ELEVATOR PITCH

The short paragraph following this one is meant to be a short elevator pitch for a potential investor. I’ve been purposeful to avoid flowery language or unnecessary content that would only cloud the true message behind the pitch -- the pitch is intended to give the raw facts about the company without trying too hard to wow a potential investor with unverifiable claims about its potential. Similarly, a pitch with a statement about the drive the founder has to make a difference with their company is ok, but a pitch that revolves around a sob story for how the company was founded probably won’t be as effective when talking to a serious investor. This pitch is modeled for being given to an investor after an MVP of the website, LambdaHow.com, is built out. It communicates the core purpose of LambdaHow and what distinguishes it in the market; the current state of the company’s development and financials; and explains why it’s seeking investors and where the money will be used.

Elevator Pitch:

My company, LambdaHow.com, is a website that teaches computer science theory to anyone willing to learn, especially college students, using in-depth instruction videos and incremental exercises. This model, best known from Khan Academy, has not been done for computer science, especially its theoretical side. An MVP has been built with a current growth rate of 20 new users each month at $120 per user annually. However, we need outside investment to expand curriculum development and marketing to reach more of the 65,000 US computer science students graduating each year.