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 Confusing price structure
 No transparency
User uploads a paper




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Proofread by another user


Admin quality review
 Proofread paper in < 24 hours
 Proprietary Application
 Encourages Comments
Total Users             Papers Proofread
2600
2400
2200
             Users Growing 44% W/W
2000
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           Papers Proofread 40% W/W
1600
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1000
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   4/22 4/29 5/6 5/13 5/20 5/27 5/28 6/3 6/10 6/17 6/24 7/1 7/8 7/15 7/22 7/29 8/5 8/12

                                                     We have paid users!
                                                   80% of Users are Students
31 Million Students in the U.S.



Writing 30 papers per year


930 Million papers need proofreading each year
Team
           Travis Biziorek

           • Financial analyst (Charles Schwab)
           • Currency trader (Allston Trading)
           • Professional poker (Self)

           Jim Nguyen

           • Developer at Beau-Coup (beau-coup.com)
           • Lead developer at VSIRC (vsirc.com)
           • IT at LiveNote (sold to Thomson-Reuters)
Advisors
           Rob Angarita
           Co-founder Cramster (Sold to Chegg)
           “I have gotten to know Travis over a few months now. He is
           an entrepreneur you want to join, back or advise. Kibin is an
           overdue solution to a big activity all students face. Travis and
           Jim are going to figure out how to nail it.”
 Raising $400k to build out team
 Doubling down on Fall student acquisition
 Proofreading API for crowd content creators
angel.co/kibin
travis@kibin.com
    @Kibininc

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Kibin

  • 1. Proofreading is Broken. We just Solved it.
  • 2.
  • 3.
  • 4.  Cheesy stock photos  Confusing price structure  No transparency
  • 5.
  • 6. User uploads a paper Purchase or earn credits Proofread by another user Admin quality review
  • 7.  Proofread paper in < 24 hours
  • 8.  Proprietary Application  Encourages Comments
  • 9. Total Users Papers Proofread 2600 2400 2200 Users Growing 44% W/W 2000 1800 Papers Proofread 40% W/W 1600 1400 1200 1000 800 600 400 200 0 4/22 4/29 5/6 5/13 5/20 5/27 5/28 6/3 6/10 6/17 6/24 7/1 7/8 7/15 7/22 7/29 8/5 8/12 We have paid users! 80% of Users are Students
  • 10. 31 Million Students in the U.S. Writing 30 papers per year 930 Million papers need proofreading each year
  • 11. Team Travis Biziorek • Financial analyst (Charles Schwab) • Currency trader (Allston Trading) • Professional poker (Self) Jim Nguyen • Developer at Beau-Coup (beau-coup.com) • Lead developer at VSIRC (vsirc.com) • IT at LiveNote (sold to Thomson-Reuters) Advisors Rob Angarita Co-founder Cramster (Sold to Chegg) “I have gotten to know Travis over a few months now. He is an entrepreneur you want to join, back or advise. Kibin is an overdue solution to a big activity all students face. Travis and Jim are going to figure out how to nail it.”
  • 12.  Raising $400k to build out team  Doubling down on Fall student acquisition  Proofreading API for crowd content creators