TWiST Paris Meetup #214

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Dec132011

Tuesday, December 13, 2011 at 02:19PM

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Jason and Tyler traveled to the City of Lights for this special TWiST Paris Meetup! Organizer Kirsten Winkler brought three great companies to us--two working in the photo sharing and accessibility space and one focusing on adaptive learning test prep. So which pitch reigned supreme? Watch and find out!

0:00-1:45 Organizer Kirsten Winkler welcomes everyone to the TWiST Paris meetup.
1:45-2:45 Patrick from Le Camping explains what their incubator program does.
2:45-4:30 First pitch: Jerome Derozard pitches Lifeshow.com, a program that allows users to publish their photos to TV and tablets.
4:30-6:45 Jason: This was almost a perfect pitch. You defined a problem, you made it personal. I give the presentation a 9 and the business model an 8.
6:45-7:45 Tyler gives the pitch a 9.
7:45-9:00 Tyler: I was interested to hear more of the business aspect of it.
9:00-10:15 How are you going to monetize this?
10:15-11:15 Tyler: How much would you pay for this service?
11:15-16:00 Thank you to Walker Corporate Law for sponsoring the program. Everyone be sure to thank them @ScottEdWalker!
16:15-17:30 Next pitch: Richard Fielding presents PrepMyFuture, an adaptive test preparation learning system for GMAT testing.
17:30-18:30 Tyler: What does this cost?
18:30-18:45 Tyler, what was the one thing that you took away from his pitch? What was the killer feature?
18:45-20:15 Jason gives the pitch an 8.
20:15-21:30 What’s the most important feature of this business?
21:30-23:15 Jason: I give the business model an 8 or 8.5. You need to know your audience, so what are the future trends?
23:15-25:15 Tyler: I give the pitch an 8, you could have made it more personal and emotional.
25:15-25:45 If this is going to be social and mobile, you should have told us that. Give your audience a roadmap.
25:45-27:00 Kirsten: Do you think the adaptive learning is most likely to be successful for standardized tests or could you extend into other areas?
27:00-28:00 Kirsten gives the pitch a 7.5/8 and the business an 8.5/9.
28:00-29:30 Next pitch: Guillaume Martin pitches Pictarine, a service that integrates different photo services into one shareable, downloadable slideshow.
29:30-30:45 You’re tackling an extremely popular vertical, photos.
30:45-32:00 How many people use more than 4 photo-sharing services?
32:00-34:00 Jason: I felt like the pitch was focused on one problem that I don’t think is too important. I also don’t think the premium model will work.
34:00-35:15 Tyler: What is the one thing you want me to remember from this pitch?
35:15-38:45 Tyler: I give the pitch a 6.5. I give the business a 7.
38:45-41:00 Jason: What is you created an app that, when I logged in, pulled down all of my friend’s photos and automatically organized them into an iPad app?
41:00-41:45 It’s always the third or fourth year that’s magical, so promise us that you’ll keep iterating and get to year four.
41:45-43:00 Kirsten: From the perspective of the organizer of this meetup, I can see the value in organizing photos. I have questions about the business model.
43:00-44:15 Jason: A dollar in the app store is the same as free. How many people here will download a $0.99 app without thinking about it?
44:15-44:30 Nice work, let’s hear it for all three companies.
44:30-49:00 Thank you to GoToMeeting for sponsoring the show! Everyone remember to thank them @GoToMeeting!
49:00-49:30 We have a few of our previous pitching companies here with us tonight to tell us what’s new with them.
49:30-50:30 Romain David from Balloon (http://balloonup.com) shares the latest from the mobile event-organization company.
50:30-52:15 What is the feature that people find the most valuable?
52:15-55:30 If I’m the president of the company, I can see a report about what people thought of the new training program?
55:30-57:30 Jason and Tyler vote on a winner of the meetup.
57:30-59:45 Tyler votes for PrepMyFuture. Jason votes for PrepMyFuture as well. Congratulations to the winner, they will receive a table at the LAUNCH Conference in San Francisco.
59:45-1:00:30 Thank you, Tyler. And thank you to Kirsten for all her hard work and to the companies that pitched. Thank you to Le Camping for hosting us.

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