2. Our Inspiration…Our User “I CAN HAZ HOUSESITTING TOOL PLEASE” I travel a lot I prefer staying in apartments to staying in hotels I hate imposing on friends I randomly learn that a friend is out of town and I have the opportunity to housesit I randomly learn that someone I trust is in Boston when I’m not and can get them to catsit/housesit I am always begging for housesitters. There has to be a better way of getting this information in our world of interconnectedness. I want an application that lets me announce to my friends when I’m out of town and my apartment is vacant or when I need a housesitter. -Danah Boyd, apophenia 2010
3. Product Feature List Automatic feed of travel related status updates from social graph Filter friend’s trips by: Date Destination Source Instant notifications of available guests and hosts Visualization of data as: Map Calendar
8. Market Analysis Globally, the average per night cost at a hotel is $96 with an average stay of 3 nights for a total of $288 – this does not include taxes and amenities Forecasting Adoption: 25k users = $7 million in savings a year We have the opportunity to funnel over $7MM in yearly savings to local activities, products and services SAVINGS PROFITS http://www.hotels.com/press/hotel-price-index-2008.html
9. Monetization SAVING YOU MONEY MAKES US MONEY BOXES GIFTS FEE SERVICE LOCAL HYPER TARGETED ADVERTISING
10. THANK YOU! and remember…HOUSESITTING. NOT HOTELS. paulblair I need a spare key in Greece darbilal I need a spare key in New York City zsuzsivig I have a spare key in Hungary john berger I have a spare key in Brooklyn trace wax I have a spare key in Harlem peter eisenman I need a spare key in Los Angeles
