fluency - investor deck - november 2013
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The future of work
@getfluency
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The world of
work is changing
…
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By 2020, 1 in 3
workers will be working
online
Source: Elance
Trends
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By 2020, 1 in 6
Americans & 1 in 5
Europeans will be 65+
Many will not retire but start a SME
Source: Intuit, 2020 Report
Trends
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By 2025, 75% of the
global workforce will be
Millennials
Source: Intuit, 2020 Report
Trends
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SMEs need digital
work done but don’t
have the budget to hire
or have in-house
expertise
Problem
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Existing Solutions
Benefit
for
Client
Benefit for Worker
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• SMEs give poor project
briefs on marketplaces
• Issue of work quality
• Time intensive to manage
workers
• Crowd Labour not designed
for SMEs
• Are competitions fair to
workers?
Existing Solutions
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Youth unemployment
is 6.3 million in
Europe
(63% & 56% in Greece & Spain)
Problem
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Young people have a
‘killer app’ that SMEs
need…
They are ‘digital
natives’
But …
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A crowdwork
marketplace
using young
digital talent
Solution
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Young users upskill
and get certified on the
learning platform
How it works
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Client posts
digital job
How it works
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Job is split into
microsized units
& distributed to
workers
How it works
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• No bidding wars
• No choosing
workers
• Defined and
guaranteed results
Benefits
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Online work market:
$1billion in 2012
$5billion by 2018
Growing 31% annually
Market Size
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Business Model
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Paid beta pilot with 50
users in January 2014
Roll out with 30,000
users
Youth Partnerships
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Pipeline
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We will make hiring
digital expertise online
as easy as buying a
customised t-shirt
Competitive Advantage
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The most
trusted
marketplace
for digital work
Vision
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Events
Targeted business events
Free digital seminars
Popup events at SME supportive brands
with retail presence e.g. Talk Talk, EE,
Lloyds Bank
Partners
Go ON UK
Enterprise Nation
Startup Britian
Content and Search
Guest blogging: Guardian, Huffington Post
Targeted ads
Press
Use the Fluency / youth / female CEO
stories to get significant coverage in media
Referral & Invite Mechanisms
Affiliate Programme
Getting Customers
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Team
Sinead Mac Manus
CEO and co-founder
Ian Anderson
CTO and co-founder
Ahmed Al-Aagem
Youth engagement director
Tim Powell-Jones
Online learning advisor
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1. Hire tech & digital team
2. Expand & automate the platform
3. Sales and marketing
Raising: £150k
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“a really
effective
way of
learning”
Sofia