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Investor Pitch May 2026 Walt Whitman, CEO

Investor Pitch May 2026 - detroitfintechchallenge.com -NEF.pdf · Investor Pitch, May 2026 slide12 of 14 (Values in 1,000s) FY2025 FY2026 FY2027 FY2028 FY2029 number of EDC customers

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InvestorPitchMay2026

WaltWhitman,CEO

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TheProblem

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TheSolution

Team-BasedCoachingWeb-BasedResources

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TheTechnology

Benefits• Costeffective• Provenapproach• Savestime• Increasesimpact

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Competition

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Market

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BusinessModel

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Go-ToMarketStrategy• Establishtwonear-bychapters– Bettersupportfromexistingstakeholders– ContractssignedwithDetroitandLansingEDCs– Offersvalidationofscale-upapproach

• ExpandacrosstheMidwest,thennationally– Testimonialsfromreferenceable customers– Demonstratedsuccessrateswithinvestors– MarketingviastateVCAsandNVCA

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Traction/Milestones

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ManagementTeam• WaltWhitman,CEO– VPMarketingCommunications,Wiley&Sons

• SteveBlank,COO– CxO forfourstartupswhichwentpublic

• TimothyGeithner,CFO– Treasurerforbilliondollarplusorganizations

• Seeking:– VPSocialMarketing– VPTechnology/CIO

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FinancialProjections

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(Valuesin1,000s) FY2025 FY2026 FY2027 FY2028 FY2029numberofEDCcustomers 2 10 40 80 150numberofinvestorcustomers 6 25 80 200 400

GrossRevenue $340 $1,410 $4,560 $10,560 $20,360CostofGoods 90 370 1,220 2,420 4,270GrossMargin 250 1,040 3,340 8,140 16,090

OperatingExpenses 800 1,480 2,738 5,065 9,371

EBITDA $(550) $(440) $602 $3,075 $6,719

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FundingRequirements• PriorFunding– $25krevenueannually– 20profitableyears– $100kSeedRound

• CurrentRound– $500kSeriesA– $200kalreadycommitted

• FutureRounds– $2MSeriesBin2028

• UseofFunds– Hirefull-timestaff– Expandtrainingactivities– Extendgeographicfootprint

• ExitStrategy– Acquisition

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WaltWhitman,CEO999-999-999

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