Oplerno was invited by Sanoma to speak to their accelerator program about their way to achieve financing and launch a revolution.

2. WE ARE NOT SOLICITING FOR FUNDS RIGHT NOW
DISCLAIMER

3. My Begin
Today
Oplerno
Investors
Our Solution

4. WhoamI?
Daniël W. Crompton
● First sale age: 6
● Number of Companies: > 5
● Burn rate: 100k/y

5. MyLastStartup?

6. WhereOplernostarted Rob Skiff
● Vermont Commons School co-founder
● Pursuing Ed.D.
Dan Kirk
● Adjunct lecturer
● Student advisor
● University staff member
Daniël
● Autodidact
● Developer

7. WhatisOplerno?
Revolutionary!
Disruptive!
Transparent!
Pure Market

8. Online Learning Platform
Platform through which students can earn:
College Credit*
*accreditation pending
Whatisit?Really?

9. DifferentfromMOOCs Transfer of Course Credits
Much smaller classes
More Student - Faculty Interaction

10. Whatweare?Really!
Business Model
E-commerce
Two Sided Market
Faculty Generated Content

11. Thatmeansweneed...

12. Firstfunding:
● Rob
● Rob's family
● Savings
● Contracted, trusted team labor

13. For most funding you need a few things:
Traction
Good Team
Good Story
Value Prop
Reasonable Goal*
*) don't try to fund an ENTIRE project via crowd funding if the project is
very big
WhyamItellingyou?

14. 6monthsagowehad A Good Idea
A Good Team
Some Promises
A Goal
To an investor that really means:
Nothing!

15. FundingAngels?
come back when you
have traction
come back when you
have a community
come back when you
have content

16. Waitaminute...
Are they giving us feedback?
What does that mean we need?

17. Investorsaretellingus

18. Weneedaccreditation!
CATCH-22

19. Weareamovement!
COMMUNITY!!!

20. Gettingcommunity?
CROWD FUNDING!

21. CrowdFundingGoals
Getting the Crowd requires Goal!
Create a community!
● Recruit Faculty
● News coverage where it matters
● Get Known Amongst True Believers
● Earn Money

22. CrowdFunding-MVP
Products are being tested
Products are being sold

23. Result Our One True Metric: Faculty Recruitment
70+ Faculty

24. NextStepInvestment?
Do we still need investors?

25. Thanksforhavingme!
QUESTIONS?
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