4. Phil – Project Manager @ Bloomberg
Founded Commission Management Services (CMS) Division of Bloomberg's Brokerage
Led all marketing and branding efforts
Led strategic partnerships to aggregate trading volume
Designed first automated trade reconciliation software in the industry
CMS generated $100M its first year
Team
Chris – Engineering Project Manager @ Apple
Senior member of Product Release team for Mac OS X Tiger, Leopard and Snow Leopard
Managed development process for Mac OS X releases from idea to store shelves
Created innovative features with the world’s best engineers
B.S. in Computer Science from UC San Diego
Brandon – IT Director @ LaFrance Corp.
Ruby on Rails Ninja
Helped launch four startups in 2010
Managed for the IT operations for 3000+ person company
Developed web applications to integrate various business systems
5. Steps
- Friend someone
you don’t
know?
- Poke someone?
- Manually search
database
- Pay $10 for
“InMail”
- Write Awkward
Email
- Create profile then
search. Same
functionality as
LinkedIn
Problem
s
- FB for social not
professional
networking
- Only interact with
people you
already know
- Mostly used for
public profile or
online rolodex
- Cold emails often
ignored
- Job Search sites are
inherently NOT
social.
- Reactive vs.
proactively making
introductions
Networking Today
8. I can probably name
3-5 friends who know
people at Google
Charlie Kloud
Best Friend
Worked at Google
Luke Johnson
Roommate
Worked in Tech
Sarah Gunther
Colleague
Dating an Engineer at Google
9. But I have no idea
what the actual graph
looks like…
Charlie Kloud
Best Friend
Worked at Google
Luke Johnson
Roommate
Worked in Tech
Sarah Gunther
Colleague
Dating an Engineer at Google
10. Turns out I have
40 friends who can
introduce me to
122 people at Google
14. Sources: Milen &
eMarketer, Universal
McCann, WSJ, BLS
Average 11 job
changes in a
lifetime
100,000 people
join workforce
every month
Who Wants to Meet People?
9% people
network
professionally
online
40% job seekers
find their jobs
through
networking
But
Only
15. Targets
Close knit communities with strong 2nd degree
networks
Business school students & alumni, new college grads,
conferences, Meetups
Tactics
Networking competitions at target schools
Networking with FB friends not on Meeteor
Post goals on FB walls for each user
FB ads directed at friends of Meeteor users
User Acquisition
16. Freemium model
Premium services:
Additional Introductions
Additional matching filters
Advertising
Targeted advertising based on interests & professional
background
Licensing
Partner with event organizers to show connections during
ticket purchase process
Virtual Goods
Buy a virtual coffee or actual gift card for new connections
Monetization
17. Use of Funds
Salaries
Founders, Mobile Developer, Back End Developer
$270,000
Design Fees
Web app & mobile app
$15,000
Advertising $50,000
Hosting $22,500
Office Space $15,000
Legal Fees $17,500
Hardware & Misc. Expenses $10,000
18 month total $400,000