• Demand for PhD graduates continues to grow and as it does so does revenue and taxation.

• PhD working in firms bring: new knowledge, working methods, personal networks and ability to solve complex problems.

• Having a stock of PhD graduates helps attract Foreign Direct Investment and drives indigenous Enterprise development/innovation

Forfas report - 2009

Unfortunately. . .

The process that evolved into PhD education has not changed significantly since the middle ages.

This results for much of the world in a 50 % completion rate with a mean of 5 years to graduation.

Keeps on top of interactive technology

Shortens time to graduation

Provides analytics the university does not have

85% completion in 3.5 years

Leadership & Government

Corporate Executives

Science & Innovation

PhDsIncome and Tax Revenue

Leadership Capacity

Industry in Suitable

Candidates

University Status

Losses due to 50%

completion Rate & 5yr mean

Business Opportunity 2014 - 2017

Market SizeGeography # Degree Granting

Institutions# PhD Students

Africa 650 0.3 m

India 573 1 m

China 340 1.25m

US, UK, Aus 720 1m

Ireland 21 8K

Revenue Opportunity

Significant growth market ~ 20% + yr

➔ Subscription €750 per student per year➔ Market size = €2.62 Billion

Growing to Scale# Students/Year

200 / 2014-5

1000 / 2014-6

6800 / 2017-8

4800 / 2016-7

Successes to Date

Geography

Channel

RegionalNeeds

Timeline

Africa Ireland India USA

Desperate need for both leadership and faculty

Desires to: create technological universities & improve candidate pool

Desperate need for both leadership and faculty

30% completion rate for online universities.

Pilot groups likely to start in the spring 2015 in the new tech universities.

Working groups of 10-30 students per university – growing to 100 in the spring

Universities subscriptions starting with pilot tests.

Targeting online universities and the US Veterans Administration

2014-5/ ongoing

2014-5/ ongoing

2016-8/ ongoing

2015-6/ ongoing

Currently working with University of Nairobi, Moi University and the Commission 4 University Education in Kenya

CIT interested in a pilot, proposal in for research as well

Route to Market

The TeamE. Alana James, Ed.DFounder - Managing Director

Margie MilenkiewiczPartner/Customer Service/Marketing

Jeevan SunkariTechnology/Process Development

Maria Sanchez Patino’ PhDManages Professors/Designer

Tom McCarthy, PhD.

Economics and Policy DevelopmentPreviously CEO of IMI/ Dean of Business DCU

Joanne Preston, PhD

In charge of new section on publishing

Bob Zenhausern, PhD

Statistics, Experimental Psychology

Robin Throne PhD

Qualitative ResearchInstructional Technology Expert

Recruiting Irish Professors

Toni Hull, EdD

Teaching Ambassador to US Dept of Education

Colette Solebo MD, PhD

Health Care in Sub Saharan Africa

Julius Williams EdD

Job Satisfaction in teaching atYouth Detention

Juliette Brown DM

Marketing and African American Vocal Artists

Author, International Expert on PhD Graduation. Responsible for sales, having built a successful sales business sold in 1995

Organizes streams of content across multiple types of media to build student pace and motivation. Previously ran voluteer organizations within the CO Dept of Education - USA

MBA in Business Management - Brought his last employment from near bankruptcy to 2nd in its franchise. Experienced in website development and deployment

Professora Emerita, linguist, bilingual author and course designer. Previously Director of faculty for Venezuelan university

The Professors/ Advisors Graduate Advisors

Q3 2014 Q4 2014 Q1 2015 Q2 2015 Q3 2015 Q4 2015 Q1 2016 Q2 2016 Q3 2016 Q4 2016 Q1 2017 Q2 2017

60 100 200 400 600 1000 1400 2000 2600

€75K

€450K

€300K

€225K

€150K

Total # student

subscriptions

Rates = €750 per student per yearMakes the assumption that every university supports 1000 PhD Students on average and that once their academic committees approve us we can process about 100 new subscriptions a month.

Break EvenPoint

4mAnnual

by Year 5

Funding Required for: • Evaluating new geographic markets• Securing university sales• partnerships and strategic alliances

Quarterly Revenue Forecasts