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October, 2007

real friends now.™

Business Plan

TM

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CONTACT INFORMATION

Mr. David Stackpole

Email: [email protected] Telephone: (434) 409.2125

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1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ...................................................................................... 4 1.1 MARKET............................................................................................................ 4

1.1.1 Target Segment ........................................................................................... 4 1.2 PROPOSED BUSINESS .................................................................................... 4 1.3 MANAGEMENT................................................................................................ 5

1.3.1 Mr. David Stackpole (CMO / Product Development) ................................ 5 1.3.2 Mr. Ozzy Bilgin (CEO/ CFO)..................................................................... 5

1.4 ADVISORY........................................................................................................ 5 1.4.1 Mr. Brian (Paco) Hope (Technology / Security.......................................... 5

1.5 FUNDING REQUIREMENTS........................................................................... 5 1.6 EXIT STRATEGY.............................................................................................. 5

2 MARKET .................................................................................................................. 6 2.1 OVERVIEW ....................................................................................................... 6 2.2 SEGMENTS ....................................................................................................... 6

2.2.1 Product Segment ......................................................................................... 6 2.2.2 Customer Segment ...................................................................................... 7

2.3 SURVEY RESULTS .......................................................................................... 7

3 COMPETITORS ...................................................................................................... 8 3.1 COMPETITOR ANALYSIS ............................................................................ 10 3.2 STRATEGIC POSITIONING .......................................................................... 10

4 OPERATIONS........................................................................................................ 11 4.1 EQUIPMENT ................................................................................................... 11 4.2 SMS COSTS ..................................................................................................... 11

5 HIRING SCHEDULE ............................................................................................ 12 5.1 STAFF............................................................................................................... 12

5.1.1 Customer Service ...................................................................................... 12 5.1.2 Business / Marketing................................................................................. 12

5.2 SALARIES ....................................................................................................... 12 5.2.1 Employee Payroll and Insurance .............................................................. 12

6 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ............................................................................... 13 6.1 ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE & BAD DEBT .................................................. 13 6.2 CAPITAL EQUIPMENT DEPRECIATION ................................................... 13 6.3 REVENUES...................................................................................................... 14 6.4 PROFITS........................................................................................................... 14

7 APPENDIX.............................................................................................................. 30 7.1 PRODUCT FEATURE EXAMPLES............................................................... 30 7.2 MARKET SHARE: US SOCIAL NETWORK SITES .................................... 35 7.3 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DOCKET ...................................................... 36

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1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

1.1 MARKET

As Madison Avenue continues to embrace internet advertising, ad-based revenues for social networks are projected to top 2.5 billion in the U.S. by 2011. The largest user demographic of these social network sites is between 18 and 30 years and their primary motivation is to reach friends.

1.1.1 Target Segment

Reach Rocket’s initial target segment, is the college student. Though the service reaches far beyond this segment, it is an ideal target for launch. Students want to connect with friends and spend an average of 6.5 hours per week on social network sites to check up on friends (85%), communicate with them (75%), and meet new friends (61%). Alloy Media and Marketing reports that the college market continues to expand, marking the largest college class in history with a record spending power of $182 billion. Overall, both mobile and social network markets show signs of maturity, but each will continue to define college lifestyles that aggressively adopt new technologies, demand mobility, and seek improved ways to manage relationships.

1.2 PROPOSED BUSINESS

Reach Rocket is not a social network as much as a social tool, designed to help users manage activities with immediate and proximate friendships. These types of relationships are reported to be most important for college students; hence, Reach Rocket exploits a service gap where social networks are not used, particularly during evenings and weekends when these relationships thrive. Specifically, Reach Rocket exploits the network “dead time” between online and mobile social connectivity, the time when friends are preparing to meet up and can use a tool to quickly plan, share, and join in on activities with each other. In this respect, Reach Rocket complements, rather than competes with social networks. The Reach Rocket model enjoys strong strategic advantages:

• It does not need critical mass. Pockets anywhere in the U.S. or world can use it.

• It is defensible through provisional and PCT international patent applications.

• It is defensible through high switch costs, requiring exponential defection for a similar method to optimally function. If friend A asks friends B,C,D to leave; B,C and D must ask all their friends who must in turn ask all their friends, etc.

• It is not limited to the target demographic but can be used by professionals, teens, and others, reaching over 130 million potential users in the U.S alone.

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1.3 MANAGEMENT

1.3.1 Mr. David Stackpole (CMO / Product Development)

Mr. Stackpole holds an MBA from Georgetown University, a BA in English from the College of William & Mary, and brings entrepreneurial experience to the venture. Mr. Stackpole was a co-founder of an IT company that trail-blazed regional markets in three Virginia cities for online promotions targeted to college students, reaching an estimated 22,000 users.

1.3.2 Mr. Ozzy Bilgin (CEO/ CFO)

Mr. Bilgin graduated with high distinction from Georgetown University’s MBA program and holds a BA in business economics from the University of California Santa Barbara. He has experience working in high-pressure environments as an investment banker, and formerly as co-founder of an auto dealership. In his investment banking role, Mr. Bilgin successfully spearheaded an initiative to cover emerging technologies in the renewable energy sector.

1.4 ADVISORY

1.4.1 Mr. Brian “Paco” Hope (Technology / Security)

Mr. Hope is a certified information systems security professional (CISSP). He holds a BS in computer science from the College of William & Mary and a Masters in Computer Science from the University of Virginia. Mr. Hope has a number of security-related publications and is writing his second book for O’Reilly and Associates. Mr. Hope’s role extends beyond advisory. He routinely provides setup, maintenance and implementation of server-side resources for the developers and team members.

1.5 FUNDING REQUIREMENTS

Reach Rocket, LLC is contributing $20,000 to build the prototype, secure the intellectual property, and do market research. It seeks an additional $600,000 seed capital for development, administration and promotion in ten markets over seven months.

1.6 EXIT STRATEGY

Reach Rocket intends to tailor the venture for acquisition in year three. Given the need for competing companies to find other mediums by which to advertise and garner market share, Reach Rocket, which uniquely answers these needs, expects to be well-positioned for such an exit.

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2 MARKET

2.1 OVERVIEW

The social network market to date shows signs of maturing as key players begin to look internationally for expansion. Of the top twenty sites, MySpace and Facebook comprise over 90% share of market. MySpace continues to be the heavyweight, with 81%. Facebook and Bebo a distant second at 10%. Bebo equally distances Facebook (1.18%) and is the only other player above 1% in the US market. A list of US market shares for the top twenty social network sites can be found in figure 8, p. 39 in the appendix. The competitor analysis section lists worldwide subscriber estimates for these firms. In addition to these, are sites that have integrated mobility into their presence or are entirely accessed via a mobile device.

2.2 SEGMENTS

The social networking market can be divided by user interest and by technology. Interest focuses on either friend, romantic, or professional. Technology is primarily internet-based, or primarily mobile-device based, providing customer segment crossover for each.

1. Web-based Networks: This is the larger segment, including most of the top twenty networks such as MySpace; Bebo, a media-sharing site; Blackplanet, an African American cultural resource; Xanga, an online resource for diaries and journals.

2. Mobile-Based Networks: This is the smaller segment, including

Dodgeball, Where2Match, Meet Moi and Parallel-Pro.

2.2.1 Product Segment

Unlike any other Social Network, Reach Rocket services a gap by using technology to facilitate face to face interaction among immediate friends, particularly at times when typical social networks are not being used..

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2.2.2 Customer Segment

The college market’s spending power combined with the importance it places on relationships are key factors in making this segment an initial target. The following needs of the college segment have been uncovered through independent research2:

a. Strong reliance on technology and data access

b. The desire to access new and existing relationships, friends being of key

importance and immediate friends being greatest among these

c. The desire for speed, discreetness, simplicity Reasons for targeting this segment include:

• Familiarity with marketing to the demographic

• High and insular concentration of college customers who lend themselves to grassroots promotions and viral marketing

• Cross-college connectivity allowing users to become “carriers” to other locations. This includes the ability to use the open source platform of Facebook, of which 90% of college students are using.

2.3 SURVEY RESULTS

We recently conducted a survey over five universities. Our key focus of the survey was to uncover new product preferences among the college segment. Key findings are listed below*

1. 93% of respondents + 9 belonged to a social network 2. Speed, brevity and discreetness were important communications feature benefits 3. Locating and communicating with friends is a priority 4. Average number of ads students would accept per week was 4 + 2.5 Secondary studies align with these confidence ranges. * All results assumed a 95% Confidence

2 Harris Interactive /Alloy Media 2006

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3 COMPETITORS

Below is a list of the six largest competitors in the social networking market. Additional mobile-based competitors follow these six.

1. MySpace Hollywood CA Total Users: 100 million Description MySpace is a social networking website offering an interactive, user-submitted network of friends, personal profiles, blogs, groups, photos, music and videos internationally. MySpace was bought by News Corporation for $580 million , but was arguably worth $20 billion, inducing scandal investigation. MySpace is under FOX Interactive Media. The company was founded in 2003 by Tom Anderson, an alumnus of UC Berkeley. Most recently in 2006, MySpace expanded into the UK in order to partly tap into the music scene. FOX also opened MySpace in China, in April. American mobile phone provider Helio released a series of mobile phones in early 2006 that can utilize a service known as “MySpace Mobile” to access and edit profiles, communicate with, and view other profiles. UIEvolution and MySpace have also developed a mobile version of MySpace for a wider range of carriers, including Cingular. MySpace Mobile partnered with Vodafone in February, 2007.

2. Facebook Palo Alto, CA Total Users: 27 million

Description Facebook is the social directory that enables people to connect with friends and share information. Launched in February 2004, as of 200-6, Facebook's site has registered over 8.3 million people and, according to ComScore, ranks as the seventh-most trafficked site in the US. Facebook is the number one photo-sharing site on the Internet, with 1.2 million photos uploaded daily and over 350 million photos on the site. The site serves over 2,300 colleges, 22,000 high schools and over 7,000 work networks. The company is privately held with 1.5% now owned by Microsoft.

3. Bebo San Francisco, CA Total Users: 24 million

Description Bebo.com is operated by the same persons behind BirthdayAlarm.com. Like BirthdayAlarm before it, Bebo is based upon satisfying a genuine need in a simple way. It specializes in connecting old friends who have lost contact and is structured as an LLC.

4. Black Planet Total Users: 10 million

Description Black Planet focuses on issues related to the African diaspora . The website was launched in late 1999 and has over 10 million members. Website revenue is generated by advertisements from many fortune 500 firms. BlackPlanet lets its members exchange notes and engage in real-time chats. Its executive Director is Omar Wasow, who was exclaimed by Newsweek in 1995 as “one of the 50 most influential people in cyberspace.”

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5. Xanga New York, NY Total Users: 9 million

Description Xanga began in 1998 as a forum for website and music reviews. It allows users to quickly and easily publish diaries, thoughts, build storefronts, and add website and product reviews using “xTools.” Several of these tools allow users to create a social networking profile, access personal videoblogs, weblogs, photoblogs, audioblogs, and recently, “pulse,” described as a “carefree mindblog.” Other features include customized skins and layouts for users to control the look of their Xanga sites. Xanga is largely supported though advertising.

6. Linked In Mountain View, CA Total Users: 10 million

Description Linked In allows users to manage professional contacts called “connections.” Non-users can also be invited to become a “connection.” Linked In reached positive cash flow in March 2006. The CEO is Dan Nye.

Mobile

7. Where2Match Seattle, WA Total Users: Unknown

Description Where2match is a mobile service that connects you with your nearby friend’s events and venues. The system uses Google maps to flag locations while listing special offers and nearby events, while allowing the user to access nearby friends via a mobile device.

8. Proxpro Total Users: Unknown Description As of 2005, Parallelpro advertised its technology to connect professionals via a mobile device. In 2006, Julian Bourne, the CEO appears to have become president of North America for Silver Business Accelerator, a marketing consulting group, splitting his time among both companies.

9. Dodgeball New York, NY. Total users: 20,000

Description Dodgeball was purchased by Google in 2005 and is available in 22 cities. The service allows registered phones to check in. Once checked in, friends within a fixed area are notified of the user’s proximity. Other features include the ability to inform you when someone registered as having a “crush” on you comes within 10 blocks of your proximity. Most recently the service included venue rankings by users, and a mutual friend finder. Dennis Crowley, the founder is an Alumnus of NYU’s ITP program, gave birth to the technology.

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3.1 COMPETITOR ANALYSIS

Incumbents include small independent entities and entities acquired by larger companies. Virtually all competitors appear to focus on increasing market share at present. Such goals suggest advancing via product R&D, marketing, and acquisition.

3.2 STRATEGIC POSITIONING

Advantage through cost management becomes less of an issue in this space due to market share goals and rudimentary value chains. Therefore, Reach Rocket seeks an unfair advantage through product and brand differentiation. For differentiation to be successful, key focus is on features analysis and marketing. Reach Rocket approaches a growth in the college-bound demographic and an increasing need for the target demographic to manage immediate and proximate relationships, during periods when social networks are not being used, such as evenings and weekends. Reach Rocket will advance in the market: 1. By fulfilling the customer’s untapped need for greater management over immediate friendships, the most important type of relationship to the college student and by using web and mobile technology, making the service an essential lifestyle component. 2. By positioning low-cost intellectual capital for continuous new product development, keeping pace, in terms of features and technology, with a fastidious user whose selectivity determines feature lifespan. 3. By establishing an agile “feel and response” mechanism, to gather rapid, reliable, data and initiate ongoing promotions using the tightly-knit campus population, for example, pre-selected groups of students who are paid to promote the service, and to provide feedback through surveys or focus-groups. The environment is ideal for grassroots promotions inexpensive advertising and cross-college viral marketing. 4. By associating the brand with college, friends, evenings and weekends; when online social network activity severely declines. 5. By using features to introduce the service in a low-cost, fun way that does not require critical mass and by providing features that do not directly compete, but are complementary to social networks. 6. By using present and future patents as entry barriers. 7. By allowing students to pick the types of advertising they would like to see, resulting in a more targeted customer and a service empathetic to students’ aversion to advertising.

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4 OPERATIONS

4.1 EQUIPMENT

Equipment includes computers, software, office equipment and supplies for staff. Office space is calculated at 64 square feet per employee at a rate of $12.5 per sq. ft.

4.2 SMS COSTS

Text messaging, or SMS charges, can account for 90% of total expenses and absorb 55% of revenues. As social networks become mobile, these charges are unavoidable. Reach Rocket’s immediate features and service do not require these charges, though they are likely in the future though planned mobile applications.

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5 HIRING SCHEDULE

5.1 STAFF

Staff is initially composed of three developers, one architect, one network administrator, one customer service representative, two business and marketing personnel, and one graphic designer. Total hires range from twelve persons at end of year one to twenty-six persons by end of year five.

5.1.1 Customer Service

Customer service sees the largest change in staff over the five represented years resulting from the increase in users and subsequent problems resulting from system and service complexity. Rate of service staffing is calculated from the projected number of users, customer servicing time and cost statistics taken from the Center for Service Benchmarking Programme.

5.1.2 Business / Marketing

Business and marketing personnel compose the only other significant changes, ranging from two in year one to four by year five. This is largely necessary to manage student representatives hired to promote the service at their schools.

5.2 SALARIES

Salaries have been determined by using averages provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics and Salary.com.

5.2.1 Employee Payroll and Insurance

Insurance has been calculated at $3 per hour per employee, as provided by the Employment Policy Foundation. Payroll assumes 13.85% of salaries following the following breakdown:

FICA:Medicare 1.4%

FICA: OASDI 6.2% FUTA: 6.2% Total ………. 13.85 %

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6 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

The financial statements are projections for five years by month. They are based on excel inputs designed to dynamically address and/or adjust the following elements in the financial projections for ongoing estimation:

• Revenues

• Costs

• Accounts receivables and cash variance

• Operating, financing and investing activities

• User adoption and use projections per month

• Hiring schedule

• Tax deferrals

6.1 ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE & BAD DEBT

A/R and collections assume 50% in the month of sale, then 30% and 10% in the months thereafter, allowing for 10% bad debt. The percents, which may be adjusted through the excel sheet, account for unknown variances resulting from advertising receipts.

6.2 CAPITAL EQUIPMENT DEPRECIATION

Depreciation has been calculated using MACRS for all purchased and leased assets. All assets aside from software assume six-year depreciation.

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6.3 REVENUES

Revenues are based on the user adoption rate of Facebook, a historical comparable used to measure Reach Rocket’s potential. Assumptions are listed below.

6.4 PROFITS

Profitability is forecast using the same user acquisition trend line extrapolated from that of Facebook (see appendix, figure 9, page 39). The financials assume:

1. 33% of Facebook’s page views (280 /user/mo.) with 4 impressions per page 2. 80% users active per month 3. Respective CPM and CTR revenues totally $0.35/user/month 4. 0 relevant business posts/user/month, yielding monthly revenues of $0.00/user 5. A user adoption line of best fit to that of Facebook

FINANCIALS SUMMARY

INCOME

STATEMENT YR 1 YR 2 YR 3 YR 4 YR 5

Revenues $2,523,579 $7,049,521 $18,534,541 $49,370,825 $130,654,922

Net Income $1,053,939 $1,888,657 $11,249,269 $31,413,309 $85,009,632

BALANCE SHEET

Total Assets $1,448,824 $3,337,481 $14,586,750 $46,000,060 $131,009,692

CASHFLOW

Cash Balance $666,817 $1,341,253 $9,374,198 $32,283,682 $94,800,712

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Inc

om

e S

tate

me

nt

Yea

rs b

y M

onth

YEAR ONE

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

TOTAL

REVENUE

$48,226

$96,452

$160,754

$174,335

$189,062

$205,034

$222,355

$241,140

$261,511

$283,603

$307,562

$333,544

$2,523,579

COSTS

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

Margin

$48,226

$96,452

$160,754

$174,335

$189,062

$205,034

$222,355

$241,140

$261,511

$283,603

$307,562

$333,544

$2,523,579

EXPENSES

Rent

$800

$800

$800

$800

$800

$800

$800

$800

$800

$800

$800

$800

$9,600

Salaries/Comm

$45,083

$45,083

$45,083

$48,083

$48,083

$48,083

$51,083

$51,083

$51,083

$54,083

$54,083

$54,083

$595,000

Marketing & Sales

$32,593

$32,593

$32,593

$32,593

$32,593

$32,593

$195,560

Utilities

$300

$300

$300

$300

$300

$300

$300

$300

$300

$300

$300

$300

$3,600

$0

Depreciation

$742

$742

$742

$823

$823

$823

$904

$904

$904

$984

$984

$984

$10,359

$0

Legal &

Accounting

$1,250

$1,250

$1,250

$1,250

$1,250

$1,250

$1,250

$1,250

$1,250

$1,250

$1,250

$1,250

$15,000

Payroll taxes

$6,244

$6,244

$6,244

$6,660

$6,660

$6,660

$7,075

$7,075

$7,075

$7,491

$7,491

$7,491

$82,408

$0

Maintenance

$100

$100

$100

$100

$100

$100

$100

$100

$100

$100

$100

$100

$1,200

Telephone

$240

$240

$240

$481

$481

$481

$721

$721

$721

$962

$962

$962

$7,212

Insurance

$2,261

$2,261

$2,261

$2,512

$2,512

$2,512

$2,763

$2,763

$2,763

$3,014

$3,014

$3,014

$31,651

Supplies

$450

$450

$450

$500

$500

$500

$550

$550

$550

$600

$600

$600

$6,300

$0

Service Training

$3,000

$0

$0

$3,000

$0

$0

$3,000

$0

$0

$3,000

$0

$0

$12,000

SMS / Billing

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

Misc. taxes and

fees

$150

$150

$150

$150

$150

$150

$150

$150

$150

$150

$150

$150

$1,800

Total Expenses

$93,214

$90,214

$90,214

$64,659

$61,659

$61,659

$68,696

$65,696

$98,290

$105,327

$102,327

$69,734

$971,690

EBIT

-$44,988

$6,238

$70,540

$109,676

$127,404

$143,375

$153,659

$175,443

$163,221

$178,276

$205,234

$263,810

$1,551,889

Interest

Taxes

$0

$0

$0

$18,406

$43,317

$48,748

$52,244

$59,651

$55,495

$60,614

$69,780

$89,696

$497,950

NET INCOME

-$44,988

$6,238

$70,540

$91,270

$84,086

$94,628

$101,415

$115,793

$107,726

$117,662

$135,455

$174,115

$1,053,939

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lan

ce S

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Yea

r 1

YEAR ONE

Start Mo. 1

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

ASSETS

CURRENT

Cash

352,985

$270,158

$219,268

$192,811

$182,089

$179,053

$201,933

$261,480

$336,672

$400,291

$465,624

$549,127

$666,817

Accounts Receivable

$0

$38,581

$96,452

$194,191

$292,506

$380,452

$453,022

$491,293

$532,798

$577,808

$626,621

$679,557

$736,966

Inventory

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

Total Current Assets

$352,985

$308,739

$315,720

$387,002

$474,595

$559,504

$654,955

$752,773

$869,469

$978,099

$1,092,245

$1,228,684

$1,403,783

NONCURRENT

$742

-$823

Gross PP&E

$41,900

$41,900

$41,900

$41,900

$46,400

$46,400

$46,400

$50,900

$50,900

$50,900

$55,400

$55,400

$55,400

Accum Depreciation

$0

-$742

-$1,485

-$2,227

-$3,050

-$3,873

-$4,696

-$5,600

-$6,503

-$7,407

-$8,391

-$9,375

-$10,359

Total Noncurrent

Assets

$41,900

$41,158

$40,415

$39,673

$43,350

$42,527

$41,704

$45,300

$44,397

$43,493

$47,009

$46,025

$45,041

TOTAL ASSETS

$394,885

$349,897

$356,135

$426,675

$517,945

$602,031

$696,659

$798,073

$913,866 $1,021,592

$1,139,254

$1,274,709

$1,448,824

LIABILITIES

CURRENT

Accounts Payable

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

Other Current Liabilities

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

Total Current Liabilities

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

NONCURRENT

Notes payable

Capital Leases

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

To. Noncurrent

Liabilites

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

TOTAL LIABILITIES

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

EQUITY

Contributed Capital

$394,885

$394,885

$394,885

$394,885

$394,885

$394,885

$394,885

$394,885

$394,885

$394,885

$394,885

$394,885

$394,885

Retained Earnings

$0

-$44,988

-$38,750

$31,790

$123,059

$207,146

$301,773

$403,188

$518,981

$626,707

$744,369

$879,824

$1,053,939

TOTAL EQUITY

$394,885

$349,897

$356,135

$426,675

$517,945

$602,031

$696,659

$798,073

$913,866 $1,021,592

$1,139,254

$1,274,709

$1,448,824

TOTAL L & E

$394,885

$349,897

$356,135

$426,675

$517,945

$602,031

$696,659

$798,073

$913,866 $1,021,592

$1,139,254

$1,274,709

$1,448,824

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5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

OPERATING ACTIVITIES

Net Income

(44,988)

6,238

70,540

91,270

84,086

94,628

101,415

115,793

107,726

117,662

135,455

174,115

Depreciation

742

742

742

823

823

823

904

904

904

984

984

984

Accounts Receivable

(38,581)

(57,871)

(97,739)

(98,315)

(87,946)

(72,571)

(38,271)

(41,504)

(45,010)

(48,813)

(52,937)

(57,409)

Inventories

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Accounts Payable

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

NET CASH FLOW: OA

(82,827)

(50,891)

(26,456)

(6,222)

(3,037)

22,880

64,047

75,192

63,619

69,833

83,502

117,690

INVESTING ACTIVITIES

Outflow to purchase equip.

41,900

-

-

4,500

-

-

4,500

-

-

4,500

-

-

NET CASH FLOW: IA

(41,900)

-

-

(4,500)

-

-

(4,500)

-

-

(4,500)

-

-

FINANCING ACTIVITIES

Contributed Capital

394,885

Outflow for principal on loan

Long-term loan

NET CASH FLOW: FA

394,885

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Net Increase in Cash

270,158

(50,891)

(26,456)

(10,722)

(3,037)

22,880

59,547

75,192

63,619

65,333

83,502

117,690

Beginning Cash

-

270,158

219,268

192,811

182,089

179,053

201,933

261,480

336,672

400,291

465,624

549,127

Ending Cash Balance

270,158

219,268

192,811

182,089

179,053

201,933

261,480

336,672

400,291

465,624

549,127

666,817

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TOTAL

REVENUE

$361,722

$392,280

$425,420

$461,359

$500,334

$542,602

$588,441

$638,152

$692,062

$750,527

$813,931

$882,692

$7,049,521

COSTS

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

Margin

$361,722

$392,280

$425,420

$461,359

$500,334

$542,602

$588,441

$638,152

$692,062

$750,527

$813,931

$882,692

$7,049,521

EXPENSES

Rent

$1,067

$1,067

$1,067

$1,067

$1,067

$1,067

$1,067

$1,067

$1,067

$1,067

$1,067

$1,067

$12,800

Salaries/Comm

$59,558

$164,558

$176,558

$200,558

$224,558

$248,558

$284,558

$317,558

$356,558

$404,558

$449,558

$497,558

$3,384,700

Marketing & Sales

$32,593

$32,593

$32,593

$32,593

$32,593

$32,593

$195,560

Utilities

$400

$400

$400

$400

$400

$400

$400

$400

$400

$400

$400

$400

$4,800

$0

Depreciation

$1,135

$1,135

$1,135

$1,330

$1,330

$1,322

$1,525

$1,525

$1,525

$1,719

$1,719

$1,719

$17,119

$0

Legal &

Accounting

$1,500

$1,500

$1,500

$1,500

$1,500

$1,500

$1,500

$1,500

$1,500

$1,500

$1,500

$1,500

$18,000

Payroll taxes

$8,249

$22,791

$24,453

$27,777

$31,101

$34,425

$39,411

$43,982

$49,383

$56,031

$62,264

$68,912

$468,781

$0

Maintenance

$100

$100

$100

$100

$100

$100

$100

$100

$100

$100

$100

$100

$1,200

Telephone

$1,202

$1,202

$1,202

$1,442

$1,442

$1,442

$1,683

$1,683

$1,683

$1,923

$1,923

$1,923

$18,751

Insurance

$3,266

$3,266

$3,266

$3,517

$3,517

$3,517

$3,768

$3,768

$3,768

$4,019

$4,019

$4,019

$43,709

Supplies

$650

$650

$650

$700

$700

$700

$750

$750

$750

$800

$800

$800

$8,700

$0

Service Training

$3,000

$0

$0

$3,000

$0

$0

$3,000

$0

$0

$3,000

$0

$0

$12,000

SMS / Billing

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

Misc. taxes and

fees

$150

$150

$150

$150

$150

$150

$150

$150

$150

$150

$150

$150

$1,800

Total Expenses

$112,870

$229,413

$243,075

$241,541

$265,865

$293,181

$337,912

$372,482

$449,477

$507,861

$556,094

$578,148

$4,187,920

EBIT

$248,852

$162,867

$182,345

$219,817

$234,469

$249,421

$250,529

$265,669

$242,585

$242,666

$257,838

$304,543

$2,861,601

Interest

Taxes

$84,610

$55,375

$61,997

$74,738

$79,719

$84,803

$85,180

$90,328

$82,479

$82,506

$87,665

$103,545

$972,944

NET INCOME

$164,242

$107,493

$120,348

$145,079

$154,749

$164,618

$165,349

$175,342

$160,106

$160,160

$170,173

$200,999

$1,888,657

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ASSETS

CURRENT

Cash

765,436

806,546

854,807

917,309

987,273

1,059,821

1,120,914

1,187,944

1,230,460

1,258,660

1,290,461

1,341,253

Accounts Receivable

$799,224

$866,742

$939,964 $1,019,371 $1,105,487 $1,198,878

$1,300,159

$1,409,995 $1,529,111

$1,658,289

$1,798,380

$1,950,306

Inventory

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

Total Current Assets

$1,564,661 $1,673,288 $1,794,771 $1,936,681 $2,092,760 $2,258,699

$2,421,073

$2,597,939 $2,759,570

$2,916,949

$3,088,841

$3,291,559

NONCURRENT

Gross PP&E

$59,900

$59,900

$59,900

$64,400

$64,400

$64,400

$68,900

$68,900

$68,900

$73,400

$73,400

$73,400

Accum Depreciation

-$11,495

-$12,630

-$13,765

-$15,095

-$16,425

-$17,747

-$19,271

-$20,796

-$22,320

-$24,040

-$25,759

-$27,478

Total Noncurrent

Assets

$48,405

$47,270

$46,135

$49,305

$47,975

$46,653

$49,629

$48,104

$46,580

$49,360

$47,641

$45,922

TOTAL ASSETS

$1,613,066 $1,720,559 $1,840,906 $1,985,986 $2,140,735 $2,305,353

$2,470,702

$2,646,044 $2,806,150

$2,966,309

$3,136,482

$3,337,481

LIABILITIES

CURRENT

Accounts Payable

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

Other Current Liabilities

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

Total Current Liabilities

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

NONCURRENT

Notes payable

Capital Leases

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

To. Noncurrent

Liabilites

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

TOTAL LIABILITIES

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

EQUITY

Contributed Capital

$394,885

$394,885

$394,885

$394,885

$394,885

$394,885

$394,885

$394,885

$394,885

$394,885

$394,885

$394,885

Retained Earnings

$1,218,181 $1,325,673 $1,446,021 $1,591,101 $1,745,850 $1,910,468

$2,075,817

$2,251,158 $2,411,265

$2,571,424

$2,741,597

$2,942,596

TOTAL EQUITY

$1,613,066 $1,720,559 $1,840,906 $1,985,986 $2,140,735 $2,305,353

$2,470,702

$2,646,044 $2,806,150

$2,966,309

$3,136,482

$3,337,481

TOTAL L & E

$1,613,066 $1,720,559 $1,840,906 $1,985,986 $2,140,735 $2,305,353

$2,470,702

$2,646,044 $2,806,150

$2,966,309

$3,136,482

$3,337,481

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7

8

9

10

11

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OPERATING ACTIVITIES

Net Income

164,242

107,493

120,348

145,079

154,749

164,618

165,349

175,342

160,106

160,160

170,173

200,999

Depreciation

1,135

1,135

1,135

1,330

1,330

1,322

1,525

1,525

1,525

1,719

1,719

1,719

Accounts Receivable

(62,258)

(67,518)

(73,222)

(79,408)

(86,116)

(93,391)

(101,280)

(109,837)

(119,115)

(129,178)

(140,091)

(151,926)

Inventories

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Accounts Payable

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

NET CASH FLOW: OA

103,119

41,110

48,261

67,002

69,963

72,548

65,593

67,030

42,515

32,700

31,801

50,792

INVESTING ACTIVITIES

Outflow to purchase equip.

4,500

-

-

4,500

-

-

4,500

-

-

4,500

-

-

NET CASH FLOW: IA

(4,500)

-

-

(4,500)

-

-

(4,500)

-

-

(4,500)

-

-

FINANCING ACTIVITIES

Contributed Capital

Outflow for principal on loan

Long-term loan

NET CASH FLOW: FA

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Net Increase in Cash

98,619

41,110

48,261

62,502

69,963

72,548

61,093

67,030

42,515

28,200

31,801

50,792

Beginning Cash

666,817

765,436

806,546

854,807

917,309

987,273

1,059,821

1,120,914

1,187,944

1,230,460

1,258,660

1,290,461

Ending Cash Balance

765,436

806,546

854,807

917,309

987,273

1,059,821

1,120,914

1,187,944

1,230,460

1,258,660

1,290,461

1,341,253

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TOTAL

REVENUE

$957,261 $1,038,130 $1,125,830 $1,220,940 $1,324,084 $1,435,941 $1,435,941 $1,688,804 $1,831,473 $1,986,195 $2,153,987

$2,335,955 $18,534,541

COSTS

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

Margin

$957,261 $1,038,130 $1,125,830 $1,220,940 $1,324,084 $1,435,941 $1,435,941 $1,688,804 $1,831,473 $1,986,195 $2,153,987

$2,335,955 $18,534,541

EXPENSES

Rent

$1,333

$1,333

$1,333

$1,333

$1,333

$1,333

$1,333

$1,333

$1,333

$1,333

$1,333

$1,333

$16,000

Salaries/Comm

$79,583

$79,583

$79,583

$79,583

$82,583

$82,583

$82,583

$82,583

$85,583

$85,583

$85,583

$85,583

$991,000

Marketing & Sales

$32,593

$32,593

$32,593

$32,593

$32,593

$32,593

$195,560

Utilities

$500

$500

$500

$500

$500

$500

$500

$500

$500

$500

$500

$500

$6,000

$0

Depreciation

$730

$730

$730

$893

$973

$973

$1,136

$1,136

$1,217

$1,380

$1,380

$1,380

$12,658

$0

Legal &

Accounting

$1,800

$1,800

$1,800

$1,800

$1,800

$1,800

$1,800

$1,800

$1,800

$1,800

$1,800

$1,800

$21,600

Payroll taxes

$11,022

$11,022

$11,022

$11,022

$11,438

$11,438

$11,438

$11,438

$11,853

$11,853

$11,853

$11,853

$137,254

$0

Maintenance

$100

$100

$100

$100

$100

$100

$100

$100

$100

$100

$100

$100

$1,200

Telephone

$2,164

$2,164

$2,164

$2,164

$2,404

$2,404

$2,404

$2,404

$2,644

$2,644

$2,644

$2,644

$28,848

Insurance

$4,522

$4,522

$4,522

$4,522

$4,773

$4,773

$4,773

$4,773

$5,024

$5,024

$5,024

$5,024

$57,274

Supplies

$900

$900

$900

$900

$950

$950

$950

$950

$1,000

$1,000

$1,000

$1,000

$11,400

$0

Service Training

$3,000

$0

$0

$0

$3,000

$0

$0

$0

$3,000

$0

$0

$0

$9,000

SMS / Billing

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

Misc. taxes and

fees

$200

$200

$200

$200

$200

$200

$200

$200

$200

$200

$200

$200

$2,400

Total Expenses

$138,448

$135,448

$135,448

$103,017

$110,055

$107,055

$107,217

$107,217

$146,848

$144,011

$144,011

$111,418

$1,490,193

EBIT

$818,813

$902,682

$990,383 $1,117,922 $1,214,029 $1,328,887 $1,328,724 $1,581,587 $1,684,625 $1,842,184 $2,009,976

$2,224,537 $17,044,348

Interest

Taxes

$278,397

$306,912

$336,730

$380,094

$412,770

$451,821

$451,766

$537,739

$572,772

$626,342

$683,392

$756,343

$5,795,078

NET INCOME

$540,417

$595,770

$653,652

$737,829

$801,259

$877,065

$876,958 $1,043,847 $1,111,852 $1,215,841 $1,326,584

$1,468,194 $11,249,269

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10

11

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ASSETS

CURRENT

Cash

1,708,639

2,126,460

2,587,068

3,115,646

3,685,482

4,316,371

5,023,482

5,729,271

6,542,023

7,436,795

8,306,681

9,374,198

Accounts Receivable

$2,115,066 $2,293,746 $2,487,520 $2,697,664 $2,925,561 $3,172,710 $3,343,693 $3,682,887

$3,978,705

$4,301,153

$4,759,232

$5,161,288

Inventory

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

Total Current Assets

$3,823,705 $4,420,206 $5,074,588 $5,813,310 $6,611,043 $7,489,081 $8,367,175 $9,412,159 $10,520,728 $11,737,949 $13,065,912 $14,535,486

NONCURRENT

Gross PP&E

$82,400

$82,400

$82,400

$82,400

$86,900

$86,900

$86,900

$86,900

$91,400

$91,400

$91,400

$91,400

Accum Depreciation

-$28,208

-$28,938

-$29,668

-$30,561

-$31,535

-$32,508

-$33,644

-$34,781

-$35,997

-$37,377

-$38,756

-$40,136

Total Noncurrent

Assets

$54,192

$53,462

$52,732

$51,839

$55,365

$54,392

$53,256

$52,119

$55,403

$54,023

$52,644

$51,264

TOTAL ASSETS

$3,877,897 $4,473,668 $5,127,320 $5,865,149 $6,666,408 $7,543,473 $8,420,431 $9,464,278 $10,576,130 $11,791,972 $13,118,556 $14,586,750

LIABILITIES

CURRENT

Accounts Payable

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

Other Current Liabilities

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

Total Current Liabilities

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

NONCURRENT

Notes payable

Capital Leases

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

To. Noncurrent

Liabilites

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

TOTAL LIABILITIES

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

EQUITY

Contributed Capital

$394,885

$394,885

$394,885

$394,885

$394,885

$394,885

$394,885

$394,885

$394,885

$394,885

$394,885

$394,885

Retained Earnings

$3,483,012 $4,078,782 $4,732,435 $5,470,264 $6,271,523 $7,148,588 $8,025,546 $9,069,393 $10,181,245 $11,397,087 $12,723,671 $14,191,865

TOTAL EQUITY

$3,877,897 $4,473,668 $5,127,320 $5,865,149 $6,666,408 $7,543,473 $8,420,431 $9,464,278 $10,576,130 $11,791,972 $13,118,556 $14,586,750

TOTAL L & E

$3,877,897 $4,473,668 $5,127,320 $5,865,149 $6,666,408 $7,543,473 $8,420,431 $9,464,278 $10,576,130 $11,791,972 $13,118,556 $14,586,750

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OPERATING ACTIVITIES

Net Income

540,417

595,770

653,652

737,829

801,259

877,065

876,958

1,043,847

1,111,852

1,215,841

1,326,584

1,468,194

Depreciation

730

730

730

893

973

973

1,136

1,136

1,217

1,380

1,380

1,380

Accounts Receivable

(164,761)

(178,679)

(193,774)

(210,144)

(227,897)

(247,149)

(170,983)

(339,194)

(295,818)

(322,448)

(458,078)

(402,057)

Inventories

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Accounts Payable

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

NET CASH FLOW: OA

376,386

417,821

460,608

528,578

574,336

630,889

707,111

705,789

817,251

894,773

869,885

1,067,517

INVESTING ACTIVITIES

Outflow to purchase equip.

9,000

-

-

-

4,500

-

-

-

4,500

-

-

-

NET CASH FLOW: IA

(9,000)

-

-

-

(4,500)

-

-

-

(4,500)

-

-

-

FINANCING ACTIVITIES

Contributed Capital

-

Outflow for principal on loan

Long-term loan

NET CASH FLOW: FA

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Net Increase in Cash

367,386

417,821

460,608

528,578

569,836

630,889

707,111

705,789

812,751

894,773

869,885

1,067,517

Beginning Cash

1,341,253

1,708,639

2,126,460

2,587,068

3,115,646

3,685,482

4,316,371

5,023,482

5,729,271

6,542,023

7,436,795

8,306,681

Ending Cash Balance

1,708,639

2,126,460

2,587,068

3,115,646

3,685,482

4,316,371

5,023,482

5,729,271

6,542,023

7,436,795

8,306,681

9,374,198

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REVENUE

$2,533,295 $2,747,306 $2,979,396 $3,231,094 $3,504,054 $3,800,074 $4,121,102 $4,469,250 $4,846,810 $5,256,265

$5,700,311

$6,181,869 $49,370,825

COSTS

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

Margin

$2,533,295 $2,747,306 $2,979,396 $3,231,094 $3,504,054 $3,800,074 $4,121,102 $4,469,250 $4,846,810 $5,256,265

$5,700,311

$6,181,869 $49,370,825

EXPENSES

Rent

$1,600

$1,600

$1,600

$1,600

$1,600

$1,600

$1,600

$1,600

$1,600

$1,600

$1,600

$1,600

$19,200

Salaries/Comm

$99,083

$99,083

$99,083

$99,083

$99,083

$102,083

$102,083

$102,083

$102,083

$102,083

$105,083

$105,083

$1,216,000

Marketing & Sales

$32,593

$32,593

$32,593

$32,593

$32,593

$32,593

$195,560

Utilities

$600

$600

$600

$600

$600

$600

$600

$600

$600

$600

$600

$600

$7,200

$0

Depreciation

$689

$689

$689

$764

$878

$959

$1,034

$1,034

$1,148

$1,224

$1,304

$1,304

$11,717

$0

Legal &

Accounting

$2,000

$2,000

$2,000

$2,000

$2,000

$2,000

$2,000

$2,000

$2,000

$2,000

$2,000

$2,000

$24,000

Payroll taxes

$13,723

$13,723

$13,723

$13,723

$13,723

$14,139

$14,139

$14,139

$14,139

$14,139

$14,554

$14,554

$168,416

$0

Maintenance

$150

$150

$150

$150

$150

$150

$150

$150

$150

$150

$150

$150

$1,800

Telephone

$2,885

$2,885

$2,885

$2,885

$2,885

$3,125

$3,125

$3,125

$3,125

$3,125

$3,366

$3,366

$36,781

Insurance

$5,526

$5,526

$5,526

$5,526

$5,526

$5,778

$5,778

$5,778

$5,778

$5,778

$6,029

$6,029

$68,578

Supplies

$1,100

$1,100

$1,100

$1,100

$1,100

$1,150

$1,150

$1,150

$1,150

$1,150

$1,200

$1,200

$13,650

$0

Service Training

$3,000

$0

$0

$0

$0

$3,000

$0

$0

$0

$0

$3,000

$0

$9,000

SMS / Billing

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

Misc. taxes and

fees

$250

$250

$250

$250

$250

$250

$250

$250

$250

$250

$250

$250

$3,000

Total Expenses

$163,200

$160,200

$160,200

$127,682

$127,796

$134,834

$131,909

$131,909

$164,616

$164,692

$171,729

$136,136

$1,774,902

EBIT

$2,370,095 $2,587,106 $2,819,197 $3,103,412 $3,376,258 $3,665,241 $3,989,193 $4,337,341 $4,682,193 $5,091,573

$5,528,581

$6,045,733 $47,595,923

Interest

Taxes

$805,832

$879,616

$958,527 $1,055,160 $1,147,928 $1,246,182 $1,356,326 $1,474,696 $1,591,946 $1,731,135

$1,879,718

$2,055,549 $16,182,614

NET INCOME

$1,564,263 $1,707,490 $1,860,670 $2,048,252 $2,228,331 $2,419,059 $2,632,868 $2,862,645 $3,090,248 $3,360,438

$3,648,864

$3,990,184 $31,413,309

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CURRENT

Cash

10,494,127

11,729,448

13,078,003

14,570,894

16,196,997

17,958,458

19,883,050

21,977,497

24,234,676

26,691,647

29,356,197

32,283,682

Accounts Receivable

$5,597,311

$6,070,168

$6,582,972

$7,139,097

$7,742,203

$8,396,259

$9,105,569

$9,874,802 $10,709,019 $11,613,709 $12,594,828 $13,658,831

Inventory

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

Total Current Assets

$16,091,438 $17,799,616 $19,660,975 $21,709,991 $23,939,200 $26,354,717 $28,988,619 $31,852,299 $34,943,695 $38,305,357 $41,951,025 $45,942,513

NONCURRENT

Gross PP&E

$100,400

$100,400

$100,400

$100,400

$100,400

$104,900

$104,900

$104,900

$104,900

$104,900

$109,400

$109,400

Accum Depreciation

-$40,825

-$41,514

-$42,202

-$42,967

-$43,845

-$44,804

-$45,838

-$46,872

-$48,021

-$49,244

-$50,549

-$51,853

Total Noncurrent

Assets

$59,575

$58,886

$58,198

$57,433

$56,555

$60,096

$59,062

$58,028

$56,879

$55,656

$58,851

$57,547

TOTAL ASSETS

$16,151,013 $17,858,503 $19,719,172 $21,767,424 $23,995,755 $26,414,814 $29,047,681 $31,910,327 $35,000,574 $38,361,012 $42,009,876 $46,000,060

LIABILITIES

CURRENT

Accounts Payable

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

Other Current Liabilities

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

Total Current Liabilities

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

NONCURRENT

Notes payable

Capital Leases

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

To. Noncurrent

Liabilites

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

TOTAL LIABILITIES

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

EQUITY

Contributed Capital

$394,885

$394,885

$394,885

$394,885

$394,885

$394,885

$394,885

$394,885

$394,885

$394,885

$394,885

$394,885

Retained Earnings

$15,756,128 $17,463,618 $19,324,287 $21,372,539 $23,600,870 $26,019,929 $28,652,796 $31,515,442 $34,605,689 $37,966,127 $41,614,991 $45,605,175

TOTAL EQUITY

$16,151,013 $17,858,503 $19,719,172 $21,767,424 $23,995,755 $26,414,814 $29,047,681 $31,910,327 $35,000,574 $38,361,012 $42,009,876 $46,000,060

TOTAL L & E

$16,151,013 $17,858,503 $19,719,172 $21,767,424 $23,995,755 $26,414,814 $29,047,681 $31,910,327 $35,000,574 $38,361,012 $42,009,876 $46,000,060

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OPERATING ACTIVITIES

Net Income

1,564,263

1,707,490

1,860,670

2,048,252

2,228,331

2,419,059

2,632,868

2,862,645

3,090,248

3,360,438

3,648,864

3,990,184

Depreciation

689

689

689

764

878

959

1,034

1,034

1,148

1,224

1,304

1,304

Accounts Receivable

(436,022)

(472,857)

(512,804)

(556,125)

(603,106)

(654,056)

(709,310)

(769,232)

(834,217)

(904,691)

(981,118)

(1,064,003)

Inventories

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Accounts Payable

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

NET CASH FLOW: OA

1,128,929

1,235,322

1,348,555

1,492,891

1,626,103

1,765,962

1,924,591

2,094,447

2,257,179

2,456,971

2,669,049

2,927,485

INVESTING ACTIVITIES

Outflow to purchase equip.

9,000

-

-

-

-

4,500

-

-

-

-

4,500

-

NET CASH FLOW: IA

(9,000)

-

-

-

-

(4,500)

-

-

-

-

(4,500)

-

FINANCING ACTIVITIES

Contributed Capital

-

Outflow for principal on loan

Long-term loan

NET CASH FLOW: FA

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Net Increase in Cash

1,119,929

1,235,322

1,348,555

1,492,891

1,626,103

1,761,462

1,924,591

2,094,447

2,257,179

2,456,971

2,664,549

2,927,485

Beginning Cash

9,374,198

10,494,127

11,729,448

13,078,003

14,570,894

16,196,997

17,958,458

19,883,050

21,977,497

24,234,676

26,691,647

29,356,197

Ending Cash Balance

10,494,127

11,729,448

13,078,003

14,570,894

16,196,997

17,958,458

19,883,050

21,977,497

24,234,676

26,691,647

29,356,197

32,283,682

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REVENUE

$6,704,109 $7,270,468 $7,884,672 $8,550,764 $9,273,127 $10,056,515 $10,906,083 $11,827,421 $12,826,594 $13,910,176 $15,085,299 $16,359,695 $130,654,922

COSTS

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

Margin

$6,704,109 $7,270,468 $7,884,672 $8,550,764 $9,273,127 $10,056,515 $10,906,083 $11,827,421 $12,826,594 $13,910,176 $15,085,299 $16,359,695 $130,654,922

EXPENSES

Rent

$1,733

$1,733

$1,733

$1,733

$1,733

$1,733

$1,733

$1,733

$1,733

$1,733

$1,733

$1,733

$20,800

Salaries/Comm

$107,583

$107,583

$107,583

$107,583

$107,583

$110,583

$110,583

$110,583

$110,583

$110,583

$110,583

$113,583

$1,315,000

Marketing & Sales

$32,593

$32,593

$32,593

$32,593

$32,593

$32,593

$195,560

Utilities

$650

$650

$650

$650

$650

$650

$650

$650

$650

$650

$650

$650

$7,800

$0

Depreciation

$282

$282

$282

$296

$296

$377

$391

$391

$391

$406

$406

$486

$4,289

$0

Legal &

Accounting

$2,000

$2,000

$2,000

$2,000

$2,000

$2,000

$2,000

$2,000

$2,000

$2,000

$2,000

$2,000

$24,000

Payroll taxes

$14,900

$14,900

$14,900

$14,900

$14,900

$15,316

$15,316

$15,316

$15,316

$15,316

$15,316

$15,731

$182,127

$0

Maintenance

$150

$150

$150

$150

$150

$150

$150

$150

$150

$150

$150

$150

$1,800

Telephone

$3,366

$2,164

$2,164

$2,164

$2,404

$2,404

$2,404

$2,404

$2,644

$2,644

$2,644

$2,644

$30,050

Insurance

$6,029

$3,517

$3,517

$3,517

$3,517

$3,768

$3,768

$3,768

$3,768

$3,768

$3,768

$4,019

$46,723

Supplies

$1,100

$1,200

$1,200

$1,200

$1,200

$1,250

$1,250

$1,250

$1,250

$1,250

$1,250

$1,300

$14,700

$0

Service Training

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$3,000

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$3,000

$6,000

SMS / Billing

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

Misc. taxes and

fees

$300

$300

$300

$300

$300

$300

$300

$300

$300

$300

$300

$300

$3,600

Total Expenses

$170,687

$167,073

$167,073

$134,494

$134,734

$141,531

$138,546

$138,546

$171,380

$171,394

$171,394

$145,598

$1,852,449

EBIT

$6,533,423 $7,103,395 $7,717,600 $8,416,270 $9,138,393

$9,914,983 $10,767,537 $11,688,875 $12,655,214 $13,738,782 $14,913,904 $16,214,097 $128,802,473

Interest

Taxes

$2,221,364 $2,415,154 $2,623,984 $2,861,532 $3,107,054

$3,371,094

$3,660,962

$3,974,218

$4,302,773

$4,671,186

$5,070,728

$5,512,793

$43,792,841

NET INCOME

$4,312,059 $4,688,241 $5,093,616 $5,554,738 $6,031,339

$6,543,889

$7,106,574

$7,714,658

$8,352,441

$9,067,596

$9,843,177 $10,701,304

$85,009,632

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ASSETS

CURRENT

Cash

35,442,134

37,728,468

42,322,683

46,699,408

51,134,984

55,943,856

61,173,703

66,853,056

72,520,891

79,672,047

86,919,198

94,800,712

Accounts Receivable

$14,812,720 $17,214,908 $17,714,591 $18,892,901 $20,488,961 $22,219,855 $24,096,973 $26,132,670

$28,817,668

$30,734,514

$33,330,945

$36,146,721

Inventory

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

Total Current Assets

$50,254,854 $54,943,377 $60,037,274 $65,592,309 $71,623,945 $78,163,711 $85,270,677 $92,985,726 $101,338,559 $110,406,561 $120,250,143 $130,947,434

NONCURRENT

Gross PP&E

$109,400

$109,400

$109,400

$109,400

$109,400

$113,900

$113,900

$113,900

$113,900

$113,900

$113,900

$118,400

Accum Depreciation

-$52,135

-$52,417

-$52,699

-$52,996

-$53,292

-$53,669

-$54,061

-$54,452

-$54,844

-$55,249

-$55,655

-$56,142

Total Noncurrent

Assets

$57,265

$56,983

$56,701

$56,404

$56,108

$60,231

$59,839

$59,448

$59,056

$58,651

$58,245

$62,258

TOTAL ASSETS

$50,312,118 $55,000,359 $60,093,975 $65,648,713 $71,680,053 $78,223,942 $85,330,516 $93,045,174 $101,397,615 $110,465,211 $120,308,388 $131,009,692

LIABILITIES

CURRENT

Accounts Payable

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

Other Current Liabilities

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

Total Current Liabilities

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

NONCURRENT

Notes payable

Capital Leases

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

To. Noncurrent

Liabilites

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

TOTAL LIABILITIES

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

$0

EQUITY

Contributed Capital

$394,885

$394,885

$394,885

$394,885

$394,885

$394,885

$394,885

$394,885

$394,885

$394,885

$394,885

$394,885

Retained Earnings

$49,917,233 $54,605,474 $59,699,090 $65,253,828 $71,285,168 $77,829,057 $84,935,631 $92,650,289 $101,002,730 $110,070,326 $119,913,503 $130,614,807

TOTAL EQUITY

$50,312,118 $55,000,359 $60,093,975 $65,648,713 $71,680,053 $78,223,942 $85,330,516 $93,045,174 $101,397,615 $110,465,211 $120,308,388 $131,009,692

TOTAL L & E

$50,312,118 $55,000,359 $60,093,975 $65,648,713 $71,680,053 $78,223,942 $85,330,516 $93,045,174 $101,397,615 $110,465,211 $120,308,388 $131,009,692

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2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

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OPERATING ACTIVITIES

Net Income

4,312,059

4,688,241

5,093,616

5,554,738

6,031,339

6,543,889

7,106,574

7,714,658

8,352,441

9,067,596

9,843,177

10,701,304

Depreciation

282

282

282

296

296

377

391

391

391

406

406

486

Accounts Receivable

(1,153,889)

(2,402,189)

(499,683)

(1,178,310)

(1,596,060)

(1,730,894)

(1,877,119)

(2,035,696)

(2,684,998)

(1,916,846)

(2,596,431)

(2,815,776)

Inventories

Accounts Payable

NET CASH FLOW: OA

3,158,452

2,286,334

4,594,215

4,376,725

4,435,576

4,813,372

5,229,847

5,679,353

5,667,835

7,151,156

7,247,151

7,886,014

INVESTING ACTIVITIES

Outflow to purchase equip.

-

-

-

-

-

4,500

-

-

-

-

-

4,500

NET CASH FLOW: IA

-

-

-

-

-

(4,500)

-

-

-

-

-

(4,500)

FINANCING ACTIVITIES

Contributed Capital

-

Outflow for principal on loan

Long-term loan

NET CASH FLOW: FA

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Net Increase in Cash

3,158,452

2,286,334

4,594,215

4,376,725

4,435,576

4,808,872

5,229,847

5,679,353

5,667,835

7,151,156

7,247,151

7,881,514

Beginning Cash

32,283,682

35,442,134

37,728,468

42,322,683

46,699,408

51,134,984

55,943,856

61,173,703

66,853,056

72,520,891

79,672,047

86,919,198

Ending Cash Balance

35,442,134

37,728,468

42,322,683

46,699,408

51,134,984

55,943,856

61,173,703

66,853,056

72,520,891

79,672,047

86,919,198

94,800,712

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7 APPENDIX

7.1 PRODUCT FEATURE EXAMPLES

Below is an example of toolbar icons and a sample of a data page, summoned by clicking on the “!” icon. All icons summon similar pages.

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Toolbar menu allows user to select a time to see the status of friends for that time, as relayed by the other icons.

! Icon shows the number of friends who will be doing an activity at the selected time. The

submenu shows the names of friends doing an activity at a selected time and if they have invited the user to join them

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After clicking on !, users are taken to the following page to see what friends are doing. The user can join friends who have invited them and then let those friends know when they’ll be arriving.

When the user accepts an invitation, she enters when she will leave to join the

inviter. The icon submenu alerts the inviter that the invitee is on her way.

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F2F boost allows users to locate an optimal place and time to go based on the number of friends and their social value to the user.

The ideas page allows users to make a plan and invite friends. The user can also propose an idea for selected friends to opt into.

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Scheduler allows users to select where they are going or input a location. A menu allows at-a-glance views of selected friend’s schedules. The system uses the information to ensure no conflicts exist when the user posts an activity.

2nd generation cell phone application

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7.2 MARKET SHARE: US SOCIAL NETWORK SITES

Figure 8 Top Sites 2007

Rank Name Domain Market Share

1 MySpace www.myspace.com 80.74%

2 Facebook www.facebook.com 10.32%

3 Bebo www.bebo.com 1.18%

4 BlackPlanet.com www.blackplanet.com 0.88%

5 Xanga www.xanga.com 0.87%

6 iMeem www.imeem.com 0.73%

7 Yahoo! 360 360.yahoo.com 0.72%

8 Classmates www.classmates.com 0.72%

9 hi5 www.hi5.com 0.69%

10 Tagged www.tagged.com 0.67%

11 LiveJournal www.livejournal.com 0.49%

12 Gaiaonline.com www.gaiaonline.com 0.48%

13 Friendster www.friendster.com 0.34%

14 Orkut www.orkut.com 0.26%

15 Live Spaces spaces.live.com 0.18%

16 HoverSpot www.hoverspot.com 0.18%

17 Buzznet www.buzznet.com 0.18%

18 Sconex www.sconex.com 0.14%

19 MiGente.com www.migente.com 0.11%

20 myYearbook www.myyearbook.com 0.11%

Note - data is based on custom category of 20 of the leading social networking websites ranked by market share of visits.

Source: Hitwise

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7.3 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY DOCKET