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Always fulfill your travel bucket lists with your study abroad friends.

Andrés HurtadoXuan SongBibiana Bauer

Team

CEO, Co-Founder CMO, Co-Founder CTO/CFO, Co-Founder

Current Study Abroad Students

(long-term)

2Previous Study

Abroad Students (short-term)

3Previous Study

Abroad Students (long-term)

3Business

Professionals

3Young Travelers (18-30 yrs old)

8Program

Organizer

1

Interviews

3.7 million

Increasing by about 12% each year.

International student global population

Increased by over 150% over the past decade.

313,415U.S. study abroad students in 2014/15

29,177

Students from California studied abroad more than any other state

California study abroad students in 2013/2014

http://calabroad.orghttp://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20120926-the-statistics-of-studying-abroad

http://www.nafsa.org/Policy_and_Advocacy/Policy_Resources/Policy_Trends_and_Data/Trends_in_U_S__Study_Abroad/

SOM/SAM/TAM

Market Size

http://calabroad.org

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20120926-the-statistics-of-studying-abroad

Communication between groups can be difficult when traveling abroad due to lack of cellphone service, wireless internet, and language barriers.

Today

When everybody has different ideas of what to do in their travel group, some have to compromise to others’ plans, missing the opportunity to do the activities they want.

Today

Through research, we discovered ________ (Hurdles of today)

Group bonding can be challenging due to lack of communication in advance, different personalities, and different preferences.

Today

Adresses

Have Use

People

Problem

Short-term college study abroad

students

Difficulty finding other people in group who have similar interests

Molecule

Adresses

Have Use

People


students

Molecule

Problem


What if…

What if…

A location-based bucket list app will help short-term study abroad students who want to find dynamic group choices during their study by reducing the difficulties of making choices among student-organized groups, and helping students to meet with others who share similar travel wishes and wanted experiences.

Group Travel

Non-study abroad Study Abroad

Individual Travel

BAX

Competitors

Group Travel

Non-study abroad• Offline mode ✔

• Personalized itinerary/must see spots ✔

• Individual-focused ✗

Individual

• Group formation ✔

• Multiple user-information exchange ✔

• Chat reliant ✗

Study Abroad• Events creation ✔

• Single event at a time ✗

• Event group collaboration ✔

Competitors

Adresses

Have Use

People

Problem


students


Molecule

Solution Shared and

collaborative location-based

bucket lists

Our location-based bucket list app will help short-term study abroad students who want to find dynamic group choices during their study by reducing the difficulties of making choices among student-organized groups, and helping students to meet with others who share similar travel wishes and wanted experiences.

Our Value Proposition

Strengthen & build relationships

Explore large group’s interests

Share similar experiences with

smaller group

Value

Activities Partners

Young group travelers

Advertisements

Build relationships with other people within your group

Explore your group’s interests

Share local experiences

Web Servers

Engineering

Help students on-boarding our

service

Advertisements

Offer 24/7 customer services

Allow people to post ideas

Server hosting

Employee salaries

College Study Abroad Programs

Social Media

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Allow people to build up teams and build

their travel plan

Online discussion channels

Local businesses

Airbnb?

Short-Term study abroad

students

exchange students

College study abroad program

Local train & bus services

Mobile App Stores

Maps Services

Facebook partnership?

Send emails to program leaders

Event hosting

Customer service

Meet-up Events

Meet-up Events

School payment

Share & collaborate master list of plans with all students in

your group

BAX

Why Now

Solution - product Not sure about this slide???

Personal bucket lists of things to do and places to go for

each planned location

SOON

Ability to express interest in item(s) on other users list(s)

Direct message (private or group chat) for people

interested in same list item

In the Future



SOON EVENTUALLY


Master list of pre-scheduled places/activities already

organized by group leader

Location and interest-based advertisements/suggestions

from local businesses



In the Future



SOON EVENTUALLY LATER


Master list of pre-scheduled places/activities already

organized by group leader

Location and interest-based advertisements/suggestions

from local businesses

Social media integration to see places where friends have gone previously when in the

same location



In the Future

Thank you.