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Social Loneliness

Market Validation

105,000 “Strictly Platonic Personal” ads

Real Tweets every few minutes.

10M users on meetup.comCraigslist

I wanted a place to… - View what everyone around me wants to do

and when

- Discover friends and acquaintances shared social intent for activities and upcoming events.

- Make plans easier

Team

Chad BrodskyBusiness Founder

•Founded Burlington Brew Tours in 2008•Financial Analyst @ VTFCU•University of Vermont (Finance)

Steve BrooksTechnical Founder

•Industry Data Analyst @ Dealer.com•University of Vermont (Operations & Computer Science)

Matt FerranteTechnical Founder

•Software Engineer (SE) @ DataXu•Worked as a SE @ EMC•University of Vermont (Computer Science)

Advisor: Justin Siegel, CEO of MocoSpace

DEMOSTRATION TIME

Discovery Connecting Planning

Target User base

Psychographic:

• Passionate about an interest • Proactive & Extraverted• Likes to spend time with friends• Enjoys being active• Likes to try new things • Socially Flexible

Social Media Shift in 2012

2012 2013

Foursquare redesigns emphasizes

deals, and recommendations, over real-time Check-ins

June 2012|

|July 2012

Event Page and Event Calendar redesign

Launch of ShoutPlans’s Social Intent planning tool for

activities and eventsSept 2012

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|May 2012

Pinterest’s pinning creates a way to

measure purchasing Intent

Raising $500,000 @ Approximately 15-20% Convertible Equity

Milestone: Mobile iOS & Android

Application

Funding will go toward building a small team (5 people) - launching the product, iterate with one year of runway.