1. • Demand for PhD graduates continues to grow and as it does so does
revenue and taxation.
• PhD working in firms bring: new knowledge, working methods, personal
networks and ability to solve complex problems.
• Having a stock of PhD graduates helps attract Foreign Direct Investment
and drives indigenous Enterprise development/innovation
Forfas report - 2009
Unfortunately. . .
The process that evolved into PhD education has not changed
significantly since the middle ages.
This results for much of the world in a 50 % completion rate with a
mean of 5 years to graduation.
2. Keeps on top of interactive technology
Shortens time to graduation
Provides analytics the university does not have
85% completion in 3.5 years
Leadership &
Government
Corporate
Executives
Science &
Innovation
PhDs
Income and
Tax
Revenue
Leadership
Capacity
Industry in
Suitable
Candidates
University
Status
Losses
due to 50%
completion Rate
& 5yr mean
3. Business Opportunity 2014 - 2017
Market Size
Geography # Degree Granting
Institutions
# PhD Students
Africa 650 0.3 m
India 573 1 m
China 340 1.25m
US, UK, Aus 720 1m
Ireland 21 8K
Revenue Opportunity
Significant growth market
~ 20% + yr
➔ Subscription €750 per student per year
➔ Market size = €2.62 Billion
Growing to Scale
# Students/Year
200 /
2014-5
1000 /
2014-6
6800 /
2017-8
4800 /
2016-7
Successes
to Date
Geography
Channel
Regional
Needs
Timeline
Africa Ireland IndiaUSA
Desperate need
for both
leadership and
faculty
Desires to: create
technological
universities
& improve
candidate
pool
Desperate
need for both
leadership
and faculty
30% completion
rate for online
universities.
Pilot groups
likely to start in
the spring 2015
in the new tech
universities.
Working groups
of 10-30 students
per university –
growing to 100 in
the spring
Universities
subscriptions
starting with pilot
tests.
Targeting online
universities and
the US Veterans
Administration
2014-5/
ongoing
2014-5/
ongoing
2016-8/
ongoing
2015-6/
ongoing
Currently
working with
University of
Nairobi, Moi
University and
the Commission
4 University
Education in
Kenya
CIT interested
in a pilot,
proposal in for
research as
well
Route to Market
4. The Team
E. Alana James, Ed.D
Founder - Managing Director
Margie Milenkiewicz
Partner/Customer Service/Marketing
Jeevan Sunkari
Technology/Process Development
Maria Sanchez Patino’ PhD
Manages Professors/Designer
Tom McCarthy,
PhD.
Economics
and Policy
Development
Previously
CEO of IMI/
Dean of
Business DCU
Joanne
Preston, PhD
In charge of
new section
on publishing
Bob
Zenhausern,
PhD
Statistics,
Experimental
Psychology
Robin Throne
PhD
Qualitative
Research
Instructional
Technology
Expert
Recruiting
Irish
Professors
Toni Hull,
EdD
Teaching
Ambassador
to US Dept of
Education
Colette
Solebo MD,
PhD
Health Care
in Sub
Saharan
Africa
Julius
Williams EdD
Job
Satisfaction
in teaching at
Youth
Detention
Juliette
Brown DM
Marketing
and African
American
Vocal Artists
Author, International Expert on PhD Graduation. Responsible for sales, having built
a successful sales business sold in 1995
Organizes streams of content across multiple types of media to build student pace
and motivation. Previously ran voluteer organizations within the CO Dept of
Education - USA
MBA in Business Management - Brought his last employment from near bankruptcy
to 2nd in its franchise. Experienced in website development and deployment
Professora Emerita, linguist, bilingual author and course designer. Previously
Director of faculty for Venezuelan university
The Professors/ Advisors Graduate Advisors
5. Q3 2014 Q4 2014 Q1 2015 Q2 2015 Q3 2015 Q4 2015 Q1 2016 Q2 2016 Q3 2016 Q4 2016 Q1 2017 Q2 2017
60 100 200 400 600 1000 1400 2000 2600
€75K
€450K
€300K
€225K
€150K
Total #
student
subscriptions
Rates = €750 per student per year
Makes the assumption that every university supports
1000 PhD Students on average and that once their
academic committees approve us we can process
about 100 new subscriptions a month.
Break
Even
Point
4m
Annual
by
Year 5
Funding Required for:
• Evaluating new geographic markets
• Securing university sales
• partnerships and strategic alliances
Quarterly Revenue Forecasts