{"id":7580,"date":"2016-02-17T12:54:23","date_gmt":"2016-02-17T10:54:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.powtoon.com\/blog\/?p=7580"},"modified":"2020-08-27T18:07:18","modified_gmt":"2020-08-27T16:07:18","slug":"case-study-dropbox-rival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.powtoon.com\/blog\/case-study-dropbox-rival\/","title":{"rendered":"Young Entrepreneur Launches Dropbox Rival&#8230; With Powtoon [Case Study]"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Read Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes <\/span><\/span><h2>&#8220;How do you get an investor to invest in your new business?&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>Young entrepreneur Doug Mason (CEO, founder of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nethervault\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nethervault<\/a>) needed to present his cutting edge dropbox rival to a potential investor&#8230; and was presented with the big challenge: What does he say and how does he say it..? so the investor jumps up and says: <em>&#8220;Please let me invest in you and don&#8217;t show this to anyone else!&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<h4><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.powtoon.com\/my-powtoons\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Create Your Own Awesome Powtoon To Get Funded Fast<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/h4>\n<p>Nethervault is a game-changer in the secure data storage space. Why? Because Doug created something that not even Google Drive or Dropbox uses:<\/p>\n<h3>Cornea Biometric Encryption Technology (<i>eye scan security<\/i>)<\/h3>\n<p>So it was crucial that Doug get his message across in the most powerful way. He made the smart decision to make a short Powtoon and got the exact result he was looking for.<\/p>\n<h2>Doug &#8220;Pitched with a Simple Powtoon&#8221;&#8230;That Made a Big Impression on Investors<\/h2>\n<p>I sat down with Doug to learn more about his success. 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Unless you have the expensive gear or years of video experience, you&#8217;ll have a tough time making a captivating and gorgeous creation fast.<\/p>\n<p>Or, you could easily make a short Powtoon. Which is like getting an entire design and animation team, right at your fingertips.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s how Doug WOWED his investors&nbsp;<i>and professors<\/i>. Yep, you read that right, professors. This genius is only 19 years old. Remember when Doug becomes famous and how you saw him here first. I&#8217;m totally serious &#8211; watch out for Nethervault&#8217;s upcoming rise.<\/p>\n<h2>Let me know in the comments how YOU plan on WOW&#8217;ING YOUR audience.<\/h2>\n<p><em>Please note: This blog post was originally published on February 17, 2016, and since has been edited for clarity and functionality. 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