Unbound LearningHelping teachers inspire students by connecting them with the best content

Nicholas M. CummingsFounder Institute graduate, Winter 2012-2013

Problem:There’s a lot of content on the web for teachers butit’s hard to find exactly what they need and there’s a lot of noise

Solution:Let teachers pinpoint what they needthrough smart search and social sharing

Content, Just For You

Find What You Need

Teachers as a Market

45 out of 50 states are implementing the Common Core

Teachers on average work 20 hours outside the classroom

Individual teachers: $1.35 billion / year

Teacher Strategy

District Strategy

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Freemium paywall with games layer

User growth strategy (individual)

Teacher referral incentive (bypass paywall)

Planning tools to incentivize users

Purchase orders & purchase account

Use teacher cred to sell big accounts

Competitors

Learni.st

More Social

Less Steps

Built for teachers

Founding TeamNicholas M. Cummings

Andrew AbateSpecializes in ed tech implementationWorks at Cheshire High School in CT

Math teacher

Frustrated with education in generalFrustrated with education technology

Founder Institute graduate, Winter 2012

Advisors

Bryan Janeczko

Sean Flaherty

Founder Institute NYC Co-director

SVP, ITX Corporation

Other Team Members

Vietnhi PhuvanIT Security & Ruby Hacker

Irfan EbrahimProduct Manager

Dr. Greg SelittoAsst. Dean, Iona College

Catt SmallHTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, JQueryProduct Designer at NASDAQ OMX

Agile project management experience

Andre SmithRuby Hacker

Progress:

Founder Institute

Startup Weekend

Idea vetted by NYC area CEOs and angel investorsGarnered interest from three schools and two large organizations

Concept validated by commitment of the teamFeedback from teachers and people close to education industry

Development & Beta Launch

Design district & lesson planning tools

(Target: June-July 2013)

Met Andrew Abate & Vietnhi Phuvan

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