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Old Post Office StartupsRegional Investor Breakfast

January 15, 2014

8AM

Lindenwood Spellmann Center

What is OPO?

• OPO is a co-working center for digital Startups Located in the newly renovatedStartups. Located in the newly renovated “Old Post Office” building, the 10,000 square foot facility provides regional startups with affordable workspace and access to mentors, potential investors, programming, educational resources and a community of local entrepreneurs.

• A regional hub for early stage digital startups.• Opening Summer 2014

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Mission

• To promote and grow the regional digital t t it i th St Ch lstartup community in the St. Charles.

• We develop programs, establish partnerships and run projects that provide entrepreneurs with the tools they need to build successful, sustainable digitalbuild successful, sustainable digital businesses.

Year One Goals

• 50 Startups

• 200-300 Members

• $50K-100K Annual Startup Grants

• Venture Funds

• Daily Mentoring

• Weekly Events

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Floor Plan

• First FloorCo orking/E ents– Co-working/Events

– Conference Rooms– Training Room– OPO Café (Coffee,Smoothie,Tea)

• Ground Floor– Dedicated – Co-working– Studio

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Shared Membership

• 24/7 access to OPO

• Wireless high-speed internet

• Access to Conference rooms

• Printing and copying

• Access to receive mail and packages

Access to OPO workshops and programming• Access to OPO workshops and programming

• Ability to rent storage lockers $25/month

• $150/month

Reserved Membership

• Dedicated desk with power & ethernet• 24/7 access to OPO• 24/7 access to OPO• Wireless high-speed internet• Access to Conference rooms• Printing and copying• Access to receive mail and packages• Access to OPO workshops and programming• Access to OPO workshops and programming• Ability to rent storage lockers $25/month• $250/month

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Events

• The launching of a StartupStartup

• A founder’s story• Software company

CEO visits OPO• How startup week

changed my life• Host a workshop at

OPO• Developer Hack Night

Mentors

• Office Hours

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Partnerships

Sponsorships

• Founding Partners: $10,000+

• Postmaster General: $5,000-$10,000

• Postal Carrier: $1,000 - $5,000

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OPO Café “Concepts”

• Picasso’s Coffee, Smoothies, Tea

• Tocco’s Outdoor Wood-fired Pizza Oven (seasonal)

• Grandma’s cookies

Why Now?

The New Rules of Angel Investing BY ILAN MOCHARI

The capital required to launch a tech startup can be 10% of what it was p q p10 years ago.• Today's capital climate is a fertile one for angel investors--and the

entrepreneurs hoping to court them.• So says Ilya A. Strebulaev, an associate professor of finance at Stanford

Graduate School of Business.• "Thanks in part to the plunging cost of technology, angels have enjoyed a

growing competitive advantage in funding very early stage companies," he writes on the Stanford Graduate School of Business site.

• Specifically, a startup that would've needed $5 million to launch 10 years ago can often launch for $500 000 today thanks to open source softwareago can often launch for $500,000 today, thanks to open-source software and cloud computing, he adds. That means the time is right for entrepreneurs to court angels, who usually prefer smaller deals.

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Quilogy vs BoardPaq

$6 000 000

$7,000,000

$2,000,000

$3,000,000

$4,000,000

$5,000,000

$6,000,000

Quilogy

BoardPaq

$0

$1,000,000

$2,000,000

Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5

100 Block South Main IT Cluster

117 & 122 S. Main

112 S. Main

117 Jefferson

124 S. Main

136 S. Main 124 S. Main

124 S. Main

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Thank You

• Contact Info:Randy Schilling

RandyS@BoardPaq.com

636-219-9930

112 South Main

St Charles MO 63301St. Charles, MO 63301

www.OPOStartups.orgGoes Live March 1, 2014