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A Crisis in Education
Nationally 25% of students fail to graduate high school on time
• In Oregon 32% of high school students will not graduate on time.
• In some Portland schools as many as 46% of students are not graduating on time.
• Many will never graduate
• This is a major problem in our community
“ Oregon’s high school graduation rate fourth worst in nation.” Betsy Hammond, The Oregonian Nov 28, 2012
High school dropouts
-- More likely to be unemployed
-- Earn less money
More likely to go to jail
Reasons
According to High school counselors
students do not keep track of:
• Attendance
• Grades
• Credits
They are not motivated or empowered
• Provides a single source for:• Attendance
• Grades
• Credits/GPA
• Schedules
• Contact lists for information & moral support
• Graduaide also…• Provides mobile alerts• Integrates with Student Information Systems for accuracy
Graduaide
Graduaide Demo
http://youtu.be/Prsz9oHFpx4
Market Size
7.4 million
students have smartphones
3.7 million are Android users
We will expand market later
We Beat The Competition
Grade Tracker Plus
Assignment Planner Pro
Grade Student Organizer
Top Competitors # of Users Credit Tracker? Calculated GPA?
Grade Student Organizer 5,000-10,000 people
Yes, they offer Credit Tracker
Yes, they have calculated GPA
Assignment Planner Pro 1,000-5,000 people
No, they don't offer Credit Tracker
No, they don't have calculated GPA
Grade Tracker Plus 1,000-5,000 people
Yes, they offer Credit Tracker
No, they don't have calculated GPA
Graduaide (working with SIS companies around the country)
1,000,0001-5,000,002
Yes, we offer Credit Tracker
Yes, we have calculated GPA
We take information from a student information system making our app easier and more accurate! Graduaide also has more features!
Graduaide
Business Model
We will work with School Information Systems (SIS) like local company Grade Tree, who provided us with consultation. SIS's sell to school districts to help them manage student information, can provide us with the information Graduaide needs, and are a great way to get our app into schools.
We will sell the app for .99 cents. In 5 years we will have a revenue of 5.9 million dollars and a profit of 3.6 million dollars. Revenue - $5.9 million
Cost - $2.3 million Profit - $3.6 million
Marketing Plan
Students will buy the app at theGoogle Play app store for $.99
We will work with SIS school district customers to reach We will work with SIS school district customers to reach teachers and guidance counselors so they recommend our teachers and guidance counselors so they recommend our app, advertise on Facebook, do a story in the Oregonian, app, advertise on Facebook, do a story in the Oregonian, and use the school mailing system to spread awareness.and use the school mailing system to spread awareness.
Next Steps..
• We'll finish our app programming • Improve visual appeal: Create a cool app design
that students like• Sell our app with School Information System
companies, to make it easy for parents and students to get information on phones.
• Advertise to spread awareness when the app is available in a school
• We’ll develop Apple and Blackberry apps to reach a larger audience
Graduaide will empower students, help them graduate, and imagine a bright future!
If you can imagine it, you can achieve it, If you can dream it, you can become it!
With Graduaide we can all imagine a bright future!
Our TeamOur Company is owned by:
Jolie BrownellTinbete Daniel
Megan Mattison Alexis Mattison
Colleen AnthonyFiona Wilcox
Advisory: Portland Public School District:Jocelyn Bigay, Donald Dixon, Amy Henry
Grade Tree: Ryan Nelson, founder of SIS Grade Tree.
Teachers and Mentors: Dedrie Beardsley, Eric Betts, Cyrene Domogalla, Julie Fleischer,
Nicole Newman, Shannon Schroeder, Jim WalterGraduaide & Co. is an organization located in Portland, Oregon.