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Prattle - your document center

PROBLEM

  • writing beautiful document is nontrival.
  • google doc is only for writing, but not for sharing
  • people need a good place to gather his thoughts

EXISTING ALTERNATIVES

  • google docs
  • github pages

SOLUTION

  • user register to the site via social media.
  • user write document in markdown or import existing html docs into markdown
  • they automatically get a l2 domain with their username, and if they'd like they can have their own domain.
  • useful admin pages help them manage the site.

UNIQUE VALUE PROPOSITION

  • write your doc once, get multiple outputs
  • clean and focused environment for writing

UNFAIR ADVANTAGE

  • much less cost structure to serve more people

CUSTOMER SEGMENTS

  • Bloggers, writers
  • software engineers
  • People who would like to have their own customizable personal site

EARLY ADOPTERS

  • wordpress users
  • jykell/octopress/wintersmith users
  • bloggers who have their own blogs

KEY METRICS

  • monthly new billing users
  • monthly retreat billing users
  • monthly new documents composed

CHANNELS

  • social media
  • technology blogs/sites
  • public praises

COST STRUCTURE

  • server and bandwidth cost
  • software development cost
  • marketing cost (including profit return plan)
  • operation cost

REVENUE STREAM

  • 2.99 USD per month per user, 29.99 USD per year per user for 1GB disk space
  • 5.99 USD per month per user, 59.99 USD per year per user for 10GB disk space
  • application/theme stores, one time fee for applications/themes