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MIT Enterprise Forum of NYC Presents:
Billion-Dollar UX: How UX Has Become Key toMassive Product Valuations & Exits
Imagine youre a 23 year-old Stanford undergrad. Youve created a mobile app that has no revenue model and is free. 17 months after your first seed round of under $500K, your app is enjoying 400 million customer transactions a day with a team of under 30 employees, and you smugly decline a $3 billion acquisition offer from Facebook. Of course, this actually happened in 2013 with Snapchat. What made Snapchat worth $3 billion? Was it unique technology under the hood? No; this is a standard mobile-only app with no particularly unique technology. Was it non-replicable, protected IP? No; anyone can create a mobile app to share photos with friends. Was it huge revenue? No; its free. Was it a growing market or targeting a lucrative audience? No; this is used by mainly teens and young adults. What separated Snapchat was simply its UX, with an experience that combined sharing photos with a selected audience with a simple time-limitation to enforce urgency and confidentiality. Snapchat isnt the only product in this club. Theres Uber at an estimated $16 billion valuation; AirBNB at $10billion; Nest; Instagram; Tumblr; Tinder; Pinterest. A select few of these actually make real money; the rest are valued because their UX and product concept was so compelling that they were able to gain swift market share and show game-changing engagement quickly. In todays technologically evolved and competitive market, great UX is an absolute essential for creating game-changing products and reaching eye-popping valuations. How do you create great game-changing UX that can be worth billions? This event will begin with an overview of the basics of what UX is, why and how its essential. Well learn from the expertise of the International User Experience Awards, now in its fourth year, in a forum that discusses todays game-changing companies that are prioritizing outstanding UX, focusing on the impact of UX on top technology company valuations.
Beverly May, Executive Director, UX Awards
Panel Speakers:-Tomer Sharon, Sr. UX Researcher, Google (Past UX Awards judge; Google has also won a UX Award),Alex Wright, UX Director, Etsy.com (Current UX Awards judge)-Scott McDonald, CEO, Modus Associates (Past UX Awards winner)-Turi McKinley, Design Director, Frog Design (Current UX Awards judge)Thanks toChadbourne & Parke LLPfor hosting this event!
DATE: Tuesday, September 30th, 2014
AGENDA: 5:30pm - 6:00pm:
Reception 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Overview Talk on UX with Examples6:30pm 6:50pm
Panel Positions 6:50pm - 7:30pm
Panel Discussions 7:30pm - 8:30pm
QA & Networking PLACE: Chadbourne & Parke LLP
Directions
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REGISTRATION: Free to members of MIT Enterprise Forum $50 non-members, $10 extra at door. All members and guests are welcome.
