Chris Dunn

Carlsbad, CA (USA)
Role(s):
Founder/Owner/Principal

Hanginout

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Location: Carlsbad
Industry: Internet
Year Founded: 2011
Number Employees: 1-10 people
Business Stage: Creation/Idea
Entity Type: "C" Corporation
Description: Hanginout’s vision is to enable every consumer and business to interact via mobile video. Our goal is to build shareholder value through (a) creating a free mobile platform allowing consumers to engage via interactive video (b) enable premium subscriptions into branded website, and to (c) license our platform to be deployed on major social and subscription networks. Investment Highlights Include: - Unique / Differentiated / Proprietary Solution o Interactive Video + Interest Q&A + Mobile + Social Share + Geolocation + Analytics Insight o Large distributed platform; iPad, iPhone, OS X and Android applications in development o Patentable video production, distributable application and interaction process - Experienced team with multiple successes including o Facebook, Rackable, Biogen Idec, Skype, Covad, Dell o Top-tier engineering and product development team ( Ruby-on-Rails and iOS ) - High-Growth, Dynamic Target Market with Strong Value Proposition o Consumer: Interactive Video Twitter-like / Conversational / Mobile o Business: Promotional / Product Marketing / FAQs o Value: Authenticity, Relevancy, Informative, Engaging, Analytics - Diverse Business Model o Consumer: Leveraged Ad Model ( Interest + Relevancy ) o Business: Subscription Model > Network Effect as Consumer-base Grows o Social / Subscription Networks ( New Feature / Revenue Stream ) - Early Traction and Growing Market Interest o Exclusive partnership with political channel partner for 2012 political campaigns nationwide o Business development pipeline includes; Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn, (URL removed), Federated Media, TransWorld Media and Kaiser Permanente - Multiple Exit Opportunities o Social Networks, Video Services, Media, Production, Entertainment o Strategic VC interest from top-tier media companies for growth stage of business