Shaking up the World of Education - Oplerno presentation for Sanoma

WE ARE NOT SOLICITING FOR FUNDS RIGHT NOW

DISCLAIMER

My Begin

Today

Oplerno

Investors

Our Solution

Who

am

I?Daniël W. Crompton

● First sale age: 6

● Number of Companies: > 5

● Burn rate: 100k/y

My

Last

Sta

rtup

?

Whe

re O

pler

no s

tart

ed Rob Skiff● Vermont Commons School co-founder● Pursuing Ed.D.

Dan Kirk● Adjunct lecturer● Student advisor● University staff member

Daniël● Autodidact● Developer

Wha

t is

Opl

erno

? Revolutionary!

Disruptive!

Transparent!

Pure Market

Online Learning Platform

Platform through which students can earn:

College Credit*

*accreditation pendingWha

t is

it? R

eally

?

Diff

eren

t fro

m M

OO

Cs?

Transfer of Course Credits

Much smaller classes

More Student - Faculty Interaction

Wha

t we

are?

Rea

lly! Business Model

E-commerce

Two Sided Market

Faculty Generated Content

That

mea

ns w

e ne

ed...

Firs

t fun

ding

:

● Rob● Rob's family● Savings

● Contracted, trusted team labor

For most funding you need a few things:TractionGood TeamGood StoryValue PropReasonable Goal*

*) don't try to fund an ENTIRE project via crowd funding if the project is very bigW

hy a

m I

telli

ng y

ou?

6 m

onth

s ag

o w

e ha

d A Good IdeaA Good Team

Some PromisesA Goal

To an investor that really means:

Nothing!

Fund

ing

Ang

els?

come back when you have traction

come back when you have a community

come back when you have content

Wai

t a m

inut

e... Are they giving us feedback?

What does that mean we need?

Inve

stor

s ar

e te

lling

us

We

need

acc

redi

tatio

n!

CATCH-22

We

are

a m

ovem

ent!

COMMUNITY!!!

Get

ting

com

mun

ity?

CROWD FUNDING!

Cro

wd

Fund

ing

Goa

ls Getting the Crowd requires Goal!

Create a community!

● Recruit Faculty● News coverage where it matters● Get Known Amongst True Believers● Earn Money

Cro

wd

Fund

ing

- MVP

Products are being tested

Products are being sold

Res

ult

Our One True Metric: Faculty Recruitment

70+ Faculty

Nex

t Ste

p In

vest

men

t?

Do we still need investors?

Than

ks fo

r hav

ing

me!

QUESTIONS?

www.oplerno.com@webhat

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