2. COMPANY OVERVIEW
A media platform that connects
college students with cost efficient
peer service providers through an
application run by posts, reviews
and profiles.
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3. THE PROBLEMS
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1. Need for quality and cost efficient
local services for college students
2. Lack of organization in social media
platforms for posting student-provided
services
3. No time for students to market their
services
4. OUR SOLUTION
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Providing a medium of interaction between
skilled service providers and customers with
their specific needs and cost efficient services.
5. “
To connect college students with
local peer service providers for less.
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MISSION STATEMENT
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To become the leading college
community services platform
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VISION STATEMENT
7. Providing a marketplace of services to college
students at a competitively low cost
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VALUE PROPOSITION
8. ▫ Screening
▫ Student ID
▫ UC Davis Kerberos Email
▫ Driver’s License
▫ Portfolio Submission
▫ In-Person Interview
▫ Consumer Rating
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▫ Liability
▫ Offer full refund to
customer if needed/low
rating
▫ Campus Representative
will investigate
SCREENING & LIABILITY
9. CUSTOMER
DEMOGRAPHICS
▫ Age: 18-24
▫ Population: 36,441 students
▫ Geography: UC Davis Community
▫ Occupation: College Students
[Source: US News]
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14. COMPANY TEAM
Insourced:
▫ Front End Engineer
▫ Back End Engineer
▫ Designer
▫ Marketing
▫ Financial Analyst
Outsourced:
▫ Campus Representative
▫ Quality Assurance Licensors14
17. LONG TERM EXPANSION
2019
Reach 75% of population
in UC Davis by end of
the year
Hire interns to help in
promotion
Expand to more
California Campuses
Target remote college
campuses:
● California
Polytechnic
Institute, San
Luis Obispo
● UC Santa Cruz
● California State
University, Chico
2021
Expand to all 4 year
California Universities
● University of
California
● California State
Universities
● Private Universities
● Get more
partnerships
● Automate internal
technology tools
2023
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Editor's Notes
NV
Intro: Hello investors. We are the founders of LookAround.
Ask a question: Did you ever have trouble finding affordable services as a college student?
Background: As students here at UC Davis, we noticed a common difficulty among our peers and among our own inability to find affordable services such as haircuts and other services around campus. For example, we noticed that some of our friends ended up going to a peer barber for a cheaper and better quality haircut. After hearing of this situation, a few of us thought to find a way to allow other students to find these talented and trusted peers. Our solution was an application which we have now developed to become LookAround. Luckily we had the right team to develop this app. We have a diverse team majoring in a wide variety of degrees ranging from managerial economics, design, and even cognitive science.
We are asking you, the investors, for $200 thousand dollars for 10% equity of our company.
SK
Who we are, they want to know who we are, and what we do, inspiration behind it
Anecdote
Major
A lot of us, are ...
SF - personally we are all students and think that LookAround can tackle common issues when it comes to acquiring services that we need.
Things are expensive
Other methods are not organized - ex. Facebook groups
Where can students effectively market their services.
FB
KC
LF
LL
Value proposition: what make us attractive to customers
WHY USERS SHOULD USE YOUR SERVICE
Different propositions, for users
One concise statement explains what you’re offering is better than the other
HZ MG
Police can’t do anything about bad service, screening left to consumers’ ratings makes the most sense
We can establish portfolios
Can’t license anyone
Rely on customer’s reviews and ratings
In our agreements, liability: rating goes down
JZ
Our initial focus will be on the the Davis community
Based on our market research
We see that our customer demographics are from ages 18-24
Focus more on specific college students
Gender doesn’t matter
Niche marketing
Taskrabbit: has focused on locals (housewives/mom)
MG + AM
Landing for different categories for our app, working on adding for services/categories
Shows different service providers (first provider)
MG + AM
JS service (book appointment or save), service provider profile (reviews), own provider (clicking burger sandwich button)
AM
Web interface. According to research, landing pages are a good technique for marketing
Help increase conversion rates
Provide credibility
JZ
How do we monetize our business?
$3 cancellation fee
LF (people we need to make this app a reality)
programer/web developer ??
Front: UI (what consumer sees), back: what consumers dont see
Sethmi + KC
Add breakeven/profit points
alpha after 18 weeks / launch =
KPI= Key performance indicators (how consumers are responding to our apps)
One month after launch, we will monitor feedback trends and KPI’s to enhance user experience.
Based on the analysis, we will release an updated version and add to the performance dashboard
3 months after launch, we will prioritize customer requests and encourage referrals.
We will also continue to market toward our target audience, UC Davis students
FB
Marketing plan for other campuses
Hire student leaders
Help lead LookAround’s marketing and business development programs