the perblue story

PerBlue Story

Justin Beck

CEO PerBlue

2009 Graduate

Computer Science

Computer Engineering

30 Full Time Employees

Our Business Model

+1,800,000 users

Our Revenue

2010: $500,000 2011: $1.5 Million 2012: Just under $3 Million

How did this start?

Two students

Passionate group of UW students.

We had a dream

We’re going to do this.

Innovation Days.

Chris Meyer

Dual Monitor Laptop

And we won…..

NOTHING!

Standing on the Stage

Chad Sorenson would ask…

Hmmm moment

The experiences you pursue shape your thinking

Don’t wait to starting a company

Virus of Entitlement

Entitlement: Belief that you should get something

regardless of what you do

Becoming Great: it’s what you DO

Steve Jobs

$623.5 Billion

Apple’s Growth

$41B in 2012 Fiscal Year

Apple’s Revenue by Q

PerBlue’s story: Being scrappy 20k to start

PerBlue Fundraising

August 2009 - $72,000 - Friends

August 2010 - $800,000 – Golden Angels

August 2010 - $1,000,000 – Madison + WI

Marketing & User Acquisition

Entrepreneurial Trigger

We’re Successful… But. There is so much more!

So much to do…

In your University

In your City

In your Life

justin@perblue.com @PerBlue @JustinKBeck

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