knowledge maps - french tech ticket

Knowledge MapsCurate key ideas and their resources to solve a problem

Click for Demo - http://demo.knowledgemaps.org

Online learning these days

Multiple searches on google+

Browse 100s of articles/videos=

Inefficient learning (poor retention + waste of precious time)

An Increasing Deluge of Information

2.75 million blogs are published everyday

As a result of information overload,

retention of key learnings from a resource is next to zero.

“Information overload causing short-term retention” - Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden (source)

“I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced 1 kick 10,000 times.”

- Bruce Lee

Our insights on the problem

Millions are searching for useful resources on the same problem.

Curation needs to be around the problem being solved.

Retention of key learnings needs revision.

Knowledge Maps

Community curated information links along with highlights

Organize links by the problem they solve.

Remember key learnings from each link.

How it works?

Best resources seeded by the

community NotesActionable insights on

each resource

RevisionMaster the problem & retain key

points

ImproveDiscover new resources & links. Add to

the map.

Click here to see the map

Community seeded resources

CurriculumBest resources seeded by the community

Highlights and Notes

NotesActionable insights on each link

Retain Key Takeaways

RevisionMaster the problem & retain key insights

Improve - Refine the map

ImproveDiscover new

resources; add them to map

Mind Maps How problems are connected with each other

People benefitting from Knowledge MapsFrequent googlers - online learners (entrepreneurs, programmers)

Communities (Startup Chile, CSE PEC)

Researchers - phD students(IISER India)

Teams(Teliportme)

The best place to learn anything online

Knowledge Maps Vision

Over 22,000 people benefitting from the technology

5 communities have moved to Knowledge Maps

Traction

47 : 53 ratio of returning to new users8:30 minutes - average time spent by a registered user38% bounce rate - better than market average of 50%

12000 maps created by the users

Embedding - bloggers embedding maps in their blogs

Market Opportunity

400 million people use google for online learning

35 million people enrolled in MOOCs

20% p.a. growth

Online learning to become most widely used medium of knowledge dissipation in next 5 years

Targeted advertisements on map page (Twitter / Quora model)

Revenue

250 users paying for team collaboration - $1 per user per month

Teams - team collaboration (Slideshare model; tested and generating revenue)

6 months Product and Marketing Roadmap

Better community integration

Revision algorithm

Focus on exponential growth

Partnership with MOOCs

Plan for first 3 months in France

French TicketEntrepreneurs to share

knowledge on the platform

French incubators to form communities on the platform

French colleges and schools to do online learning using

the platform

Startup42 community is already live - http://startup42.knowledgemaps.org

Tested need for a product like Knowledge Maps

Startup Chile - Laying Foundation

Refined niche to target initially

Establishing which Marketing Channels will work

Establishing growth in Start-up Chile Community

Access to fastest growing entrepreneurial community

French Tech Ticket - Setting up for Growth

Partnerships with companies like Afterclasse, Digischool

Stepping stone into Europe - bigger market than LatAm

Funding and intensive mentoring

How we’ll use funding?

Hire a machine learning programmer; faster product development

Towards the outreach of the product; Marketing

Monetary compensation of our current team members

Why this team?

Rajshree Bothra,General Manager Whirlpool;

Marketing, KMaps

Pavneet Tiwana,Founded 2 startups, exited 1;

Product, KMaps

Arjun TuliFounded 2 startups;

Technology, KMaps

Abhishek GargFounded 1 startup,

mentored 14; Designer KMaps

Self brand ambassadors of the product (learnt everything online)

Fast execution & Skillsets (Mind map, Communities, Link Jar, Retention)

Vision to make online learning fast, organized and efficient

User Reviews

CS50 communit

y

Startup42 Alumni

PEC College community

Individual learner