BZP PRO AUTODESK AUTH DEVELOPER

THE 1ST PRODUCT      ::::::   E-COMMERCE: $299.99          [ NOT ACTIVE: BEING UPDATED ]

"THE BZP PRO SMART SKINNER" AUTORIGGER PLUG-IN FOR AUTODESK MAYA

RIGS AND SKINS CHARACTERS AT THE LEVEL OF ILM AND MAKES POTENTIAL GAME READY EXPORTABLE

(WORKFLOW FROM ART=> SKELETON=> SKINNING=> ILM LEVEL CONTROL RIG/ MOCAP=> IN GAME OPTIMIZED :::: 80H LABOR IN 15M)

Video test on character from Sony Pictures

THE FIVE ACQUISITION REVIEWS OF THE 1ST PRODUCT

COMPANIES MUST BE DESCRIBED BRIEFLY DUE TO NEGOTIATIONS UNDER NDA

FORMULA STILL ON THE MARKET

1ST PRODUCT LICENSED TO 250 UNIVERSITIES WORLDWIDE

IMAGE SHOWN OF TECH BEING USED IN ONE OF THE CLASSROOMS BY STUDENTS

AUTORIGGER DESIGNED SO USER FRIENDLY THAT SOPHOMORES IN COLLEGE WITH NO TRAINING IMMEDIATELY CAN RIG AT THE LEVEL OF ILM

THE UNIVERSITY ACCEPTANCE RATE OF OUR FREEMIUM MODEL SOFTWARE OUTPENETRATED FACEBOOK LLC "PRE ANGEL INVESTMENT"

( ACCORDING TO THE FILM 'THE SOCIAL NETWORK', FACEBOOK LLC HAD 160 UNIVERSITIES USING THEIR TECH AS OPPOSED TO OUR 250 UNIVERSITIES IN THE SAME BLOCK OF TIME FROM LAUNCH )

LECTURED TO OVER 40 UNIVERSITIES WITH DEMO ON 1ST PRODUCT

FREEMIUM MARKETING STRATEGY

250 UNIVERSITIES GET A FREEMIUM MODEL FOR STUDENTS TO USE: SALES MADE BY STUDENTS PURCHASING ADDITIONAL LICENSES

• AFTER THREE YEARS THE STRATEGY WAS TO BEGIN CHARGING UNIVERSITIES ONCE TECH WAS INCORPORATED IN CURRICULUM •

THE GOAL BEING THAT STUDENTS WOULD THEN BRING THE TECHNOLOGY TO THE PROFESSIONAL PRODUCTION ENVIRONMENT AND WE CHARGE STUDIOS FOR LICENSES

( STRATEGY WAS WORKING. UNIVERSITIES REQUESTED UPGRADES. HAD TO HALT OPERATION DUE TO MOTHER PASSING FROM PANCREATIC CANCER AND FATHER PASSING FROM MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS )

EXAMPLE OF FREEMIUM STRATEGY WORKING

SAMPLE EMAIL OF UNIVERSITY REQUESTING UPGRADE ON 1ST PRODUCT

FIRST ENTREPRENEURIAL VENTURE CONTINUED:

MODULAR ENGINEERING SYSTEM IN PRACTICE

ON THE 1ST PRODUCT

90 HOURS OF WORK COMPLETED IN 15 MINUTES

EXECUTED AS A CASE STUDY ON THE "BALROG" FROM "THE LORD OF THE RINGS: THE TWO TOWERS"

FIRST ENTREPRENEURIAL VENTURE OF 1ST PRODUCT CONTINUED:

MODULAR ENGINEERING SYSTEM IN PRACTICE

EXECUTED ON A CASE STUDY OF BUCKBEAK IN "HARRY POTTER & THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN"

AFTER POSTING IMAGES ON SOCIAL MEDIA, THE OSCAR NOMINATED VFX FIRM 'THE FRAMESTORE' WHO MADE THE ACTUAL BUCKBEAK REQUESTED MY RESUME

• NOTE: I COULD NOT ACCOMODATE DUE TO MY FATHER SUFFERING FROM M.S. AND COVID-19 GOING ON WORLDWIDE •

( NOTE: "HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN" IS MY FAVORITE FILM OF ALL TIME SEEING OVER THIRTY TIMES IN THE THEATER )

ANIMATION TESTS WITH MY 1ST PRODUCT

(AUTORIGGER PLUG-IN)

ANIMATIONS AFTER MY AUTORIGGER PLUG-IN (1ST PRODUCT) RIGGED

AND SKINNED CHARACTERS IN 10 MINUTES (TYPICALLY 80 HOURS)

RIGGED AND SKINNED

IN 10 MINUTES

WITH MY AUTORIGGER PLUG-IN

(typically 80 hours)

 RESEARCH

MY AUTORIGGER (SEE TO THE LEFT) COMPLETES ANIMATION TASKS AT THE

QUALITY OF "SHREK" IN A FRACTION OF THE TIME. THIS IS A 10 MINUTE RIG

WITH A 20 MINUTE WALK CYCLE COMPETING WITH HERO SHOTS ON

"SHREK",  A TOP GROSSING FILM THAT THEY MOST LIKELY SPENT 8 WEEKS ON.

< == CASE STUDY

SIGGRAPH AND GDC BOOTHS AND ENDORSEMENT

THE TOP PERSON IN GRAPHICS, THE SIGGRAPH CHAIR, REFERRED TO 1ST PRODUCT AS 'MINDBLOWING'

KEY UNIVERSITY ENDORSEMENT

THE ALMA MATER OF JONY IVE

SIGNATURE RIGGING PROTOTYPING WITH MY 1ST PRODUCT

'DRAX' IN SONY PICTURES AND MARVEL'S "GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2"

80 HOURS OF RIGGING COMPLETED IN 15 MINUTES WITH MY TECHNOLOGY

GREAT 1ST PRODUCT WORLDWIDE REVIEW FEATURED IN A

WORLDWIDE MAGAZINE ('3D ARTIST MAGAZINE': ISSUE 68)

NOTE: VIA THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS, PRICE ADJUSTED AND GUI ADDED TO ADDRESS CONTROL RIG

NOTE: IN GREAT BRITAIN "PIECE OF KIT" IS SLANG FOR 'NEW PIECE OF SOFTWARE OR TECHNOLOGY THAT WORKS WELL". IT IS NOT DEROGATORY.

• THE AUTHOR OF THIS REVIEW WAS THE HEAD GRAPHICS TRAINER AT OSCAR WINNING VFX STUDIO "D-NEG" •

1ST PRODUCT (AUTORIGGER PLUG-IN) INSTRUCTIONS FEATURED IN A

WORLDWIDE MAGAZINE ('3D ARTIST MAGAZINE': ISSUE 76)

COVER STORY

AFTER EXECUTING THE ADVICE OF THE EDITOR OF THE PREVIOUS MAGAZINE RELEASE,

THE EDITOR PLACED MY TECHNOLOGY ON THE COVER OF A FOLLOWING WORLDWIDE ISSUE

PERSONAL TECHNICAL DIRECTION EXPERIENCE FORMING THE

FILM GAME CONVERGENCE 1ST PRODUCT'S CONTROL RIG

MATCH UP THE CIRCLED BODY PART WITH THE COLOR CODED IP TO THE RIGHT

BZP COST EFFECTIVENESS ON A PRODUCTION WITH 1ST PRODUCT

560 HOURS OF RIGGING COMPLETED IN 3.5 HOURS AT THE LEVEL OF ILM WITH THE PLUG-IN

INTERNATIONAL MARKETING OF THE 1ST PRODUCT

MARK ZUCKERBERG MARKETING STRATEGY ON 1ST PRODUCT

1ST PRODUCT (AUTORIGGER PLUG-IN) CONTROL FEATURES

THE 2ND PRODUCT      ::::::   CITY BUILDER TOOL      ::::::   E-COMMERCE: $99.99          [ BUY ]

THE 3RD PRODUCT      ::::::   MIRROR BSHAPE TOOL      ::::::   E-COMMERCE: $29.99          [ BUY ]

A BLOG ABOUT THE COMPANY AND PRODUCTS

BZP PRO: A SOFTWARE COMPANY VS A PLUG-IN COMPANY

DESIGNING A TECHNOLOGY PRODUCT WITH ONLY A 100,000 LICENSE ADDRESSABLE MARKET

MY TECH FIRM, BZP PRO, CAN BE DECEPTIVE TO PEOPLE. PEOPLE KNOW THAT I OUTPENETRATED ZUCKERBERG PRE SERIES A IN REGARDS TO UNIVERSITY ACCEPTANCE, WHAT THEY DON’T UNDERSTAND, UP TO THIS PHASE, IS WHY OUR SALES WERE IN THE TENS OF THOUSANDS AS OPPOSED TO TENS OF MILLIONS, THAT’S AN EASY EXPLANATION. WE’RE A PLUG-IN FOR AUTODESK MAYA, NOT A STANDALONE SOFTWARE. SO, CASE AND POINT, TO COMPARE TO ANOTHER SOFTWARE, WE DID NOT DEVELOP MICROSOFT WORD, THAT IS STANDALONE AND INSTALLED ON WINDOWS AND APPLE OS. I DEVELOPED WHAT WOULD BE, COMPARATIVELY SPEAKING, A NEW SPELL CHECK PLUG-IN FOR MICROSOFT WORD. SO, I DID NOT DESIGN A STANDALONE RIGGING SOFTWARE FOR A COMPUTER. NO. I DESIGNED A RIGGING PLUG IN FOR AUTODESK MAYA. IN ORDER TO USE MY TECHNOLOGY, YOU HAVE TO HAVE AUTODESK MAYA INSTALLED ON YOUR DESKTOP OR LAPTOP. UNLIKE MICROSOFT WORD WHOSE ADDRESSABLE MARKET IS 8 BILLION PEOPLE ON THE PLANET WITH THE ABILITY TO BUY THE WORD SOFTWARE, AUTODESK REPORTED TO US THAT THERE ARE ONLY 100,000 ACTIVE AUTODESK MAYA LICENSES. THAT MEANS, CONTRARY TO POPULAR BELIEF, WHEN PEOPLE THOUGHT THAT JUST ANYONE COULD BUY MY PRODUCT, IN ANY ONE GIVEN YEAR, ONLY 100,000 POTENTIAL PLUGINS CAN BE SOLD. IF YOU WERE TO WRITE AND SELL A PLUG-IN FOR MICROSOFT WORD, YOU’RE ADDRESSABLE MARKET MIGHT BE 5 BILLION LICENSES, WHEREAS IF YOU WRITE AND SELL A PLUG-IN FOR AUTODESK MAYA IT’S ONLY 100,000. THE PLUG-IN GOES FOR APPROXIMATELY $300.00 FOR BIPED AND $300.00 FOR QUAD. WITH ONLY THE 100,000 ADDRESSABLE MARKET, THAT MEANS WITH BIPED AND QUAD, IF EVERY MAYA LICENSE HAD BOTH, BZP PRO WOULD ONLY MAX AT 60 MILLION DOLLARS ANNUALLY. IN BUSINESS, MARKET REPORTS SUGGEST YOU SHOULD AIM FOR APPROXIMATE 3% OF YOUR ADDRESSABLE MARKET, SO THAT MEANS THAT THE TARGET GOAL FOR BZP PRO WOULD HAVE ONLY BEEN 1.8 MILLION A YEAR…. NOT BILLIONS LIKE POPULAR BELIEF.

 

THE PHASE THAT WE WERE TRYING TO RAISE MONEY FOR WAS TO CONVERT MY TECHNOLOGY TO STANDALONE SOFTWARE. WE HAD DIFFICULTY RAISING MONEY IN THE MIDWEST. THE MIDWEST DOES NOT TYPICALLY INVEST IN VIDEO GAME TECHNOLOGY, THAT IS USUALLY OUT OF SAN FRANCISCO, AUSTIN, SEATTLE, OR LOS ANGELES. THEN THE MAX POTENTIAL MARKET TO BUY WOULD BE LIKE MICROSOFT WORD, 8 BILLION, AND NOT AS A PLUG-IN FOR MAYA AT 100,000. WE SPOKE TO SEVERAL VENTURE CAPITALISTS IN THE MIDWEST BUT CAME UP DRY, THE MIDWEST TYPICALLY DOES NOT INVEST IN VIDEO GAMES.

 

PETER JACKSON, WHO OWNS WETA DIGITAL, AND DIRECTED THE LORD OF THE RINGS, HAD A PLUG-IN SYSTEM SIMILAR TO OURS, COULD SELF FUND, CONVERTED TO STANDALONE TO BE USED INTERNALLY, AND SOLD TO UNITY LLC FOR 1.6 BILLION. UNLIKE WETA, WHO ONLY USED THEIR TECHNOLOGY INTERNALLY ON THEIR PROJECTS WITH NO LICENSEES, WE SET UP A FREEMIUM MODEL WHERE WE LICENSED 100 BIPED AND 100 QUADS TO 250 UNIVERSITIES ON SIX CONTINENTS AT AN ACCEPTANCE RATE THAT OUTPENETRATED FACEBOOK LLC PRE SERIES A. STUDENTS WERE ABLE TO USE THE PLUGINS TO CREATE ILM LEVEL CHARACTERS INSTANTLY WITH LITTLE OR NO DIRECTION. IN ADDITION, WE WERE IN SEVERAL WORLDWIDE MAGAZINES, COVER INCLUDED, ENDORSED BY TECH CONFERENCE HEADS, WE’RE TOLD BY SEVERAL PEOPLE TO NOT SELL THE SOURCE CODE BELOW 20 MILLION DOLLARS, AND WE’RE UNDER ACQUISITION REVIEW FIVE TIMES WITH THREE FORTUNE 500S ONE OF WHICH BEING WORTH 120 BILLION.

 

POINT BEING, FOR AN AUTODESK MAYA PLUGIN, BZP PRO IS ONE OF THE MOST GROUNDBREAKING DISRUPTIVE PLUG-IN COMPANIES IN THE HISTORY OF COMPUTER GRAPHICS. FOR A PLUGIN, THE MONEY IS IN THE ACQUISITION OF THE FORMULA, NOT IN THE INDIVIDUAL LICENSES. WHAT WOULD BE SIMILAR IN DESIGNING A PLUGIN FOR AN AUTODESK MAYA MARKET, WOULD BE LIKE DESIGNING AN AIR JORDAN FOR A PERSON WITH ONLY A LEFT LEG. THE SHOE WOULD NEED TO BE SUPPORTIVE OF THE WHOLE BODY, BUT ONLY FIT ON THE LEFT SIDE. SO, THE ADDRESSABLE MARKET IS PEOPLE, WORLDWIDE, THAT ONLY HAVE LEFT LEGS. SO, SALES FIGURES WOULD BE MODEST. HOWEVER, IMAGINE THEN THAT TINKER HATFIELD, THE CHIEF VISUAL OFFICER OF NIKE, LOOKED AT THE LEFT FOOTED AIR JORDAN AND SAID, “AMAZING DESIGN, DON’T SELL THE PATENT FORMULA FOR THIS FOR UNDER 20 MILLION.” YOU COULD EITHER SELL THE FORMULA PATENT, LIKE WE WERE TRYING TO DO, OR RAISE ROUNDS OF MONEY TO DEVELOP A RIGHT SIDED SHOE TO GO ALONG WITH THE LEFT SHOE AND REMARKET TO A BROADER ADDRESSABLE MARKETPLACE.... SIMILAR TO MAKING A STANDALONE SOFTWARE.

 

LIKE I HAD MENTIONED IN A PREVIOUS PARAGRAPH, THERE WAS DIFFICULTY RAISING MONEY IN THE MIDWEST. AT MY SIGGRAPH BOOTH, 7 MILLION DOLLARS IN VERBAL COMMITMENTS FOR SALES WERE RAISED IN THREE DAYS. DUE TO THE LACK OF FUNDING FROM THE MIDWEST NEEDED TO RAISE MONEY TO BRING IN AN EXPERIENCED SALES PERSON, DEALS WERE DIFFICULT TO CLOSE. WE WERE SO BUSY TAKING ORDERS IN FACT THAT THE FEMALE MODEL WHO WAS OUR “BOOTH GIRL” HAD TO SIT NEXT TO ME TO TAKE DOWN THE INFORMATION OF THE POTENTIAL CUSTOMERS AS WELL (NAME, EMAIL, PHONE NUMBER, AMOUNT OF LICENSES). THAT’S HOW HOT MY RIGGING TECH WAS AT THE SIGGRAPH CONFERENCE. WE LEARNED THAT IN ORDER TO BE A SUCCESSFUL TECH COMPANY, YOUR BEST BET TO RAISE MONEY TO BRING IN PERSONNEL WITH FUNDING IS SAN FRANCISCO OR SIMILAR. BASED ON OUR SMALL TEAM THAT WAS ASSEMBLED, WE DID NOT HAVE A LOT OF TIES AT THE TIME TO THE SAN FRANCISCO, SEATTLE, AUSTIN, OR LOS ANGELES VENTURE CAPITAL COMMUNITY. OUR CONNECTION BASE WAS PRIMARILY OUT OF COLUMBUS, CHICAGO, AND BOSTON… WHICH IS NOT LIKELY TO FUND ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE. HOWEVER, THIS “CASH COW” CAN BE USED TO LAUNCH MY CAREER INTO AN EVENTUAL CHIEF VISUAL OFFICER POSITION.

VENTURE CAPITAL INTEREST EXAMPLE

SILICON VALLEY REACHING OUT ABOUT INVESTMENT

WE ARE WANTING TO SELL OFF THE FORMULA AND NOT TAKE AN INVESTMENT SIMILAR TO PETER JACKSON

ABOUT THIS VENTURE

MY FIRST MONETIZED ONLINE 'CASH COW'

( SELF STANDING ENTITY THAT CAN GENERATE REVENUE WITH LITTLE TO NO MAINTENANCE )