MapleA means to meaningful conversations

Prepared by:

computer science undergraduate at Southern Methodist University

Brandon McFarland  

It’s hard to have great conversations with People outside of your network

Problem

Maple is topic-based double opt-in messaging

Solution

DemoBob’s user story

Discover conversation

I want to talk about the Irving Penn exhibit currently @ the DMA

Conversation Rating:

Topic:

✓  ✗  

Upon signing in to Maple Bob sees “conversation cards” which contain the topic of a proposed conversation and a peer rating of the user proposing that conversation.

Bob can “accept” or “pass” on these conversation topics.

Propose Conversation

I want to talk about…

Submit

Along with discovering what other users want to talk about, Bob can choose to propose his own conversation topics.

The effectiveness of grassroots lobbying on policy change in the USA

Welcome conversation

After submitting his topic and having other users accept it, Bob can pick and choose who he wants to have a conversation with.

Manage Conversation

Search

The Irving Penn

The Effectiveness

Playing Violin

Fiji Water

Bob can view the topics of all of his conversations in the conversation manager.

Manage conversation

Jack Smith

Jane Doe

Bob Roberts

Search

By tapping a topic Bob can see who he’s talking to about that topic.

Make conversation

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By tapping a name Bob can message that user.

People don’t want to have a conversation about everything they post

A Maple conversation card is an explicit request for A conversation

What Incumbents Are Missing

Cheap

Competitive Landscape

Expensive

Personal

Professional

Maple

Business Model

Maple will operate on a freemium model, where a fraction of users will generate a majority of the revenue by purchasing

access to additional features

Seeking $5000 for a 10% stake in Maple

Fundraise