Here's a really goofy and poorly-thought-out example as a proof of concept. It took about 10 minutes to make. http://goo.gl/AemLD (best viewed in Preview in single-page mode)
You can also do it in Keynote. Just create hyperlinks between slides (which you can do with any shape, via the Inspector). Then export the presentation as a PDF, and the clickable image hyperlinks will be preserved in the PDF file. Then it's also very convenient for sharing with designers/developers/investors, etc.
I launched the Pest Management Roundtable (http://pestroundtable.com) in February. After several months of good ol' fashioned hustling (mostly email marketing + telephone interviews and sales), I'm up to nearly $500 in monthly recurring revenue. It's not quite "ramen profitable" yet, but I've been picking up customers quickly the last 2 weeks, so at this rate I'll get it there within the month. A recent milestone was that last week I interviewed the owner of the 10th largest pest control company in the US (Joe Clark, of Clark Pest Control in California). He joined the Roundtable immediately following the interview.
Yes, this area is called "Manhattan Valley". I lived there for two years while studying CS at Columbia and loved it. We had 5 guys in a 4-bedroom (actually 3BR with a walk-through room with an office that we used as a small bedroom) apartment at 108th St and Broadway. $3k/mo in rent. The location was amazing: 10 minute walk to Columbia, 3 minutes to the 1 train stop at 110th St, 2 minutes to Thai Market (my favorite Thai place in Manhattan).
It really depends on your career goals and the length of your outlook.
If you need to pay bills (now!), then an internship like this obviously won't work for you.
On the other hand, if you have a long-term mindset, and aren't in need of immediate cash (if you're living with your parents for the summer, for example), the knowledge, skills, network, and experiences you could gain this summer could have a HUGE, measurable impact on your ability to provide an income income for yourself through a B2B software business.
It's not for everyone, though. It's not high-tech. It's not flashy. It's not Silicon Valley.
It IS for someone who wants to learn - from an expert - how to build a profitable lifestyle business.
Yes, I can see how you would see it this way. Heck, even I did, until a few weeks ago, when I a) began working (unpaid) for Zannee, and b) read Rich Dad, Poor Dad.
Here are just a few thoughts about why I made this request as I did:
We aren't forcing anyone to take an internship with Zannee. This isn't slave labor - no one has to work for free against their will. If people don't see the value in an internship with Zannee, they won't take us up on our offer. No harm done!
We are looking for students who are trying to expand their education, who want to take their own entrepreneurial and programming educations into their own hands. We will give them enough structure that they can feel supported as they learn and improve their skills, but not enough to constrict them - we keep it flexible and give them significant autonomy.
Rich Dad, Poor Dad teaches that to be wealthy, you should not work for a wage; instead, you should work to learn - to gain skills and knowledge that you can apply in building your own business (your "business of you"). No, we aren't paying, but this is a profitable company selling B2B software online. If you are a young entrepreneur who wants to learn how to successfully ideate, implement, market, sell, support, upsell, and grow a B2B software product, what better opportunity could there be?
Remember how I said above that I myself am working unpaid? That wasn't a typo. I thoroughly believe that Dane has the knowledge, skills, and experience (obtained through intelligent hard work and lots of practice in his business) to help a mature, driven student with entrepreneurial desires and programming skills learn how to start and grow a successful B2B software business. That's why I flew out to Des Moines, Iowa, all on my own dime, leaving my friends and the wonderful restaurants of New York City, to work for Dane - for FREE - for the summer.
You might think that Dane is taking advantage of me, but I disagree. It's a win-win situation. He gets free labor to help with growing his business. I get access to invaluable knowledge, skills, and one-on-one time with a successful entrepreneur, not to mention access to his network of entrepreneurs and businesspeople! It's a big win for both of us.
For students (or non-students even - I could care less) who want to have their own profitable B2B software business, this really is the chance of a lifetime.
I absolutely agree with this suggestion. Another variation: bring excellent teachers in other (non-Khan) subjects together to devise learning maps, and then have the experts compete against each other to produce the lectures most favored by Khan Academy users.
Seems like this would result in much faster growth in the breadth of KA's videos.