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Hi, it is a very well thought and delivered in a very impressive way. I must say I just had only one observation: are you sure that schools can be open to such venture? I mean here the plethora of regulations that effectively restricts access to the school buildings at all times. Plus some of the activities might require more regulated places than makerspaces (e.g. kitchens for cooking). So before investing I would like to see that you have looked into this.

What a great pitch! you really pinned down a painful reality, not only for teachers. I loved the presentation (website) and the idea. Clear, researched and well-delivered. Can I invest now?

Thank you for the pitch. I come late into the discussion so I saw you did already the reflection part. I will just reiterate what other already said: I am not sure how this is a pitch towards investors, seems more like a pitch to get volunteers willing to work disrupt an existing business model of somebody else. And it is a noble cause, but I am not sure what to think about it.

It is a good idea, with some potential. However, I feel that you have not looked long and hard enough at your competitors in Europe. Your pitch describes some approaches that already exist (I know about one developed by British Council to teach Syrian refugee children English) but I am unable to tell differences. I was also wondering: it is true that language learning tools are necessary and popular, yet I am very skeptical about their use in North America. The culture of language learning is embryonic in comparison to other parts of the world (well captured in some of the comments below). Learning the second language is unpopular, not to mention third or fourth or fifth. No fancy software is going to change this. Motivation comes when a student feels it is not only cool but handy to know another language. And this comes in linguistically varied regions. I do rarely see this attitude in North America (I guess National Capital Region is an exception). Maybe Asia, after Europe, would be a better market for the venture? If you go for Asia, I invest :)

This is a good idea and you got me hooked. It speaks to my personal experiences as an employee in a big organisation several years ago, where outside training was recognized but in a definitely less hip way. Your presentation (I read it, I did not watch the video, because I prefer written documents) is clear and well structured. You covered all main points and questions I might have, it is really amazing. I am hooked and I want to know more details. I would invest in this venture.

I have always been skeptical about home schooling and you venture made me realize what I thought was wrong with it: lack of an academic manager, lack of professional supervision. Your venture solves this issue for me and probably many other parents. I think it has potential to attract especially wealthy parents in search of novelties. It can definitely bring return on my investment. Yet, I was wondering about the format of your presentation: I do not mind documents, I actually think that many investors prefer documents to media-based presentations, but I think that the doc you presented had some font issues and that was distracting. But the content was really good, with a lot of information, thoughtful analysis and a clear plan of action. I just would like to know more about the concrete plan to market this venture.

Ryan, thank you for this pitch. Very nicely done, elaborated. I really enjoyed it and I appreciate the work you put into it. Although I felt it focuses on clients more than investors, I understood at the end that in your case clients can be investors. I Would like to know more about the venture: the business plan for growth, whether you have done any pilot, where in Canada you want to start. I assume this is a project that will have some limitations to certain jurisdiction, but if not would you be able to explain how you will overcome differences in programs and textbooks used. I also would like to know more about the skills of the people involved. All in all, I liked the pitch and would like to understand better how I can earn on this one (I am not a millennial so I am less concerned with the social/economic arguments :) ).

Oh my, let the kids choose what they will eat... and you end up with pizza every day :) Just joking :) I like the concept of teaching secondary school kids how to run a business, be it a canteen or sth else. It is a very good idea. I am saying this because in my secondary school 50% of our English language classes time was dedicated to business education (in my second year). We ended up establishing a company and selling food. We learnt a lot of English but also economics and business basics. Still, that was commitment of the teachers and the school for only one year. I wonder how that would work in practice. I am missing two major information form the presentation: who are the kids you target (I assume my 6 year old would not qualify as yet); and what is the real-life problem you want to solve. I am not convinced you want to solve the problem of bad food in the canteens (with kids in charge there is a risk it will get even worse) but maybe a lack of entrepreneur skills? I would pitch that to get more investors, I think. And: have you run any pilots yet? (feasibility test). So it definitely needs some work to strengthen the argument and raise interest.

It is definitely the cutest venture so far. It also has this socially-relevant element to it that I really like. Somehow one forgets that this venture is there to earn money, the topic is so important. What I did not find though in your information is why you would need someone to invest in it: to start it? to grow? More detail on this would be appreciated.

This is a great website, impressive, I cannot decide if this is for real or a “mock” version :) I really liked the design of the website and enjoyed the media parts (although for some reason they are blocked when my newly acquired Ghostery is on and they do not play). When approaching the website I played an investor with some free cash on my hands. My main question was: if you are so successful, what do you need my money for exactly? I could read that between the lines: for reaching out to other clients, for expanding globally, but it is not actually written in a clear way anywhere. I was also not sure if your company is a socially-based or community-based company and thus you use a “pledge” format or a private company that looks for multimillion investments (I assumed the latter because you bought another company, for millions of dollars I thought). So that was not entirely clear. And a small note at the end: although I really enjoyed the way company is presented, I still had to turn off an Eastern European squirming in me: in my parts it is culturally unacceptable to write so much about the founder or CEO in positive terms as a marketing tool, it is considered fishy. A small remark in case you wanted to go global also into multi-million people market in that part of the world :)