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U-SOPHIA MUSIC-CENTRIC COMMUNITY WHERE
MUSICIANS AND MUSIC LOVERS ENGAGE, INSPIRE AND SHARE
Prepared by Dan Shorer Chairman and CCO [email protected]
For a live demo, please contact: Dan Shorer Skype: danshorer
Problem or rather – opportunity!
• prohibitive for most Price &
Logistics
• Performers and audience don’t meet, bypassing the human element
Music streaming sites
• Costly shows, greedy ticket-agents = compromised standards. Limited exposure Musicians*
*Musicians – orchestras, ensembles, individual musicians, bands etc.
The Market Music streaming is a huge and expanding market that is not yet penetrated by social community networking
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
Users 970 1,220 1,400 1,590 1,790 1,960 2,130 2,290 2,440
0 500
1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500 3,000
In m
illio
ns
Social NetworkUsers
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
N. Subscribers 8,000 11,000 19,000 30,000 41,000
0 10,000 20,000 30,000 40,000 50,000
Subs
crib
ers
*1,0
00
N. Subscribers (*000)
2010$ 2011$ 2012$ 2013$ 2014$Revenue$ $330,000$ $462,000$ $753,060$ $1,167,243$ $1,622,468$
$0$$200,000$$400,000$$600,000$$800,000$
$1,000,000$$1,200,000$$1,400,000$$1,600,000$$1,800,000$
Revenu
e&*1000&
Revenue&
* Source: eMarketer; American Marketing Association
Market trends
• 3,200,000,000 people connected
Internet connection 40% connected
• 1,900,000,000 72% are active in Social networking
• $1,600,000,000 generated
Music subscriptions 41 Mn subscribers
• Musicians top all social media platforms
Video streaming prevails
* Source: eMarketer; American Marketing Association
Here is where we come in
Social media
Music industry
Intimate experiences
evoking emotions
Unique
U-Sophia experience
The team
Dr. Dan Shorer • Chairman & Chief Content Officer • Career: Director for screen and
stage; Lecturer; musician; poet; CEO and founder of the Profit People
• Education: PhD in Philosophy; MBA • Mission: To bridge over differences
with art
The team (Continued)
Nira Amit • CEO & CTO • Career: Software development manager (Cisco Systems); painter • Education: BA in Philosophy and Psychology • Mission: To guarantee the bridge we build, is sturdy
Advisor – Pauline Couture
¨ Pauline Couture has been a strategic advisor to many C-suite executives in publicly traded companies and universities, as well as to entrepreneurs and technology startups. She has also been a governance leader in civic society and cultural endeavours, as a director and a board chair. She is passionate about start-ups, particularly those which promise to enhance quality of life and support art and beauty in all their forms.
U-Sophia’s proposition
Engaged and highly rewarded partners
Inspiring and committed
team
Solid business model
generating high revenue
Defensible and win-win execution strategy
High future
valuation and ROI
* Source – IFPI www.ifpi.org/downloads/Digital-Music-Report-2015.pdf
Why U-Sophia
addresses all players’ needs
Low cost for users
Added Revenue for
partners
First mover advantage
U-Sophia, where content reigns
An online home for
musicians and music lovers
• Blogs • Posts • Forums
U-Sophia’s exclusive
productions:
• Artist at home – live conversations
• U-Sophia’s house party
• Celeb. Goes classical
Selected music events and festivals
• Cinematically narrated Live Stream & VOD of selected music events
Links to watch: Empowering music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LK0FgUDxcE Artist at home: http://tinyurl.com/artist-at-home Ravello Festival on U-Sophia: https://vimeo.com/channels/ravellofestival/70256992
The Product
Content Price $
Freemium one free Artists in slippers, one free standard event, free VOD package
Free
Pay per view Grants a one time viewing (Regular event)
7
Pay per view - special
Grants a one time viewing (special event)
15
Silver 5 events plus 50% on one special
19
Gold 10 events plus 50% on two special
29
Platinum 25 events plus 50% on one special
59
Premium One year all included 99
Choose
• Live or VOD • By date/category/type
By type:
• Director’s cut • House Party • Artist in slippers • Thematic series
Subscribe
• Pay per view • Silver/gold/platinum
package • Premium
Join • Click to join event
U-Sophia offers the easiest and most inspiring way to experience musical events on any device
HOW WE MAKE MONEY
Single Pay-Per-View,
or Multiple Entry Ticket
No time-related commitment
Single PPV$7-15,
Multiple Entry Ticket from
$19.00
Business model
• Content driven marketing efforts combined with those of our partners
Anonymous users are attracted to U-Sophia
• The base of our community – a consistent 25% conversion Anonymous to
Freemium • Consistent average 15% conversion rate • Freemium users’ churn – calculated at
30% Freemium to paying
• At 2,3 Mn paying users our revenue is $36Mn in year three. $36Mn
Competition
Feature/Benefit Medici.tv Spotify Berliner Youtube
U-Sophia
Social interactivity, Intimate conversations with musicians
None None None Chat with peers
Yes
Musicians’ Revenue sharing None Per Click None Per Click 30% of income
Profile-driven offering to partners
No partner program
No partner program
No Partner program
No partner program
Yes
Branded Auditorium No No Yes Possible Yes
Profile generated Personal creative space
No No No Yes Yes
Subscription $ 20/month 10/moth 20/month Freemium Event based ($5)
Video stream Live/VOD Only VOD
Live/VOD Mainly VOD Live/VOD
Exclusive productions No No Yes No Yes
Financials
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Total
Revenue 2,084,529 15,163,570 36,514,275 53,762,374
COGS 930,769 6,683,231 15,215,197 22,829,196
Gross profit 1,153,760 8,480,339 21,299,079 30,933,178
Operating costs 1,650,689 3,018,873 4,708,956 9,378,518 Profit/Loss (before tax) (496,929) 5,461,466 16,590,123 21,554,659
Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Registered users 262,000 2,827,429 6,417,429 Paying users 91,700 989,600 2,246,100
Users
Where we are now
September, 2011–to
date
• Launched U-Sophia, where minds meet online
• over 100 sessions of Artists at home
• over 30 Thematic series.
March 21st, 2013
• Live-streamed 19 concerts contemporaneously – over 11,000 viewers worldwide
June-September,
2013
• Hosted and live-streamed the Ravello Festival 2013 – total viewers over 30,000
October, 2013– to
date
• Introduced “Director’s Cut (reduced version)
• partnered with the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra, Concerto Copenhagen and Echi Lontani Cagliari, Italy
Ask: $ 750,000
85K 15K 50K 350K 180K 70K
U-Sophia needs $750K dollars that will be used to:
Redesign and test drive the
site
85K
Produce an MVP
15K
Team and
General
350K
2 stream-
kits
50K
Travel
70K
Events’ Direct costs
180K