Quite honestly, I didn’t have much faith that this one would work any better than my mane other projects that never saw the light of day. The truth is, I didn’t devote much time to the launching SlidesCarnival and it could have as easily ended up with the rest of my side projects: in the cemetery of ideas that never materialized. In addition, I decided to spend about 50€ in ads on Linkedin. In September I sent an email announcing it to family and friends and posted it on my social networks. I then created social media pages on Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and Pinterest.Īll in all I dedicated a few weeks of my time during the sunny July of 2014. I was determined not to have the site in English and therefore it took me a lot longer to write all the content for the home page as well as the instructions and the descriptions of the initial templates.
It took me a day to design a website with WordPress. I also designed five templates not to start with an empty website. I then created a basic presentation with the most common slide types, which I chose from SlideShare.
I chose the name SlidesCarnival from hundreds of alternatives a web-based word combining tool had suggested.
SLIDEAS CARNIVAL FREE
In the summer of 2014, taking advantage of some of the free time l had, I went ahead with my ambitious idea. In addition, the available options for Google Slides were non-existent, beyond the four templates offered by the application itself.
SLIDEAS CARNIVAL FOR FREE
I realized that there was a niche for free templates with a decent design, without the need to spend long hours to actually produce them.
SLIDEAS CARNIVAL PROFESSIONAL
High quality, but costly templates, with professional design, hundreds of different slides and countless customization options.Free templates of low quality, with just two slide variants and designs resembling something from the 90s.Which led me to the following thought: Could I offer free templates and make money? While I certainly wasn’t the first one to think about it, I wondered if there was a niche I could exploit.īased on a quick Google search, the available options fell under two categories: This is a pain point all too common because design is crucial and can make all the difference between landing a client or getting that first seed investment for your startup.įollowing the experience with my brother, I knew that the speed coupled with the experience I had with the given presentation software, gave me a great advantage. Most people have developed a trained eye to detect when a presentation is not aesthetically pleasing to the eye, but unless you are a trained designer, most people do not have the skills or knowledge to produce an ideal presentation. Presentation software, whether Powerpoint or Keynote, is often a source of great frustration. I was surprised at how little effort it took, and naturally felt pretty pleased with myself. In an hour I had a more than a decent template ready. Since I didn’t have PowerPoint installed at home, I decided to work with Google Slides. In June 2014, my brother was in the middle of preparing for his final school project and I was assigned the task of helping him with the design of his presentation. Founder Story: Why I launched SlidesCarnival
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