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Meetup #15: Creating the Money Machine
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WELCOME
Cathleen MacDonaldSilicon Peel
Meetup Facilitator
http://ca.linkedin.com/in/cathleenmacdonald
@motionpix
Meetup #15
• Welcome
• Panel: Business Models
• Panel Q & A
• Break
• Demo Me: Gabitat
• Next Meetup June 26, 7:00pm
• Networking
Agenda
Programswww.siliconpeel.com
Mentoring Startup Success Funnel
• Investment • Progress• Sharing
Creating the Money MachineBusiness Models for Tech Startups
What is a business model?It’s how your business makes money.
Panel Introduction
Richard Kun Business
Development Manager
RDP Associates
Philip Neukom President
Profit Analytics Inc.
Alyssa Richard Founder & Ninja
RateHub.ca
A Business Model answers the questions:
What customer problem do you solve?
Who is your target customer?
How will you reach, acquire, and retain customers?
What value do you deliver?
How is that value different from the competition?
How will you generate revenue?
What is your cost structure and profit margin?
Break
Demo Me
DaveWormald Founder & CEO
April 14, 2014
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Our WorkspaceOur Gabitat
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Project BluefieldTeam central
Here’s the Box folder containing the Bluefield docs
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The Market
Target market is small teams of knowledge workers [Drag Photo Here or Click Icon]
… virtually all knowledge workers work in small teams
Knowledge Workers outnumber all other workers in North America by 4:1
Tech Credentials
Technical leadership and visionSoftware architecture & developmentUX and UI DesignDatabase design and developmentScalabilityServer design and developmentMobile client design and development
Relevant Roles
GM of Nortel’s $250M Messaging BUGM of OpenText’s $20M FirstClass BUSaaS delivery of 250k user collab instance20M collaboration users globallySaaS delivery of G20 collaborationSenior roles in email and KM businessesPassionate collaborators!
Use of Investment
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Finish building the
product
12 Deliver first customers
and revenueLaunch and market like
crazy3
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Silicon Peel Meetup #16
Lean Ventures & Unconventional Funding
• June 26, 2014• 7:00pm-9:00pm• Location: Xerox Research Centre of Canada
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