“Scaling Mentorship with SenseiAI”

Elevator Pitch: Hi, I’m Mason, founder of SenseiAI. We solve the problem of mentorship scalability. Imagine influential mentors like Jason Calacanis, who wish to guide more people but can’t due to time constraints. With SenseiAI, they set up their personalized coaching system in minutes, automating the mentorship process. Users like me can subscribe to these mentors, set goals, and receive daily check-ins, all for $10/month. We’ve already soft-launched with 50 free users and have $13k in revenue this year. Our goal? To scale to $10M by capturing the product, entrepreneur, and self-improvement space, and then expand to a $100M market across different industries.
Intro: Hi I’m Mason, founder of SenseiAI. We make mentorships scalable.
Problem: Jason is an investor with a large audience, and wishes he could personally mentor an army of them, but he is time-strapped, which leaves his students without sufficient guidance and accountability.
Product demo: So Jason comes to SenseiAI, sets up his SenseiOS in a matter of minutes, then starts fine-tuning it to match his exact Sensei preferences.

He dials the passion all the way up, then sits back and watches as questions, goals, and pitches start coming in and SenseiAI automates the coaching.

Mason is a product builder, so he subscribes to JCal’s SenseiOS for $10/m. He sets his goal to launch an MVP in a month, and gets daily progress check-ins until it’s ready. Then JCal helps him craft the pitch and practice it until he’s ready.
Business model: We offer subscriptions to mentors. The beta starts at $12/m, with 20% revenue sharing on their subscriptions.
Traction:SenseiAI has over 50 free users after soft-launching earlier this month.

Bonsai has over $13k in revenue this year, which comes from whitelabel plans and revenue sharing.
Customers:
Competition: Socra– Socra is a fictional AI coach, whereas Senseis are based on real mentors
Go-to Market: The Pilot Program pipline finds influential Senseis, mentors, and coaches. We set up their SenseiOS and plans so they require zero onboarding. We offer them a free Sensei Pro plan, then take home 20% of their subscription revenue.
Roadmap: Road to $10M: If the average customer spends $20/m subscribing to multiple Senseis, then we will need to get to 200,000 total customers. We are going to use the Masterclass model and onboard teachers with existing audiences in the product, entrepreneur, and self-improvement space.

Road to $100M: Once we have captured the vertical, then we spread horizontal across different industries such as education, health, and small businesses.
Team: Mason Lawlor: I have over 10 years experience, and have built products that have generated over $10M.

Hi Mason,

Thanks for reaching out and sharing your pitch for SenseiAI. I appreciate your effort in solving the problem of mentorship scalability. Here are some suggestions to refine and polish your pitch using the framework:

Title: "Scaling Mentorship with SenseiAI"

Elevator Pitch:
Hi, I’m Mason, founder of SenseiAI. We solve the problem of mentorship scalability. Imagine influential mentors like Jason Calacanis, who wish to guide more people but can’t due to time constraints. With SenseiAI, they can set up their personalized coaching system in minutes, automating the mentorship process. Users like me can subscribe to these mentors, set goals, and receive daily check-ins, all for $10/month. We’ve already soft-launched with 50 free users and generated $13k in revenue this year. Our goal is to scale to $10M by capturing the product, entrepreneur, and self-improvement space and then expand to a $100M market across different industries.

Introduction:
Hi, I’m Mason, founder of SenseiAI. We make mentorships scalable.

Problem:
Jason Calacanis, an investor with a large audience, wishes he could personally mentor an army of them, but he is time-strapped, leaving his students without sufficient guidance and accountability.

Product:
Jason comes to SenseiAI, sets up his SenseiOS in a matter of minutes, and fine-tunes it to match his exact Sensei preferences. He can dial his passion up and let SenseiAI automate the coaching process. As a product builder, I subscribe to JCal’s SenseiOS for $10/month. I set my goal to launch an MVP in a month and receive daily progress check-ins until it’s ready. Then JCal helps me craft and practice my pitch until I’m ready.

Business Model:
We offer subscriptions to mentors. The beta starts at $12/month with a 20% revenue sharing on their subscriptions.

Traction:
SenseiAI has gained over 50 free users after a soft launch earlier this month. We have generated $13k in revenue this year from whitelabel plans and revenue sharing.

Customers:
Identify and briefly describe your target customers and how SenseiAI benefits them.

Competition:
Differentiate SenseiAI from any existing competition. In this case, mention that Socra, a fictional AI coach, exists, but Senseis are based on real mentors, providing an authentic mentorship experience.

Go-To Market:
Explain your strategy to attract influential Senseis, mentors, and coaches to the platform. Highlight how you streamline the onboarding process and offer a Sensei Pro plan for free, while earning 20% of their subscription revenue.

Roadmap:
Outline your path to success, starting with reaching $10M in revenue by onboarding teachers with existing audiences in the product, entrepreneur, and self-improvement space, based on the Masterclass model. Once you’ve captured this vertical, expand into different industries such as education, health, and small businesses to reach $100M.

Team:
Introduce yourself, Mason Lawlor, as the founder with over 10 years of experience in building successful products generating over $10M.

Now, let’s move on to the Q&A phase. Here are a few questions that I, as an investor, have:

  1. How do you ensure the quality and expertise of the mentors on SenseiAI?
  2. How do you plan to attract and retain both mentors and mentees on the platform?
  3. Can you share any metrics or user feedback from your soft launch that demonstrate the demand and effectiveness of SenseiAI?
  4. What strategies do you have in place to handle potential legal or ethical concerns related to mentorship?
  5. How will you market and differentiate SenseiAI from other mentorship platforms already in the market?

    Please provide detailed responses to these questions to help me better understand your business. Also, let me know if there’s anything specific you’d like me to focus on or any other areas you’re seeking advice or feedback on.

    Looking forward to hearing from you and potentially setting up a meeting to discuss your pitch further.

    Best,
    Mason

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