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Adam Neary | CEO
“Find the next couple things you can do
to grow profits for your small business”
6M       small businesses
         in North America


4M        of them use
          QuickBooks


$2.8B1

to cope with
3 searing pain points:


   1 I want to grow, but where should I to focus my efforts?
   2 I need to get a better handle on expenses.
   3 I need to understand where I’m making and losing money.

           Notes:    $1.6B subscription fee+ $1.2B affiliate revenue
           Source:   Forrester, Gartner, Intuit, Profitably Analysis   Target Market and Pain Points
Profitably delivers recommendations
for profit growth based on a company’s data
                                      Our Product
Partnerships are already being forged
 to drive value for our customer base




                     Our Initial Partnerships in Progress
4-person boat rental and repair shop
    Revenue baseline1                                      $269,897
    Profit baseline1                                        $33,911
        Reduce fees and service charges                      $1,239
        Renegotiate direct materials                         $1,077
        Hire a bookkeeper to drive contract compliance       $1,077
        Drive down the cost of finance charges                 $926
        Drive down the cost of payroll administration          $683
        Refinance notes to lower interest expense              $463
        Other recommendations (5)                              $767
    Profit impact opportunity2                               $6,232

$6k opportunity on a $34k profit baseline
18% profit improvement
       Notes:   1) Based on rolling 6 quarter history
                2) To be realized over coming 6 quarters          Case Study
Stratus Prep
Opportunities identified (% of net income)
  Grow through increased leverage                 5%
  Invest in growth through social media           3%
  Drive sales improvements with sales training    3%
  Address unprofitable customer segments          2%
  Drive down the cost of payroll admin            1%
  Push out payables to drive cash availability    1%
  Other recommendations (4)                       1%
Profit impact opportunity1                       16%

                             “The platform that Adam is developing will be a
                               quantum leap forward for thousands of small
                                             businesses, including my own...”
16% profit improvement                                         -Shawn O’Connor
                                                          President and Founder

             Notes:   1) Preliminary                                Case Study
Adam Neary
                    Vice President at AlixPartners
                    Head of BI at Concentra
                    Manager at A.T. Kearney
            CEO



Francis Hwang
                    Lead Engineer at Diversion Media
                    Director of Technology at Rhizome
                    Founder of Gotham Ruby
             CTO    Conference and NYC.rb




   Chad Pugh
                    UX & Visual Design at Hot Potato
                    UX & Visual Design at Knowmore
                    Illustration and UX at Vimeo
  User Experience
    Visual Design

                                             Our Team
Our product roadmap allows for iteration and
  adaptation as we integrate customer feedback

Customer discovery & alpha testing: Began 2010-Q1 (self-funded)
Funding status:                  Customer validation & beta testing: Beginning 2010-Q3 (Seed-funded)
• Self-funded
                                 Funding status:                  Customer creation: Beginning 2011-Q2 (Series A-funded)
Customer milestones:             • Seed-funded                                                    Company building: 2012-Q2
• State and test hypotheses                                       Funding status:
• Test alpha with group of 12    Customer milestones:
                                                                  • Series A funded
                                 • Develop and refine sales                                       Customer milestones:
Product milestones:              roadmap and positioning          Customer milestones:            • “Cross the Chasm” to
• Build out core functionality   • Sell to 500 “earlyvangelist”   • Manage formal launch          mainstream customer base
• Launch to live                 small business owners            • Drive to 20k customers
• Establish BI infrastructure                                                                     Product milestones:
and test-and-learn process       Product milestones:              Product milestones:             • Deepen integrations with
                                 • Build out analytics library    • Launch API program            enabling technologies
Management milestones:           • Extend partnerships            • Launch advanced analytics
• Establish business plan                                                                         Management milestones:
• Establish organization and     Management milestones:           Management milestones:          • Complete transition to
initial governance               • Hire first non-executive       • Fill out management team      process-oriented
• Secure initial partnerships    team members                     • Drive to $75M run rate rev.   organization
• Secure seed funding            • Drive to $100k run rate rev.   • Drive to cash positive        • Build out functional depts
                                 • Secure Series A funding                                        • Identify potential acquirer
                                                                                                  or proceed to public offering




                                                                                                                  Our Roadmap

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Profitably Introduction for Accountants

  • 1. Adam Neary | CEO “Find the next couple things you can do to grow profits for your small business”
  • 2. 6M small businesses in North America 4M of them use QuickBooks $2.8B1 to cope with 3 searing pain points: 1 I want to grow, but where should I to focus my efforts? 2 I need to get a better handle on expenses. 3 I need to understand where I’m making and losing money. Notes: $1.6B subscription fee+ $1.2B affiliate revenue Source: Forrester, Gartner, Intuit, Profitably Analysis Target Market and Pain Points
  • 3. Profitably delivers recommendations for profit growth based on a company’s data Our Product
  • 4. Partnerships are already being forged to drive value for our customer base Our Initial Partnerships in Progress
  • 5. 4-person boat rental and repair shop Revenue baseline1 $269,897 Profit baseline1 $33,911 Reduce fees and service charges $1,239 Renegotiate direct materials $1,077 Hire a bookkeeper to drive contract compliance $1,077 Drive down the cost of finance charges $926 Drive down the cost of payroll administration $683 Refinance notes to lower interest expense $463 Other recommendations (5) $767 Profit impact opportunity2 $6,232 $6k opportunity on a $34k profit baseline 18% profit improvement Notes: 1) Based on rolling 6 quarter history 2) To be realized over coming 6 quarters Case Study
  • 6. Stratus Prep Opportunities identified (% of net income) Grow through increased leverage 5% Invest in growth through social media 3% Drive sales improvements with sales training 3% Address unprofitable customer segments 2% Drive down the cost of payroll admin 1% Push out payables to drive cash availability 1% Other recommendations (4) 1% Profit impact opportunity1 16% “The platform that Adam is developing will be a quantum leap forward for thousands of small businesses, including my own...” 16% profit improvement -Shawn O’Connor President and Founder Notes: 1) Preliminary Case Study
  • 7. Adam Neary Vice President at AlixPartners Head of BI at Concentra Manager at A.T. Kearney CEO Francis Hwang Lead Engineer at Diversion Media Director of Technology at Rhizome Founder of Gotham Ruby CTO Conference and NYC.rb Chad Pugh UX & Visual Design at Hot Potato UX & Visual Design at Knowmore Illustration and UX at Vimeo User Experience Visual Design Our Team
  • 8. Our product roadmap allows for iteration and adaptation as we integrate customer feedback Customer discovery & alpha testing: Began 2010-Q1 (self-funded) Funding status: Customer validation & beta testing: Beginning 2010-Q3 (Seed-funded) • Self-funded Funding status: Customer creation: Beginning 2011-Q2 (Series A-funded) Customer milestones: • Seed-funded Company building: 2012-Q2 • State and test hypotheses Funding status: • Test alpha with group of 12 Customer milestones: • Series A funded • Develop and refine sales Customer milestones: Product milestones: roadmap and positioning Customer milestones: • “Cross the Chasm” to • Build out core functionality • Sell to 500 “earlyvangelist” • Manage formal launch mainstream customer base • Launch to live small business owners • Drive to 20k customers • Establish BI infrastructure Product milestones: and test-and-learn process Product milestones: Product milestones: • Deepen integrations with • Build out analytics library • Launch API program enabling technologies Management milestones: • Extend partnerships • Launch advanced analytics • Establish business plan Management milestones: • Establish organization and Management milestones: Management milestones: • Complete transition to initial governance • Hire first non-executive • Fill out management team process-oriented • Secure initial partnerships team members • Drive to $75M run rate rev. organization • Secure seed funding • Drive to $100k run rate rev. • Drive to cash positive • Build out functional depts • Secure Series A funding • Identify potential acquirer or proceed to public offering Our Roadmap