Your Idea

i2rd works with entrepreneurs to design and develop award winning web solutions. These partnerships allow entrepreneurs to focus on their areas of expertise including market need and customer acquisition. i2rd handles the complex technical goals and implementation of systems resulting in a quick time to market solution while retaining an environment for long-term flexibility and scalability. Once successful, day-to-day operations of the systems can be transferred to internal staff and operations of the new company.

Help us understand what your idea is….

We like business plans that present a clear and high value statement for success (elevator pitch). If you cannot express all of these in three pages then keep working….

Company Purpose

  • Define the company/business in a single clear sentence.
  • Your Team
  • Business Model
  • Market

Problem that your idea solves

  • Describe the pain of the customer (or the customer’s customer).
  • Describe how potential customers addresses this problem today.

Solution

  • Demonstrate your company’s value proposition to make the customer’s life better.
  • Provide use cases on how the product will be used

Why Now – Timing

  • Is your solution capitalizing on market change
  • Identify recent trends that improve your chance for success

Competitors

  • List competitors and links
  • List competitive advantages

Product

  • Product line-up (functionality, features, architecture).
  • Development roadmap and phased plan if any.
     

SUBMIT YOUR PITCH

Success Factors...
 

i2rd has worked with many start-ups but, as with anything in life, it's about building a relationship. We know that i2rd and our product frameworks provide the highest value and ROI for the following types of start-ups. We like to partner with start-ups that have these elements:

Clarity of Purpose

Summarize the company's value in an elevator pitch (8 floors).

Defined Markets

Demonstrate that your product has clear and approachable customers – can I get to decision makers in a quick and efficient manner – do they see value in our service.

SaaS Environment

High growth – web based services powered by a SaaS environment and reoccurring or transactional revenue models.

Customers

Target customers who will move fast and believe your solution solves a need or creates an opportunity for growth.

Clear Need and Focus

Customers typically will only buy a product with a clear value proposition.

Solves a big pain

Pick the one thing that is of burning importance to the customer then delight them with a compelling solution.

Think Differently

Approach the problem for a new perspective. Many roads lead to success…

Team Players

Have you surrounded yourself with the key individuals for success.