voices.com canadian venture forum
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Voices.com, selected by the Canadian Venture Forum as one of sixty of the nations brightest and best, carefully screened quality investment opportunities will present their case for investment at the forum next week.TRANSCRIPT
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Voices.com
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David CiccarelliChief Executive Officer
Canadian Venture Forum
The Market
$8.8 billion worldwide in 2005 spent on
language services and voice recording.
๏ Fragmented industry
๏ Extremely inefficient process
๏ “Hit or miss” results
๏ Deadlines missed
๏ $ Millions wasted
The Reality
๏The world’s largest online marketplace for voice actors
๏10,000 professionals in over 100 languages
๏People hire service providers directly
๏Most projects are completed within 24-48 hours
๏Project fulfillment rate at 94%
Solution
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Success Stories
The Opportunity
๏ Complete the financial transaction
๏ Facilitate the delivery of work
Go-To-Market Strategy
Payment System Online Marketing Offline Marketing
Launch our SurePay payment system to
monetize the $ Millions of transactions sourced
at Voices.com.
Continue our extremely successful strategies
involving search marketing and social
media.
Connect with industry people such as union
representatives, talent agents, voice coaches,
educators etc...
The TeamUnited from a complementary set
of backgrounds including the financial industry, computer
science, sound engineering, vocal education and sales & marketing.
‣Co-founders have been nominated for the Young Entrepreneur Award, established by the Business Development Bank of Canada.‣New Voices winner at DigiFest 2005, an award recognizing innovations that contribute to Canada’s economic and cultural future.
News!
Milestones
๏ Launched an award-winning Web 2.0 service
๏ Acquired the name “Voices.com”
๏ Secured #1 positions in Google, Yahoo! and MSN
๏ Gained 50,000 users
๏ Reached profitability in 12 months
๏ “Go Live” with our SurePay payment & billing system
๏ Process 1000 transactions per month
๏ Attain 100,000 registered users
Target Milestones
Competition
Number of Voice Actors
Number of Clients
Rank in Goolge
Revenue Streams
Voices.com 10,000 + 50,000 + #1
Subscriptions &
Transactions
Voice123 3,000 10,000 + #5Subscription
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Status Quo10 per agency
50 per agency - Commission
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Investment Highlights
๏ $ Millions wasted within a fragmented industry that’s worth $8.8 billion
๏ Voices.com has developed an online marketplace that has won awards is recognized as the market leader
๏ Already worked with Fortune 500’s and small businesses alike
๏ 50,000 users
๏ Experienced team of industry professionals