments added directly to the files. Users simply enter their comments which are visible to other team members. Groupiter provides a simple way for teams to collaborate on Dropbox files.
The document discusses an ecommerce site for healthy families products that is focused on building an authentic community. It notes launching with over 4,000 products for mothers, raising funding, fulfilling orders before Christmas, and creating a true community through open communication on social media. It emphasizes letting customers into the business's life to build trust and focusing on value rather than sales.
Golazzos > Apps.co Demo Day in Bogota, GOAP LatAm 2013500 Startups
This document describes an online social gaming and betting platform called Golazzo$ 2.0 for soccer fans. It allows users to play for real or fake money by predicting soccer scores and challenging friends. Users can also share their soccer passion and see performance levels. The founders validated demand and player engagement during an initial launch. They are now seeking funding to further develop the product and marketing to expand into new markets with over 50 million potential soccer fans. The business model relies on commissions from bets to generate revenue, while using gamification techniques to increase engagement and viral growth.
Duck Duck Moose is an independent developer of educational apps for children that has been in business since 2008. It has created over 30 iOS apps and 2 Android apps focused on early learning through nursery rhymes and creative play. With over 3 million paid downloads, it is based in San Mateo, CA and has 20 full-time employees. The company follows a design process that involves observing children at play, identifying learning patterns, brainstorming app ideas, creating prototypes, and refining the apps based on child and parent testing feedback.
The document discusses CREAM, a mobile app that allows users to shop for curated outfits and styles from top designers. It has experienced rapid growth, with sign-ups increasing by 50% week over week. With a global market opportunity of $3 trillion and growing mobile usage, CREAM aims to target 250 million women in Asia known to spend significant amounts on fashion annually. The company is led by a team based in NYC to capitalize on being the fashion capital.
Visiblee helps B2B websites increase their conversion rates by 300% or more within a month using a unique combination of big data and machine learning to analyze website visitors. They identify anonymous website visitors in real-time and automatically engage them. Visiblee experienced 46% month-over-month growth in recurring revenue over their first 9 months of operation, reaching $42,000 per month due to their experienced founding team, proprietary technology, and strong growth.
This document discusses Tie Society, a company that sends subscribers ties on a monthly basis. It notes that 75% of Americans believe well-dressed men are more successful, and ties are considered a quintessential men's accessory. Charts show strong customer retention rates and increasing monthly tie shipments. Testimonials suggest the service helps subscribers dress as well as their bosses. The company mission is described as selling the look of success. The document concludes by announcing Tie Society is raising $500,000 in funding.
This document describes how to add conversations to Dropbox files using Groupiter. Groupiter allows users to connect their Dropbox account to enable conversations on Dropbox files. Once connected, any files posted to a user's teams on Groupiter can have comments added directly to the files. Users simply enter their comments which are visible to other team members. Groupiter provides a simple way for teams to collaborate on Dropbox files.
The document discusses an ecommerce site for healthy families products that is focused on building an authentic community. It notes launching with over 4,000 products for mothers, raising funding, fulfilling orders before Christmas, and creating a true community through open communication on social media. It emphasizes letting customers into the business's life to build trust and focusing on value rather than sales.
Golazzos > Apps.co Demo Day in Bogota, GOAP LatAm 2013500 Startups
This document describes an online social gaming and betting platform called Golazzo$ 2.0 for soccer fans. It allows users to play for real or fake money by predicting soccer scores and challenging friends. Users can also share their soccer passion and see performance levels. The founders validated demand and player engagement during an initial launch. They are now seeking funding to further develop the product and marketing to expand into new markets with over 50 million potential soccer fans. The business model relies on commissions from bets to generate revenue, while using gamification techniques to increase engagement and viral growth.
Hunie is a platform that allows creatives to provide constructive peer critiques through annotations on works submitted by others. Users earn karma through providing helpful critiques as judged by their peers, and higher karma allows users to submit their own works for critique. The goal is to empower creatives to learn and improve their skills through meaningful feedback from their community.
Andres Quesada, Gannett Digital, Warm Gun 2012500 Startups
The document discusses designing content for short attention spans. It notes that on average people will spend less than 3 minutes reading online. It emphasizes the importance of understanding audience and their needs. Traditional design focuses too much on aesthetics rather than usability and engagement. Mobile design does a better job prioritizing essential information. The key is focusing content on what is most important and keeping people engaged with concise, well-structured information.
Yellowdig is a startup that aims to bring higher education into the 21st century by developing an online platform for collaborative learning. They have piloted their platform with 7,000 students who created 4,000 pages of user-generated content. Their goals are to partner with 100 universities by 2016 to modernize learning through digital collaboration and knowledge sharing.
The document discusses gamifying daily tasks for children by allowing them to earn virtual currency for completing tasks that can be spent on rewards. It notes that children under 12 influence $165 billion in spending yearly. The system aims to give children buying power through gameplay, earning a virtual currency called "stars" that can be spent on items like game time, toys, privileges, and digital content. Usage statistics for their beta program with 25,000 users are provided, showing active use with tasks being completed and rewards redeemed. The business model will involve subscriptions and retail, and information is provided on the founding team and advisors.
"Getting the Most Out of Your Startup Dollars," PeachDish >> Hadi Irvani [COM...500 Startups
EXTENDING THE RUNWAY: GETTING THE MOST OUT OF YOUR STARTUP DOLLARS, Hadi Irvani, Founder & CEO, PeachDish
THE CUSTOMER MANIFESTO: CUSTOMER SERVICE AT EVERY STAGE OF GROWTH
Check out Hadi's presentation that goes with this slide deck on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tc94KZozl0g&index=11&list=PLOStnEM8wBOY38o_-WRPA0Suz56BrVyxF
The document discusses Google Voice for Business in Mexico and Latin America. It notes that regulated phone markets in the region require licenses and local expertise. It then positions Fontacto as providing a cloud-based phone system alternative to traditional on-premise systems at a much lower cost, while leveraging their FCC license and distribution channels. Metrics provided suggest the large market opportunity among small and medium businesses in the region that spend over $10 billion annually on phone services.
unSEXY Conf 2013: Adam Benayoun, BinPress500 Startups
This document describes Binpress, a web development shop in Israel that maintains over 100 open source libraries. Binpress aims to monetize open source software by offering commercial and dual licensing options for their libraries, along with customization, integration, and support services. Their business model will pay $500,000 to open source developers.
This document discusses various options for companies facing financial difficulties, including asset sales, wind downs, recapitalizations, and dissolution. It notes the pros and cons of asset sales versus multiple asset deals. For recapitalizations, it outlines the mechanics and key considerations around fairness issues. Wind downs require preparing financial projections both with and without going concern assumptions. Directors and officers could face personal liability for unpaid wages, taxes, and other obligations. The document provides a sample checklist for winding down a company and emphasizes the importance of clear communication with all stakeholders throughout the process.
The Designer Fund is a community that invests in designer founders through mentorship and angel funding. It connects aspiring startup designers with successful designer founders and angels from companies like YouTube, Facebook, Google, IDEO and startups like Path and Flipboard. The Designer Fund aims to be the premier community for entrepreneurial designers by creating a feedback loop where aspiring designers can learn from startup design successes and go on to create their own businesses with meaningful impact. It is not an incubator but rather a complementary extension to existing funds that sources and refers qualified designer founders to sponsoring partners.
This document discusses home maintenance and the home repair industry. It notes that over 50% of users open their weekly email digest from Brightnest. It then provides examples of typical home maintenance tasks and their costs, such as replacing furnace filters for $7 each. It estimates that Americans collectively spend over $9 billion annually on home repairs. Brightnest aims to make home maintenance easier by providing reminders, guides and connecting homeowners with contractors.
Darian Shirazi, CEO of Radius, gave a presentation on the importance of paid acquisition for SaaS companies and how to optimize marketing efforts. He discussed key metrics like CAC (cost of acquiring a customer) and LTV (lifetime value of a customer) and how to use experiments to improve these. Darian also provided recommendations on tools to help with landing pages, analytics, remarketing and more. For companies where CAC is still greater than LTV after optimizing, he suggested checking for issues like targeting the wrong markets or problems with the product or sales team.
Startup pitch by Paul Stamatiou w/ PicPlum @ MamaBear Conference, Mt. View 4/20500 Startups
Picplum offers a printing API for greeting cards. Their website picplum.com allows users to try out their greeting card printing API. The API can be used to design and print customized greeting cards.
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive functioning. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help boost feelings of calmness, happiness and focus.
[WARM GUN 2014] UserOnboard.com >> Samuel Hulick, "Growing Your Userbase with...500 Startups
The document discusses the importance of onboarding and retaining users. It states that people dislike losing things more than they like getting things. As such, companies should focus on not losing new users during activation and not losing active users during retention. It suggests starting the onboarding process where users start their use and guiding them to become better versions of themselves through the product.
This document provides information about the 500 Startups Batch 11 accelerator program. It outlines important dates for the 4-month program running from mid-October to early February, with a holiday break. 500 Startups invests $100k for 7% equity and charges a $25k program fee. They look for startups with live products, traction, growth, and diverse founding teams. Compared to other programs, 500 emphasizes an on-site residency, marketing support, diversity, and work-life balance. Interested startups should apply online and grow their business in preparation.
"The Art & Science of E-Commerce," ModCloth >> Eric Koger [COMMERCISM 2014]500 Startups
THE $100 MILLION EQUATION: THE ART & SCIENCE OF E-COMMERCE, Eric Koger, Co-Founder & CEO, ModCloth
Check out Eric's presentation that goes with this slide deck here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCN_eiuR_Sw
[WMD 2015] WePlann >> Oliver Camargo, Calling All Fun(d) Seekers: The Catalyt...500 Startups
This document discusses an online marketplace called WePlann that makes it easy and secure for Latin American tourists to book vacation activities. Currently, planning and booking activities is distressing and risky for Latin American tourists. WePlann provides a simple, localized, and trusted solution. In 2014, WePlann generated over $1 million in gross revenues and saw 20% of customers as repeat buyers. The company expects to continue growing revenues four times year-over-year in 2015 by targeting the $10 billion Latin American travel activities market.
Hunie is a platform that allows creatives to provide constructive peer critiques through annotations on works submitted by others. Users earn karma through providing helpful critiques as judged by their peers, and higher karma allows users to submit their own works for critique. The goal is to empower creatives to learn and improve their skills through meaningful feedback from their community.
Andres Quesada, Gannett Digital, Warm Gun 2012500 Startups
The document discusses designing content for short attention spans. It notes that on average people will spend less than 3 minutes reading online. It emphasizes the importance of understanding audience and their needs. Traditional design focuses too much on aesthetics rather than usability and engagement. Mobile design does a better job prioritizing essential information. The key is focusing content on what is most important and keeping people engaged with concise, well-structured information.
Yellowdig is a startup that aims to bring higher education into the 21st century by developing an online platform for collaborative learning. They have piloted their platform with 7,000 students who created 4,000 pages of user-generated content. Their goals are to partner with 100 universities by 2016 to modernize learning through digital collaboration and knowledge sharing.
The document discusses gamifying daily tasks for children by allowing them to earn virtual currency for completing tasks that can be spent on rewards. It notes that children under 12 influence $165 billion in spending yearly. The system aims to give children buying power through gameplay, earning a virtual currency called "stars" that can be spent on items like game time, toys, privileges, and digital content. Usage statistics for their beta program with 25,000 users are provided, showing active use with tasks being completed and rewards redeemed. The business model will involve subscriptions and retail, and information is provided on the founding team and advisors.
"Getting the Most Out of Your Startup Dollars," PeachDish >> Hadi Irvani [COM...500 Startups
EXTENDING THE RUNWAY: GETTING THE MOST OUT OF YOUR STARTUP DOLLARS, Hadi Irvani, Founder & CEO, PeachDish
THE CUSTOMER MANIFESTO: CUSTOMER SERVICE AT EVERY STAGE OF GROWTH
Check out Hadi's presentation that goes with this slide deck on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tc94KZozl0g&index=11&list=PLOStnEM8wBOY38o_-WRPA0Suz56BrVyxF
The document discusses Google Voice for Business in Mexico and Latin America. It notes that regulated phone markets in the region require licenses and local expertise. It then positions Fontacto as providing a cloud-based phone system alternative to traditional on-premise systems at a much lower cost, while leveraging their FCC license and distribution channels. Metrics provided suggest the large market opportunity among small and medium businesses in the region that spend over $10 billion annually on phone services.
unSEXY Conf 2013: Adam Benayoun, BinPress500 Startups
This document describes Binpress, a web development shop in Israel that maintains over 100 open source libraries. Binpress aims to monetize open source software by offering commercial and dual licensing options for their libraries, along with customization, integration, and support services. Their business model will pay $500,000 to open source developers.
This document discusses various options for companies facing financial difficulties, including asset sales, wind downs, recapitalizations, and dissolution. It notes the pros and cons of asset sales versus multiple asset deals. For recapitalizations, it outlines the mechanics and key considerations around fairness issues. Wind downs require preparing financial projections both with and without going concern assumptions. Directors and officers could face personal liability for unpaid wages, taxes, and other obligations. The document provides a sample checklist for winding down a company and emphasizes the importance of clear communication with all stakeholders throughout the process.
The Designer Fund is a community that invests in designer founders through mentorship and angel funding. It connects aspiring startup designers with successful designer founders and angels from companies like YouTube, Facebook, Google, IDEO and startups like Path and Flipboard. The Designer Fund aims to be the premier community for entrepreneurial designers by creating a feedback loop where aspiring designers can learn from startup design successes and go on to create their own businesses with meaningful impact. It is not an incubator but rather a complementary extension to existing funds that sources and refers qualified designer founders to sponsoring partners.
This document discusses home maintenance and the home repair industry. It notes that over 50% of users open their weekly email digest from Brightnest. It then provides examples of typical home maintenance tasks and their costs, such as replacing furnace filters for $7 each. It estimates that Americans collectively spend over $9 billion annually on home repairs. Brightnest aims to make home maintenance easier by providing reminders, guides and connecting homeowners with contractors.
Darian Shirazi, CEO of Radius, gave a presentation on the importance of paid acquisition for SaaS companies and how to optimize marketing efforts. He discussed key metrics like CAC (cost of acquiring a customer) and LTV (lifetime value of a customer) and how to use experiments to improve these. Darian also provided recommendations on tools to help with landing pages, analytics, remarketing and more. For companies where CAC is still greater than LTV after optimizing, he suggested checking for issues like targeting the wrong markets or problems with the product or sales team.
Startup pitch by Paul Stamatiou w/ PicPlum @ MamaBear Conference, Mt. View 4/20500 Startups
Picplum offers a printing API for greeting cards. Their website picplum.com allows users to try out their greeting card printing API. The API can be used to design and print customized greeting cards.
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive functioning. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help boost feelings of calmness, happiness and focus.
[WARM GUN 2014] UserOnboard.com >> Samuel Hulick, "Growing Your Userbase with...500 Startups
The document discusses the importance of onboarding and retaining users. It states that people dislike losing things more than they like getting things. As such, companies should focus on not losing new users during activation and not losing active users during retention. It suggests starting the onboarding process where users start their use and guiding them to become better versions of themselves through the product.
This document provides information about the 500 Startups Batch 11 accelerator program. It outlines important dates for the 4-month program running from mid-October to early February, with a holiday break. 500 Startups invests $100k for 7% equity and charges a $25k program fee. They look for startups with live products, traction, growth, and diverse founding teams. Compared to other programs, 500 emphasizes an on-site residency, marketing support, diversity, and work-life balance. Interested startups should apply online and grow their business in preparation.
"The Art & Science of E-Commerce," ModCloth >> Eric Koger [COMMERCISM 2014]500 Startups
THE $100 MILLION EQUATION: THE ART & SCIENCE OF E-COMMERCE, Eric Koger, Co-Founder & CEO, ModCloth
Check out Eric's presentation that goes with this slide deck here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCN_eiuR_Sw
[WMD 2015] WePlann >> Oliver Camargo, Calling All Fun(d) Seekers: The Catalyt...500 Startups
This document discusses an online marketplace called WePlann that makes it easy and secure for Latin American tourists to book vacation activities. Currently, planning and booking activities is distressing and risky for Latin American tourists. WePlann provides a simple, localized, and trusted solution. In 2014, WePlann generated over $1 million in gross revenues and saw 20% of customers as repeat buyers. The company expects to continue growing revenues four times year-over-year in 2015 by targeting the $10 billion Latin American travel activities market.
We're developing augmented reality software to help clinicians with pre-surgical planning by providing them with patient-specific, high fidelity 3D holograms that have been derived from the same data used to generate conventional CT scans and MRIs.
The Atlas is unlocking the $1.6 trillion local government market with a platform city officials use to build and buy better stuff more quickly...all without ever selling to cities.
Municipal solid waste in the United States has increased dramatically from 50 million tons in 1960 to over 250 million tons in 2015. The graph shows a steady rise in waste each decade with an especially sharp increase between 1980 and 2000. Waste generation appears to continue growing with a projection of over 300 million tons by 2017.
Shiplyst is an online marketplace that provides international logistics services from India in a more efficient manner than traditional freight forwarders. The document notes that traditional freight forwarding in India involves 122 hours for quotes, multiple vendors, and costs that are 27% higher. Shiplyst provides quotes within seconds, operates on a single platform, and saves customers 10% on freight costs. Key metrics show Shiplyst has experienced strong growth in containers shipped and sales revenue quarter-over-quarter, with over 800 customers, mid seven-figure annual sales, and 90% repeat ordering. The company aims to bring increased transparency, automation, and integration to the supply chain industry in India through its managed marketplace for ocean freight.
Renetec provides an easy to use platform for creating beautiful interfaces for embedded devices. Their solution saves both money and time compared to traditional tools, reducing development costs by 50% and time by 1-3 months. Renetec addresses a large market opportunity across several industries such as automotive, vending machines, building security, medical, consumer electronics, and industrial automation valued at over $30 billion globally.
AI to predict the risk of vehicle accidents using over 40 external factors including road and environmental conditions - for Usage Based Insurance and Safety usecases.
Personalized brands like Prose are using data and AI to offer highly customized products and recommendations for each individual customer. By learning customer preferences through purchase history and feedback, these companies can tailor hair care routines, skincare regimens, and other personalized offerings to better meet an individual's unique needs and lifestyle. As more brands adopt this hyper-personalized approach, consumers may receive a more seamless experience with products that truly fit their requirements.
This document discusses low-code for software engineers and the benefits it provides. The CEO and leadership team are introduced, including that the CEO has 14 years experience in developer tools and his last business was a market leader. There is also a mention of a partnership to help HR during the coronavirus crisis and that the platform discussed is aimed to benefit the entire development team.
Pilota created AI algorithms that can predict flights at risk of disruption. They use this to proactively book travelers on a new flight for free during expected disruptions.
Esports is growing exponentially, but is still a highly fragmented industry. Juked is changing the game by creating the internet's first one-stop-destination for esports entertainment.
GamerzClass is an e-learning platform that provides video courses and professional instructors to help gamers improve their skills. It currently has over 105,000 registered users and 10,000 paying customers, with $202,000 in revenue in 2019. The company's solution addresses the problems gamers face with a lack of structure and inefficient learning through its exclusive video content and data-driven progress tracking. It sees significant growth opportunities as the esports industry grows to be a $300 billion market by 2021 with over 160 million users.
eino is a prediction platform; they help companies increase revenue in capital planning and supply chain management by analyzing possible future scenarios and determining prudent actions.
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive function. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help protect against mental illness and improve symptoms.
Bliinx aggregates business interactions between professionals and their contacts so that they can get up to speed on relationships without jumping through a bunch of platforms. They also generate company-wide relationship insights that boost business development initiatives and customer ROI.
RPWORLD offers custom injection molding service to help customers develop products ramping up from prototypeing to end-use production. We can deliver your on-demand parts in as fast as 7 days.
Rethinking Kållered │ From Big Box to a Reuse Hub: A Transformation Journey ...SirmaDuztepeliler
"Rethinking Kållered │ From Big Box to a Reuse Hub: A Transformation Journey Toward Sustainability"
The booklet of my master’s thesis at the Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering at Chalmers University of Technology. (Gothenburg, Sweden)
This thesis explores the transformation of the vacated (2023) IKEA store in Kållered, Sweden, into a "Reuse Hub" addressing various user types. The project aims to create a model for circular and sustainable economic practices that promote resource efficiency, waste reduction, and a shift in societal overconsumption patterns.
Reuse, though crucial in the circular economy, is one of the least studied areas. Most materials with reuse potential, especially in the construction sector, are recycled (downcycled), causing a greater loss of resources and energy. My project addresses barriers to reuse, such as difficult access to materials, storage, and logistics issues.
Aims:
• Enhancing Access to Reclaimed Materials: Creating a hub for reclaimed construction materials for both institutional and individual needs.
• Promoting Circular Economy: Showcasing the potential and variety of reusable materials and how they can drive a circular economy.
• Fostering Community Engagement: Developing spaces for social interaction around reuse-focused stores and workshops.
• Raising Awareness: Transforming a former consumerist symbol into a center for circular practices.
Highlights:
• The project emphasizes cross-sector collaboration with producers and wholesalers to repurpose surplus materials before they enter the recycling phase.
• This project can serve as a prototype for reusing many idle commercial buildings in different scales and sizes.
• The findings indicate that transforming large vacant properties can support sustainable practices and present an economically attractive business model with high social returns at the same time.
• It highlights the potential of how sustainable practices in the construction sector can drive societal change.
Best Digital Marketing Strategy Build Your Online Presence 2024.pptxpavankumarpayexelsol
This presentation provides a comprehensive guide to the best digital marketing strategies for 2024, focusing on enhancing your online presence. Key topics include understanding and targeting your audience, building a user-friendly and mobile-responsive website, leveraging the power of social media platforms, optimizing content for search engines, and using email marketing to foster direct engagement. By adopting these strategies, you can increase brand visibility, drive traffic, generate leads, and ultimately boost sales, ensuring your business thrives in the competitive digital landscape.