Empowering the next generation of builders Build-It-Yourself seeks partners who can help bring a mobile device game development workshop direct to kids at home.

Empowering the next generation of builders Problem People use mobile devices a lot Kids are growing up with this and using these apps more and more Everyone uses them, but do they know how they work? Kids play these games and come up with their own ideas, but often they do not know where to start using UnityEngine; using System.Collections; public class Jump : MonoBehaviour { public float strength = 30.0f; void Update () { if(Input.GetKeyDown(“space”)) rigidbody.AddForce(Vector3.up * strength); }

Empowering the next generation of builders Mobile devices are becoming a key tool for the general population. There will be a big demand for mobile device programmers. It is very difficult to learn how to program a mobile device. Problem

Empowering the next generation of builders Solution A simple workshop to teach kids how to design their own apps, create them, and market them. The workshop would enable students to: 1.Create 3D Graphics creation in Blender 2.Set up Unity 3.Use different IOS frameworks 4.Explore Unity modules and their implementation 5.Create an app with ongoing consultation 6.Promote and market the app.

Empowering the next generation of builders App Development Workshop: Plan, build and market iOS apps. 1.Research great apps. 2.Graphic design / Blender 3D 3.Set up tools 4.high level view (introduction to system architecture) 5.low level view (introduction to coding structures) 6.Library of open ended modules 7.Reference links 8.create 3 or 4 simple games that could be easily edited 9.Plan your own game (ongoing consultation) 10.How to promote your app Empowering the next generation of builders Real Racing 2 HD Super Monkey Ball Product

Empowering the next generation of builders Kids ages 12 – 18 who are on an engineering track and who own iOS devices. Total market size = 1.5 x all the college engineering students. Parents pay a $400 for 24 1-hour workshops: ID Tech Camps- Between $19-$33 per hour for a one week camp consisting of 37.5 hours (including lunch breaks ect.) Empowering the next generation of builders $400 Target Audience

Empowering the next generation of builders Kids love playing video games on their devices, but maybe have their own ideas for games Great way to impress friends Gives kids a chance to see how the apps they love to use are created A good "next step" from programming in scratch and other beginners programming tools Makes a profit! Benefits

Empowering the next generation of builders App development instruction available online at reasonable cost. Bring the university student TA (Teaching Assistant) concept coupled with proven content and online collaboration tools to kids online. Empowering the next generation of builders ContentSpecialists Collaboration Tools Value Proposition

Empowering the next generation of builders For kids: Create games like Real Racing or Super Monkey Ball for your mobile device with far out 3D graphics For parents: Create an iOS app that will be a valuable part of a college engineering application. Empowering the next generation of builders Value Proposition

Empowering the next generation of builders 160 Million IOS Devices 6.5 Billion App Downloads Many of which belong to kids Empowering the next generation of builders Market Size

Empowering the next generation of builders College bound Kids: Every kid who goes to college should be technology fluent and therefore is a potential customer. Empowering the next generation of builders 24 million kids ages million target market. Half will go to college. 62% have broadband access at home. 360,000 students enrolled in engineering colleges in USA 2008 Our market is bigger. Some engineers will study guitar. Some musicians will study programming Market Size

Empowering the next generation of builders We will promote the course via viral marketing programs including opinion leader blogs and face book communities. We will promote the course to high school technology teachers. We will offer incentives to existing students to recruit friends. Growth Plan

Empowering the next generation of builders We have a record of attracting talent from the Cornell, MIT, Harvard and Mass Art communities. We need to recruit, train and manage a network of ??? Webcast specialists to serve ??? students. The Team

Empowering the next generation of builders Annual Revenue # students1,000 Fee / Student$250 Total Revenue$250, Annual Expenses # students1,000 # students / wkshp10 # wkshp series100 # hrs / wkshp series10 Tot # wkshp hrs1000 Mentor $/hr$14 Total Mentor compensation$14, Apple Dev$1, Unity Cost per license$200 Unity Cost$200,000 % Revenue for Content Development10% Content Dev Cost$25, % Revenue for Marketing30% Marketing Cost$75,000 % Revenue for Administration30% Admin Cost$75,000 Total Expenses$390,000 Net Profit-$140,000 Revenue / Expense

Empowering the next generation of builders Revenue / Expense Apple charges a one time fee of $100 to publish. Android has no fee. Problem (Can we buy one license and publish all student work under the BIY license?) Can we get 1000 customers at this price?

Empowering the next generation of builders Revenue$ - Online rev$ - Onsite rev$ Expense:$ -Fixed cost$ -Webcast cost$ Worst case cash flow:$ Break even:Month ? Capital Required$ To grow from $0 => $???K annualized online revenue. Cash Flow

Empowering the next generation of builders MilestonesProof of Concept Phase Proof of Execution Phase Roll Out Phase Strategic Infrastructure Distribution 20 Milestones

Empowering the next generation of builders 20 Competitive Analysis Android AppInventor from Google and MIT. UnityAppInventor Cost of tool$400 (iOS port)FreeMay be an opportunity to be a value added distributor Cost to publish to Apple App Store $99Can’t portApple must approve Cost to publish to Google Apps Free Time to create a 2D platform game Time to port to mobile device 3D enginesYesNo Which platform engages the most kids?

Empowering the next generation of builders Build-It-Yourself seeks partners who can help bring a mobile device game development workshop direct to kids at home.