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START UP SHOWCASE
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GOFULLSTEAM
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GOFULLSTEAM.CO
GOFULLSTEAM
January 12, 2015
GOFULLSTEAM.CO
THE PROBLEM
Business planning is broken.
GOFULLSTEAM.CO
THE PROBLEM
If we want to encourage a new
generation of small business
owners in Nova Scotia, we need to
evolve.
GOFULLSTEAM.CO
OUR MISSION
GoFullSteam is dedicated to
helping entrepreneurs go from
great idea to grand opening.
GOFULLSTEAM.CO
HOW IT WORKS
Write your pitch in 15 minutes
Prepare a dynamic two-page plan in an afternoon
Create financial
projections in 30 minutes
Connect with a credit union
instantly
GOFULLSTEAM.CO
GOFULLSTEAM.CO
GOFULLSTEAM.CO
GET MOVING.
4,200 new businesses annually.
It’s now or never.
GOFULLSTEAM.CO
Design the process around
entrepreneurs.
Put the best information at their fingertips.
Create more new businesses more
quickly.
BETTER BUSINESS PLANNING
GOFULLSTEAM.CO
CONTACT INFORMATION
Emily Richardson, CMA
902.981.8039
gofullsteam.co
ATHLETIGEN
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Athletigen
Sports Genetics
TM
• Nurture our Nature
• Redefine Fitness
• Accelerate Discovery
• Personalize Medicine
• Founded and based in Halifax
– Scientists, Developers, Entrepreneurs, Athletes, and Trainers
• Catalyst for advancing research
– Sports Doctors, Researchers, Elite Coaches and Athletes
Financing CommunicationsPersonnel
• We can do this here and now
• Shape the world of athletic training
• Everyone has an inner athlete
SWELL ADVANTAGE
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VENDEVE
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the customer
“Entrepreneurship is the new women’s
movement.”FORBES
ADVERTISING
IS COSTLY
DAILY DEAL
SITES SUCK
E-MARKETS
AREN’T
TARGETED
----- FORBES -----
“1 in 2 Businesses Fail in the First Year”
Swap Skills
w/ Other Users
Buy & Sell
Skills
buy, sell & swap
DIY
Options
diy solutions
LEARNING TOOLS
20%transaction
fee
20%SKILL SELLING
transaction
fee
SKILL SWAPPING
free
revenue model
12-WEEK
TRACTION
1800+SIGN-UPS
$21,000Worth of Skills
Swapped
$100,000Worth of Skills
Posted
Featured In:
5 Active
Cities
RETURN USERS
IN FIRST WEEK
ACTIVE
MONTHLY
MONTHLY
GROWTH
SIGNUP
CONVERSION15%
22%
28%
20%
TRANSACTION
COMPLETION21%
Justin Heisler,Lead Developer
Gab White,Front End Developer
Sandy Walsh,Tech Advisor
Vicki Saunders,Business Advisor
Katelyn Bourgoin, Founder & CEO
Trusted by clients like NSCC,
Target & Holiday Inn
Profiled in local, regional and
national publications
Launch36 and CYBF Highflier
Alumni
Calee Blanchard, Founder & COO
National Loran Scholar
Masters studies focused on
Social Justice and
Technology in Education
Led education committee to
foster tech in classrooms
YEAR 1 YEAR 2 YEAR 3
$269,000 $3,300,000 $15,000,000
market & projections
4.1 BADDRESSIBLE
MARKET
$
