Yann, thank you for taking the time to provide feedback on cENter.me. Please let me know if you have any other questions!

1. CENTER.ME
Personalized Online Education begins with a Self -Starting Lesson Plan

2. MOST people INTEND to learn a new skill
effectively through online education but
MOST FAIL

3. Retention Rates
First Year Full Time Part Time
Online Education 55% 39%
Private Universities 80.4% n/a
Credit: US NEWS and Report
Unigo.com

4. STEP 1: DEFINE CENTER.ME

5. MVP
cENter.me is your personalized “school counselor” in the world
of online education.
It utilizes current online education platforms to curate a
personalized and learnable entrepreneurship action plan that
determines what steps are needed for the student to
complete current educational goals (i.e Teach me Financial
Modeling, How do I learn code in JavaScript/Ruby/PHP). Making
the student the center of their online education environment.

6. STEP 2: CAN/ CAN’T
CENTER.ME WORK?

7. So, whats great about Online
Education?
Accessibility - you can set your set your pace and location
Resources - so many online education platforms to choose
from
Money - most online education courses are FREE

8. What sucks about online
education?
Time/Energy - Even though online education makes it easy for people to work at their
own pace, the time that it takes to find the right material turns those SELF STARTERS
into DISTRAUGHT SPECTATORS.
Intimacy - For the most part, you’re learning on your own without any guidance, peer
motivation, or accountability
Resources - Yes, there are plenty of online education platforms. But with more CHOICE
it makes it HARDER to sift through and find the right classes/information for YOU.
Effort - There’s more effort in Online Education than tradition education since most of
the students have a job and other obligations.

9. STEP 3: CUSTOMER INTERVIEWS

10. 5 Different Interviewees
1. Master Teacher
2. Student
3. A Twenty-something whoTaught English in Vietnam for
Two Summers
4.UX Designer at Media Agency
5. Project Manager at a Entrepreneurial Education Startup

11. HERE’S WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY...

12. Why, why, why, why, why
won’t cENter.me work?
“This takes the most effort out for the student - for some self starters, more effort =
more value in the education”
“How much time do people have in using a lesson plan to learn a specific skill as opposed
to taking ONE course?”
“Is there enough people who care about having a their own cENter.me?”
“How can I trust that cENter.me will give me the personalized material I need to achieve
my learning goals? “ - Only Experts can give the right resources
“Accountability is an offline endeavor. It’ll never work online - no one stays motivated by
themselves unless its intrinsically motivated with a time crunch/date, for employment”
“Are people overwhelmed with the over-saturation of online education tools? Is it hard
to keep up and organize your current class schedule and effective reading material? “

13. Why, why, why, why, why can
cENter.me work?
“Provides students with greater access to current educational platforms in a visually
organized and personalized way in one single repository”
“What is your course path? what do you want to learn? cENter.me figures that out and
delivers the right course plan for ‘You’ - Hmm...I’m intrigued”
“People want to get things done they just don’t know where to start”
“Sifting NOT Required - Curated resources, deletes all the “shitty” articles, only having
the cream of the crop resources for learning - well, thats great - it look me along time
to learn Excel, and thats because there were so much crappy material”

14. STEP 4: ACTION PLAN

15. Further Research: Is this a viable product?
Create a Landing Page - Find the most passionate users
√ Be the cENter.me counselor (In Progress!)
Find my First Customer and create a questionnaire, and test cENter.me
Attend EdTech and Education Events - get more Customer Interviews
Pass out flyers about cENter.me to schools (NYU, Columbia), incubators, job training
sites and see if anyone would want an online education school counselor
Create an Eventbrite event: Coders (Self-Learners) and Non - Coders, where the Coders
can help Non - Coders create a lesson plan. If successful, scale

16. FIRST CUSTOMER: YANN I.
Sales/ Bioengineering wants to learn Programming Fundamentals

17. Customer Questionnaire
1. What’s your name? Yann Ilboudo
2. Where do you live? Queens, NY
3. What skill set do you want to learn? Programming
4. What programming language? Python, HTML, CSS
5. What is your current level in this skill set? (i.e. novice, beginner, intermediate, advance)
Beginner
6. What is the highest degree that you graduated with (Major,year)? Bioengineering, 2011
7. Are there any classes that you have taken that pertain to the skill set that you're trying
to learn? Machine learning
8. How much time can you devote to learn a week? 5 -10 Hours
9. How many classes do you want to take a week? 1-3
10.When do you expect to learn this skill (Month,Year)? Ten Weeks
11. Are you taking any online classes right now? From where? Yes, Coursera
12. Why do you want to learn this skillset? Expand & Reinforce my skillset
13. What is your learning style? Learn by Doing, Independent, Interactive

18. cENter.me
Student: Yann I. Goal: Python, HTML, CSS
Expected Completion Date : December 1, 2012
Experience: Little to NO programming
Learning Vibe: Independent, Reader, More Interactive
Education Week Final
Class Course Title
Platform Breakdown Project
Introduction to
1 MIT Computer Science 1- 10 ----
& Programming
2 Google Python 1-4 Infinity Monkey
Code
HTML & CSS Build your own
3 Dev -hq.net 5 - 10
Basics site

19. Week 1: Courses, Resources,
Motivational Tips, Offline Events
Sun Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Sat
Resources and Tips
IN
PROGRESS
Offline Events

20. Feedback is Appreciated!
Questions?
Email: center.me.me@gmail.com