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THE
SHIFT

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#MH17

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7. 1. FIND
2. VERIFY
THE PROBLEM
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8. 1. FIND
THE PROBLEM
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9. REAL-TIME ENGINE
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10. REAL-TIME ENGINE
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11. CROWD CURATED
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12. 2. VERIFY
THE PROBLEM
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13. CROWD FACT-CHECKED
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16. FACT CHECK
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REFUTED

17. FACT CHECK
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REFUTED

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REFUTED

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20. 1 MONTH
THE LAUNCH
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21. 275,000
PAGEVIEWS
THE LAUNCH
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12,500
25,000
37,500
50,000
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USERS
46,650

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PRESS

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27. THE QUESTION
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“When will you have an
app?”

28. QUESTION PART 2
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“Can you send me push
notifications?”

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30. THE MARKET
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Digital news advertising - $37.8B
Growing 17%/year
TAM for news by 2020 is 5 billion people
worldwide

31. TEAM
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CEO CTO
Levi Notik
Songza
iHeartRadio
Getty Images
Austen Allred
Stubtopia

32. THE MARKET
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Raising $500K
$300K Committed

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