Only 10 Slides

Why 10 slides?

The purpose of this pitch is to stimulate interest, not to cover every aspect of CNAP and bludgeon the audience into submission.Thus, the recommended number of slides for a pitch is ten. This impossibly low number forces us to concentrate on the absolute essentials. We can add a few more, but we should never exceed fifteen slides — the more slides we need, the less compelling the idea.

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1. PROBLEM/OPPORTUNITY

The Managed Services Distribution Gap Brilliant developers create amazing code projects, but most never become sustainable businesses due to barriers:

• Monetization Complexity: Building billing, multi-tenancy, and automation from scratch takes 6-12 months
• Infrastructure Expertise: Operating managed services requires extensive DevOps knowledge most developers lack
• Vendor Lock-in Dilemma: Choose between simple (but locked-in) platforms or complex (but flexible) infrastructure
• Cost Unpredictability: Vendor markups and hidden fees make pricing optimization impossible

Market Opportunity:

• $100B+ cloud services market fragmenting from centralized to distributed
• Growing demand for dedicated deployments with data protection
• Enterprise buyers increasingly value vendor freedom and cost control

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2. VALUE PROPOSITION

Making data center-scale deployment as easy as the App Store CNAP enables developers to turn any code project into a profitable managed service in hours, not months. For Developers:

• 10x faster time-to-market - From code to revenue in hours
• Zero infrastructure expertise - Focus on features, not DevOps
• Built-in monetization - Multiple payment providers, automated billing
• No vendor lock-in - Choose your infrastructure, optimize costs

For Customers:

• Dedicated deployments - Enterprise-grade isolation and performance
• Cost optimization - No vendor markup, transparent pricing
• Vendor freedom - Switch providers or bring in-house anytime
• Data protection - Complete control over data and deployment

Category Creation: We’re not just building a platform—we’re establishing sovereign, automated managed services distribution as the new standard for cloud software.

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3. UNDERLYING MAGIC

Our platform architecture provides:

Developer Portal	Control Panel	Application Layer	Customer Environments
Service Configuration	Cluster Automation	Helm Deployment	Automatic Scaling
Billing Management	Multi-tenancy	Version Management	Resource Monitoring
Customer Dashboard	Resource Orchestration	Health Monitoring

Key inventions: Monetization:

• Automatic billing and usage tracking
• Usage-based billing integration
• Centralized Billing – Pay for app usage and infrastructure in one place

Deployment & Infrastructure Automation:

• One-click cluster provisioning per customer
• “Deploy Button”: Easily deploy apps directly from GitHub repositories
• Golden Paths for secure, repeatable production deployments
• Rent out infrastructure and control app installations

App Lifecycle & Scalability:

• Automated application lifecycle management
• Pre-configured, automatic scaling, and failover

Security & Access / Customer Management:

• Single Sign-On (SSO): Access all your apps with one account
• Customer management dashboard with instant onboarding
• Built-in multi-tenant security – safely run multiple customers on shared infrastructure

Cost Optimization & Insights

• Monitor, optimize, and get transparent billing for your cloud resource usage

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4. BUSINESS MODEL

Revenue Streams: Platform Subscription:

• Monthly/annual platform access fees
• Usage-based scaling with customer growth
• No hidden costs or vendor markup

Infrastructure Partnerships:

• Revenue sharing with cloud providers and bare metal hosts
• Global infrastructure network expansion
• Cost optimization for customers through competitive partnerships

Value-Based Pricing:

• Success aligned with customer success
• Pay as you scale model reduces risk for developers
• Transparent pricing with no vendor lock-in penalties

Long-term Value:

• Network effects create sustainable competitive advantage
• Category creation establishes CNAP as industry standard
• Platform becomes more valuable as ecosystem grows

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5. GO-TO-MARKET PLAN

Check out our roadmap and current status here.

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6. COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS

The “Platform of Platforms” Advantage

Feature	CNAP	Traditional PaaS	Cloud Giants	Raw K8s
Dedicated deployments	✓	×	×	✓
Built-in billing	✓	✓	×	×
No vendor lock-in	✓	×	×	✓
Cost optimization	✓	×	×	Manual
Developer friendly	✓	✓	×	×
Enterprise isolation	✓	×	×	Manual
Multi-provider	✓	×	×	✓

Key Differentiators:

• No marketplace chicken-and-egg - Service providers maintain their own customer relationships
• Infrastructure choice - Support any cloud provider, bare metal, or hybrid infrastructure
• Category creation - Establishing sovereign managed services as new distribution standard

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7. TEAM

• Robin Brämer, Marcus Klingler, and a team of 10+ developers.

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8. FINANCIAL PROJECTIONS & KEY METRICS

Key Success Metrics: Developer Adoption:

• 10,000+ applications available as managed services by 2030
• 1M+ developers building on CNAP platform
• 50%+ of B2B SaaS deployed via managed service model

Revenue Targets:

• $10B+ in GMV processed through the platform
• 100+ countries with local CNAP infrastructure
• Category leadership in sovereign managed services

Business Health:

• High developer retention (>90% annual)
• Strong network effects (more developers = more value for everyone)
• Sustainable unit economics with automated operations scaling

Market Impact:

• Democratize access to enterprise-grade managed services
• Break vendor lock-in across cloud industry
• Establish new category of sovereign managed services distribution

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9. ROADMAP & CURRENT STATUS

This roadmap outlines our key milestones and priorities to guide progress and keep everyone aligned. Roadmap Current Status: The MVP is now ready, marking a key milestone — The core platform is fully established, with billing functionality already integrated. Currently, CNAP entered the testing phase with multiple developers to ensure functionality, stability, and performance. Next 3 Months (April, May, June)