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+.. A Short Intro to Approximatrix slides file, created by
+   hieroglyph-quickstart on Mon Aug 25 12:13:21 2014.
+
+==============================
+A Short Intro to 
+==============================
+
+.. image:: _static/logo_big_words.png
+
+Jeffrey Armstrong
+
+August 27th, 2014
+
+http://approximatrix.com/
+
+My Background
+=============
+
+ * Aerospace Engineer
+ * Love programming
+ * Independent
+
+History
+=======
+
+Founded in 2006...
+
+.. figure:: _static/draco.png
+   :figwidth: 100%
+   :align: center
+
+to market a statistics package
+
+Lessons Learned
+===============
+
+Draco was a failure in every way
+ * Scope was unachievable
+ * Exceptionally slow updates
+ * No market research
+
+Ideals don't equal profit
+
+Simply Fortran
+==============
+
+Released July 2010
+
+.. figure:: _static/sfortran.png
+   :figwidth: 100%
+   :align: center
+
+Filled Very Specific Niche
+
+Inexpensive!
+
+Simply Fortran
+==============
+
+Sales
+
+And Myself...
+=============
+
+Switched to full-time in November 2012
+
+Growth
+======
+
+====================   =========
+Package Manager:       |sfpm|
+Corporate Customers:   |sfls|
+Additional Products:   |seditor|
+====================   =========
+
+.. |sfpm| image:: _static/sfpm.png
+   :scale: 60 %
+   
+.. |sfls| image:: _static/sfls.png
+   :scale: 60 %
+   
+.. |seditor| image:: _static/seditor.png
+   :align: middle
+   
+Issues
+======
+
+Marketing
+ * How does one contact such a diverse group?
+
+Pricing
+ * Four drastic price changes
+
+Summary
+=======
+
+A success story?
+
+Contact:
+ * Email: jeff@approximatrix.com
+ * Twitter: @fortranjeff
+ * http://approximatrix.com/
+ * http://simplyfortran.com/