Who We Are?
 Leaf Medium makes it easy to open an online store, get
              customers and get paid.

Our mission is to help people have the best looking and
         most optimal websites on the block.

 Our long term vision is to become the leading, one-stop
shop in providing everything that a small to medium-sized
           business needs to succeed globally.
Problem - It’s Hard to Build
       a Website
                 It’s hard to get started.

  You need intimate knowledge of how the web works to
               have a successful website.

       You can hire a developer but it is expensive.

 There are so many obsolete tools out that are hard to use
              and doesn’t ful ll clients’ needs.
Our Fix - Make it Simple
Our product is so easy to use that even a child can create a
               store in a matter of minutes.

We took the Apple approach. Our design is clean, sexy, and
                    straightforward.

   Our clients know exactly what is going on with their
       business and how to get more customers.

       We make it easy to get online and get paid.
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E-commerce is Huge
Global sales in 2011 are about $1 trillion and is to grow to
      $1.4 trillion in 2015 growing at 19% anually.

 An average online shopper spends $128 per transaction.

    In the US alone, there are about 200 million online
        shoppers and make up sales of $279 billion.

 This number is to grow exponentially as there are almost 1
  billion users on Facebook and hundreds of millions of
smartphones and tablets are being sold since the release of
                      the rst iPhone.
Show Me the Money $$$
        Monthly subscription of $30 per month.

    Transaction fee of 3.5% for credit card and ACH
                      processing.

      Advertising revenue from Website Directory.

10% of all revenue from 3rd party developers in our Apps
                         Shop.
The Secret Sauce
  Tech + Killer Team + Simple Design + Viral Integrations = $$$

 Our no-fail, automated, and scalable hosting backups and add
new servers by itself based on servers load. We can scale in nitely
                         on planet Earth.

  Our seasoned engineering team have worked on some of the
             largest projects known to mankind.

        Our sales team pratically wrote the book on sales.

    Strategic partnerships with key industry leaders in China.

               And nally, we have balls. Lots of it.
Competitors
         Web Publishing
    Squarespace Series A $38.5M
                Wix
Webs Accquired by VistaPrint for $120M

           E-commerce
        Shopify Series B $22M
  Volusion Over $2B in transactions
                Intuit
               Yahoo
Our Competitors are Obsolete
                 and Broken
Intuit product doesn’t even work                                              Same goes for Volusion.
and hasn’t been updated since 1998.


                                      Yahoo is outdated and their interface
                                      makes no sense.




                                                                                       Images don’t load. Slow website. Ugly design.
 Can’t signup. Obvious bugs
 everywhere.
                                                                                               Our competitors don’t help you scale. During
                                                                                               Black Friday, Best Buy and Walmart got caught
                                                                                               with their pants down when their site failed due
                                                                                               to high tra c and bad inventory management.
Marketing
                    No-spam email.

Take full use of social network and public online forums.

Built in social media sharing in product. Have users work
                       for free for us.

        Monthly contests with awesome prizes.

                    Media outreach.

 Guerrilla tactics in areas of high foot/car tra c such as
            tourist spots, conferences and etc.
Team
          William Tran - Founder and engineer

Aaron Landis - Sales, Finance, operations, and recruitment

        Ben Lew - Sales and community outreach
Financing
  Currently bootstrapped and is already breaking even.

           Seeking $300K - $1M Seed funding

                     Use of Proceeds
   $200-500K: hire 2-3 engineers, marketing team, and
                    customer support
 $100-500K: marketing campaigns and user accquisitions

                    Goals and Roadmap
25K clients by the end of 2012 = $1M in revenue per month
  Penetrate the Chinese and Indian market before 2012
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  • 2.
    Who We Are? Leaf Medium makes it easy to open an online store, get customers and get paid. Our mission is to help people have the best looking and most optimal websites on the block. Our long term vision is to become the leading, one-stop shop in providing everything that a small to medium-sized business needs to succeed globally.
  • 3.
    Problem - It’sHard to Build a Website It’s hard to get started. You need intimate knowledge of how the web works to have a successful website. You can hire a developer but it is expensive. There are so many obsolete tools out that are hard to use and doesn’t ful ll clients’ needs.
  • 4.
    Our Fix -Make it Simple Our product is so easy to use that even a child can create a store in a matter of minutes. We took the Apple approach. Our design is clean, sexy, and straightforward. Our clients know exactly what is going on with their business and how to get more customers. We make it easy to get online and get paid.
  • 5.
    Get analytics Insert block into pages Edit multiple websites Edit di erent pages Switch themes Aa Change TITLE colors Apps Bar Instant noti cations See who’s online
  • 6.
    Pick from freeand premium themes THEMES sort by lter by categories search Name of Theme by Author Name of Theme by Author Name of Theme by Author Aa Name of Theme by Author Name of Theme by Author Name of Theme by Author CLOSE TITLE
  • 7.
    E-commerce is Huge Globalsales in 2011 are about $1 trillion and is to grow to $1.4 trillion in 2015 growing at 19% anually. An average online shopper spends $128 per transaction. In the US alone, there are about 200 million online shoppers and make up sales of $279 billion. This number is to grow exponentially as there are almost 1 billion users on Facebook and hundreds of millions of smartphones and tablets are being sold since the release of the rst iPhone.
  • 8.
    Show Me theMoney $$$ Monthly subscription of $30 per month. Transaction fee of 3.5% for credit card and ACH processing. Advertising revenue from Website Directory. 10% of all revenue from 3rd party developers in our Apps Shop.
  • 9.
    The Secret Sauce Tech + Killer Team + Simple Design + Viral Integrations = $$$ Our no-fail, automated, and scalable hosting backups and add new servers by itself based on servers load. We can scale in nitely on planet Earth. Our seasoned engineering team have worked on some of the largest projects known to mankind. Our sales team pratically wrote the book on sales. Strategic partnerships with key industry leaders in China. And nally, we have balls. Lots of it.
  • 10.
    Competitors Web Publishing Squarespace Series A $38.5M Wix Webs Accquired by VistaPrint for $120M E-commerce Shopify Series B $22M Volusion Over $2B in transactions Intuit Yahoo
  • 11.
    Our Competitors areObsolete and Broken Intuit product doesn’t even work Same goes for Volusion. and hasn’t been updated since 1998. Yahoo is outdated and their interface makes no sense. Images don’t load. Slow website. Ugly design. Can’t signup. Obvious bugs everywhere. Our competitors don’t help you scale. During Black Friday, Best Buy and Walmart got caught with their pants down when their site failed due to high tra c and bad inventory management.
  • 12.
    Marketing No-spam email. Take full use of social network and public online forums. Built in social media sharing in product. Have users work for free for us. Monthly contests with awesome prizes. Media outreach. Guerrilla tactics in areas of high foot/car tra c such as tourist spots, conferences and etc.
  • 13.
    Team William Tran - Founder and engineer Aaron Landis - Sales, Finance, operations, and recruitment Ben Lew - Sales and community outreach
  • 14.
    Financing Currentlybootstrapped and is already breaking even. Seeking $300K - $1M Seed funding Use of Proceeds $200-500K: hire 2-3 engineers, marketing team, and customer support $100-500K: marketing campaigns and user accquisitions Goals and Roadmap 25K clients by the end of 2012 = $1M in revenue per month Penetrate the Chinese and Indian market before 2012 More premium apps from Leaf Medium