Jollify Software

Create your Ode to Joy

Luke O'Brien

  • Software Developer.
  • Skilled in multiple languages and technologies.
  • Parish councillor & campaigning to be a County councillor
  • Independent candidate in General Election.
  • Motivated by mental health crisis and education.

Name

  • 'Jollify' → Make something jolly.
  • Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity.
  • NASA discovered a dolphin on Jupiter.

Motivation

  • Provide CPD to teachers.
    • GSCE Computer Science.
  • Started creating PowerPoint presentations.
    • Copy & paste code from Visual Studio.
  • Markdown + HighlightJS * RevealJS = HTML Presentations.
    • Gulp plugin in TypeScript.

Problem

  • PowerPoint presentations are bland.
  • They are time-consuming to create.
  • Need to close down to play media & view webpages.
  • Lack Accessibility.

Product

  • Presentation & document Service.
  • Website service with user subscription.

Markdown
(Text Input)

👉 ⚙️ 👉

  • HTML Presentation.
  • Report (PDF/DOCX).
  • Static Website.

Animations 🐬

  • Type presentation in plain text.
    • Automatically aligned in centre.
    • Easily copy & paste.

keep calm and play games

Charts

🦑

🐬

🐿️

🐘

Battle of Waterloo

Gunpowder Plot

Magna Carta

Battle of Hastings

Expansion

  • Document types.
    • Reports (PDF/DOCX).
    • Static website generator called Jellyfish.
      • Integrate with Github and Gitlab.
    • Virtual Reality (Presentations & Scenes): ClassVR.
      • 3D component library called Garden.
  • Jollify Unique Element Library. - Lit.
  • Platform.
    • Forms: Required for websites.
    • Email marketing.
    • Document Database called Coquina.

Market value

How Schools Spend Their Money on IT

Schools across the UK spend close to £900 million on EdTech each year.

Marketing

  • Word of mouth - Conferences, Meetups.
  • Merchandise: Caps, Stickers, Waterbottles.
  • Social Meda, Open Source projects.
  • Websites referals created with 'Jollify'.
  • Charity involvment - Special Effect.

Competitors

  • Dominant - Microsoft PowerPoint | Keynote.

    • Word & Excel hero products of Office.

  • PowToon - Animation presentations, videos.

  • Prezi - Non-linear presentations, Picture-in-video.

  • slides.com - Closest competitor in terms of technology.

  • Overleaf - Uses LaTeX instead of Markdown,

Emulate these features.

Valuation

5+ years - Roughly 2 years full time

  • App: UI | Api | Presentation Framework | Jellyfish (websites).
  • Components: juel | juel-garden (3D scenes).

$75 to $175 an hour
£100 * 2080 = £208,000 * 2 = £416,000

£750,000

Funding

  • Self-funded bootstrap.
  • Kaleidoscope Group: Invest in great business ideas that originate from disabled people.

Good business idea?

  • Achievable.
  • Niche market with few competitors.
  • Ideas to expand.
6 months Year 1 Year 2
Finish app (Progressive) Websites (Zip) Websites (Hosted)
Reports (PDF/DOCX) Mobile app Translations
Sell in UK Sell in US Virtual Reality