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Knoda Press Kit that explains who we are and what we do. Make predictions on anything from the Super Bowl winner, to Bieber's next arrest date, to your friends dating success.TRANSCRIPT
WHAT IS KNODA?
Are you always right when you make a prediction about your favorite sports team, your friends dating failure or the next celebrity to end up in rehab? Prove it and earn your bragging rights on Knoda.
Knoda is a social prediction platform where users can predict anything, vote on others’ predictions and talk trash. The results are crowdsourced. A BS button allows the community to easily correct any wrong outcomes.
Available on iPhone and web with Android coming soon.
CASE STUDY
Knoda user JohnnyOptimist accurately predicted the winner of the $1.5 million #esuranceSave30 contest.
JohnnyOptimist posted his prediction on Knoda a full 36 hours BEFORE the winner was announced live on the Jimmy Kimmel show.
Esurance had over 2 million entrants making the odds of getting this prediction right: 2,000,000 - 1.
He was able to decipher the winner based on a careful analysis of the Esurance Twitter account.
JohnnyOptimist was the only person on the planet who was able to predict this. And thanks to Knoda, he has proof. Two articles on the amazing prediction can be found here and here.
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ORIGIN STORY
In 1999, Kyle Rogers (Co-Founder) watched his beloved Kansas Jayhawks, with their stud Freshman class of Drew Gooden, Nick Collison and Kirk Hinrich, destroy an opponent in their first game.
He boldly told his Mom, “Mom, when these guys are seniors in 2003, they are winning the National Championship!”
Flash forward 4 years. Kansas is playing Syracuse for the Title. Kyle tells his Mom, “Remember when I predicted this?”
Kyle’s Mom responds, “What are you talking about? No you didn’t.”
And the idea for Knoda was born. All because his Mom didn’t remember his prediction? Yeah, kind’ve.
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We are working to create an addictive experience, much like Crystal Meth, but without, well, you know, all the bad of Meth.
Knoda is all about earning bragging rights. It’s about being able to say “I Told You So” without sounding like a douche.
Knoda is a social experience built on competition and ego. This is the chance to hold friends accountable for their terrible picks.
Our mission at Knoda is to be the official record book for all predictions. Have a prediction? Put it in writing forever on Knoda.
WHY KNODA?
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A LIL’ HISTORY
What have we done?
- 2nd place at KC Startup Weekend- SparkLab KC Accelerator (Summer ‘13)- Grant from Digital Sandbox program- Raised Seed Round (Nov. 2013)- Released iPhone (Dec. 2013)- Released Web (Jan. 2014)
What’s next?
- Android release (March 2014)- Private Groups (April 2014)
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THE BORING BUT NECESSARY STUFF
Knoda (pronounced node-uh)
Knoda for iPhoneknoda.com
Twitter @KNODAfutureFacebook.com/KNODAfutureYouTube.com/KNODAfuture
SparkLab Demo Day Pitch VideoSilicon Prairie NewsKansas City Business JournalKSHB Video
Hey look, there’s Kyle (left) and James, the 2 obnoxiously mediocre-looking co-founders.
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