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SokoSquare matches people who want to barter personal & creative services

SokoSquare.com matches people who want to barter personal & creative services. leverage existing social networks to create a trusted barter community. complementary wants & needs. why barter?. “Barter accounts for 30% of the world’s total business.” Monocle Magazine Dec 2009/Jan 2010.

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SokoSquare matches people who want to barter personal & creative services

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  1. SokoSquare.com matches people who want to barter personal & creative services

  2. leverage existing social networks to create a trusted barter community

  3. complementary wants & needs

  4. why barter?

  5. “Barter accounts for 30% of the world’s total business.” Monocle Magazine Dec 2009/Jan 2010

  6. “Barter postings doubled by over 100% between 2008 and 2009.” Craigslist Blog

  7. young people, artists, creatives

  8. independent workers/freelancers

  9. 42 million independent workers in the US Freelancers Union

  10. well-educated but unemployed or underemployed

  11. high cultural capital but low on $

  12. save money community engagement it’s fun

  13. problems

  14. our SokoSolution

  15. competitive landscape

  16. many existing barter sites

  17. sales & marketing

  18. we must build a critical mass of users

  19. digital/social media offline/events pop-up stores

  20. management team

  21. Tisch ITP Lee-Sean HuangCatherine WhiteElizabeth Fuller Stern MBA Mayukh Mukherjee Livia Cymrot Peter Leonard

  22. Lee-Sean Huang - Creator/Strategy interaction design, digital content, online community building Human Rights Watch, Avaaz.org, Creative Commons, Purpose Campaigns BA Government, Harvard

  23. Catherine White - Project Manager Former corporate lawyer Summer research assistant at Harvard Berkman Center for Internet & Society MS Chemistry, UCL, LLM. Cardozo

  24. Elizabeth Fuller - Technology/Design Interactive content design for major entertainment networks BA Communications/CS, UCLA

  25. Mayukh Mukherjee - Finance/Technology 5+ years of tech experience in financial services industry

  26. Livia Cymrot - Marketing 8+ years international marketing experience Marketing Manager at Estee Lauder

  27. Peter Leonard - Operations/Technology 10+ years experience in software development early stage startups and Fortune 100 companies

  28. financials

  29. 2 Revenue Models flat subscription - everyone pays or “freemium”

  30. 2010 Projections Required Capital ~$160K Estimated Users ~30K

  31. 2011 Projections Profit ~$68K Estimated Users ~110K

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