OnboardIQ is a software training solution company, we work with clients to produce SaaS and Software training materials specific to their product(s), in a variety of formats. Once materials are designed to the clients need, we will maintain, host and update all training materials as the product evolves. Insuring staff and customer product expertise never falls behind.
Elevator Pitch – https://youtu.be/b2FXwERltrg
Full Venture Pitch – https://acrobat.adobe.com/id/urn:aaid:sc:us:e887f63d-94bc-45b0-918d-6b565c8528ff
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Hello Griffin,
I believe your product addresses a critical gap in many business settings. In nearly every role I’ve held, except in educational institutions, sourcing the right vendor for corporate training, especially when customised content is required, has consistently been a challenge.
If someone brought this solution into my office, I’d certainly give it more than a minute of my time.
FEEDBACK:
Thank you for your venture, Griffin! As an EVA with most of my experience in K-12 and post-secondary settings, I do not have the market insight or experience to “feel” connected to your product or see it as an opportunity to grow my investment portfolio.
As I reflected on your product, I wonder about your competition and the capacity of existing products of a similar nature. I struggle to identify the differentiating piece here, but this is likely due to my inexperience in training software.
I also am curious as to how your organization would be able to keep up with each client’s iterations of their software, ensuring that your tools training modules are current and meet their expectations.
What would make me more excited is an AI training tool that asked me — as an educator — what software I wanted to learn how to use more effectively and why, that was aligned with my school district’s platforms, policies, and content — effectively freeing me from worry about data sovereignty and privacy. This design would personalize your tool for users while also making it productive for organizations using it to train their staff, as they collected data on what was accomplished and sought out while identifying areas that may need more focus within the organization or district.
Hi Griffin, I think this is a great, solid and well-structured idea. In my experience selling learning ecosystems that aggregate content from multiple providers, one of the most common concerns I hear from companies is the need for customized onboarding or training that reflects their specific processes, culture, and tone. This gap is definitely holding many businesses back, especially those in fast-growing or evolving sectors.
I think your value proposition is very strong in that sense, you’re not just offering generic content, but a way for companies to own their learning identity and ensure alignment with their brand and operations.
I also really appreciate the flexibility you’re offering: the ability to export content (e.g., in SCORM format) or integrate it into an existing LMS adds real value and lowers switching resistance.
My only concern would be around cost: personalization at this level can get expensive, so I wonder how price-sensitive your target market is and whether you’ll be focusing more on medium-to-large enterprises who can afford this kind of tailored solution. Maybe exploring tiered service models or modular customization could help address this.
That said, you’re definitely solving a real-world problem, and doing so in a thoughtful, practical way.Congratulations!!
Great Elevator Pitch Griffin, I was hooked and immediately ready to hear more. Your full pitch is well structured and highlights many of the key areas I would be looking for as an investor. Your pain point is a real one – customer documentation, training, and maintenance for SaaS software can be a perpetual headache. Having these resources outsourced would, I imagine, be quite attractive for some companies. I have two caveats though.
The first is quite cynical: I question how many SaaS companies place sufficient value into training resources to justify the expense of outsourcing them. Customers have already bought the product, onboarding and support resources are thus not seen as profit-centres. But perhaps that is the angle – pay OnboardIQ a reasonably affordable subscription cost instead of paying an employee’s full time salary and LMS subscription. Then the business model is more oriented towards volume.
The other caveat is competition. A brief environmental scan shows a number of similar ventures (e.g. Thought Industries, DayOneTech, AllenComm). Some differentiation is alluded to in your pitch, but I think the bespoke and longitudinal aspects of the service need to be overtly emphasized.
Great work!
The above comment was a REVIEW. I will also add that I would recommend investment in this venture. Though there are some questions around potential competition, I believe the problem space is not evidently already addressed by an existing service. If OnboardIQ could establish itself as a go-to service for SaaS training and support, the upside is significant. The caveat is that the product model may need to pivot depending on market demand, focusing on either white-glove curatorial services versus high-volume development.
Feedback:
Hey Griffin,
I love that you’ve really zeroed in on an elegant and straightforward solution to an issue that plagues countless companies. As companies, and especially SaaS businesses, are constantly iterating their products the work of maintaining all of the supporting documentation, help centres, tutorials, training modules, etc. becomes almost more work than updating the product itself (and less glamourous work at that) so a solution like this would be very attractive to many business leaders struggling with this common issue.
I think the devil would be in the details when it comes to the level of personalization you have planned. You would need to have a convincing answer as to how you would keep up with changes if a company issued updates at a high frequency (ie. weekly) without the price point becoming prohibitive. If you were able to automate those processes, put parts of the process in the hands of the customer, or both, you could potentially achieve a level of efficiency that solves this difficult problem. After all, if it was an easy problem to solve, somebody else probably would have done it already 🙂
If I were an investor and better understood the realities of how this could scale without becoming cost-prohibitive for the customer, I would seriously consider backing this one.
FEEDBACK:
This is a great idea, Griffin. The pain point that you highlight in your pitch has applicability across so many different setting and industries. I also appreciated the level of detail you have given in your pitch to the market strategy and the technology stack. This helps potential investors to really see how you plan to scale the venture. One thing that I was left wondering is whether or not other ventures already exist in this space and what advantage your venture would have.
FEEDBACK:
Hi Griffin,
Great work on your venture! Although I don’t have much experience in this field, from your elevator pitch I can tell that OnboardIQ addresses a real pain point in educational onboarding, especially for institutions managing large cohorts. The automation and personalization features are promising and I think your use of voiceover and video was effective and compelling. One possible addition could be a pilot study or case example which could elevate investor confidence in your product. Overall, this is a venture I would invest in and your elevator pitch has compelled me to find our more about your product!
FEEDBACK
Hi Griffin,
I think the combination of the upfront content development fee combined with the subscription model will be especially appealing to investors! If I were to suggest anything, it would be perhaps including an analysis of competitors and what about your product specifically that differentiates you from the competitors. Overall, well-done!