Investor Pitch
Meeting

DOC BROWN (PRESENTER)

Marty! You made it! Good, good. I know it's 1:15 in the morning and we're in a mall parking lot, but I assure you, this is the most important product demonstration in human history. I sent invitations to thirty-seven investors. You are the only one who showed up. This is fine. Visionaries are often alone.

Before we begin, I need you to operate this video camera. Point it at me at all times. This moment needs to be documented for posterity. Also for the patent application, assuming the Patent Office accepts applications from the future, which I believe they will have to once they see what I've built.

MARTY McFLY (SOLE INVESTOR / AUDIENCE)

Doc, it's 1 AM. I have school tomorrow. You called me and said it was a matter of life and death. I thought you were dying.

Also, why is there a DeLorean in the parking lot? And why is your dog wearing a radiation suit? Doc, why is EINSTEIN wearing a radiation suit?

DOC BROWN

Einstein is wearing a radiation suit because he is about to become the world's first time traveler! Don't worry, it's perfectly safe. Probably. I haven't tested it on a living organism yet, which is why we're testing it on Einstein. If something goes wrong, he won't be able to tell anyone.

Now, let me walk you through the pitch deck. Slide one: THE DELOREAN TIME MACHINE. As you can see, I've converted a standard DeLorean DMC-12 into a temporal displacement vehicle. The stainless steel construction is key. It also has gull-wing doors, which are not scientifically necessary but look FANTASTIC.

MARTY

Doc, are you telling me you built a time machine … out of a DeLorean?

DOC BROWN

The way I see it, if you're going to build a time machine into a car, why not do it with some style? Next slide.

Slide two: THE FLUX CAPACITOR. This is what makes time travel possible. I invented it on November 5, 1955. I slipped off my toilet while hanging a clock, hit my head on the sink, and when I came to, I had a vision. A revelation! A picture in my head! The flux capacitor!

I know what you're thinking. "He invented the key to time travel by falling off a toilet." And yes, that is exactly what happened. Great science often comes from unexpected places. Newton had an apple. I had a porcelain sink. The point is: it works.

MARTY

Does it work? You haven't tested it yet!

Also, slide three appears to be a diagram of the flux capacitor drawn on a napkin. Is that — is that the actual napkin from 1955?

DOC BROWN

That napkin is a HISTORICAL DOCUMENT, Marty. Treat it with respect. Now, slide four: FUEL REQUIREMENTS.

The time machine requires 1.21 gigawatts of electrical power. I know what you're thinking — "1.21 gigawatts?! How are you going to generate that kind of power?" The answer is: plutonium. I have acquired a small quantity of plutonium for the initial demonstration.

MARTY

Wait. Plutonium. Are you telling me this sucker is NUCLEAR?

Doc, where did you get plutonium? You can't just buy plutonium at the corner store. This is a controlled substance. This is the kind of thing that gets you on government lists.

DOC BROWN

I'm glad you asked! A group of Libyan nationalists approached me and asked me to build them a nuclear bomb. So I took their plutonium and gave them a bomb casing filled with old pinball machine parts. Everybody wins!

Slide five: SUPPLY CHAIN. As you can see, my supply chain diagram has the word "Libyans" with a question mark next to it. I will admit this is an area for improvement. But first-mover advantage, Marty! Nobody else has a time machine. Nobody else even has a flux capacitor. We can figure out the supply chain later.

MARTY

Doc, you stole plutonium from Libyan nationalists and gave them fake bomb parts. That's not a supply chain. That's a death sentence. They're going to come looking for you.

Can we talk about this? This feels like something we should talk about.

DOC BROWN

Marty, please hold questions until the end of the presentation. We're on slide six: TEMPORAL DISPLACEMENT MECHANICS. When the DeLorean reaches 88 miles per hour, the flux capacitor activates and the vehicle is displaced in time. The driver inputs a destination date using this keypad on the dashboard. Past, present, future — any date is accessible.

I've set the destination time to November 5, 1955 — a red-letter date in the history of science. The day I invented the flux capacitor. We're going to send Einstein one minute into the future as proof of concept. Are you getting this on camera?

MARTY

Yeah, I'm getting it. I'm getting a man in a parking lot at 1 AM with a nuclear-powered DeLorean and a dog in a hazmat suit. This is definitely going on camera.

Doc — is it safe?

DOC BROWN

Safe? Of course it's safe! As long as you hit exactly 88 miles per hour. If you go 87, nothing happens. If you go 89 — well, also nothing different happens, but the target is 88. It's a very specific number. The flux capacitor is particular.

Now, let me demonstrate. Einstein, get in the car. Marty, stand over there. Way over there. Actually, a little further. You know what, behind that concrete barrier. Yes. Perfect.

MARTY

Why am I behind a barrier, Doc? If it's safe, why am I behind a barrier?

DOC BROWN

Standard investor safety protocol, Marty. Don't read into it. NOW WATCH THIS!

[Doc sends Einstein in the DeLorean at 88 mph. There is a blinding flash of light. Twin trails of fire. The car vanishes. Einstein reappears exactly one minute later, unharmed.]

HA! DID YOU SEE THAT?! IT WORKS, MARTY! IT WORKS! Einstein's clock is exactly one minute behind mine! He skipped over that minute! He went directly from 1:33 to 1:34 without experiencing the intermediate time! TEMPORAL DISPLACEMENT!

MARTY

Holy — Doc, you disintegrated Einstein!

Wait, he's back. He's — he's fine? He's wagging his tail. OK. OK. So it works. It actually works. You built a time machine. Out of a DeLorean.

This is — this is heavy.

DOC BROWN

There's that word again. "Heavy." Why are things so heavy in the future? Is there a problem with the Earth's gravitational pull?

Now, slide 27: COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS. Time travel has virtually unlimited market potential. Historical tourism alone could be a billion-dollar industry. Imagine: "Visit Ancient Rome! See the signing of the Declaration of Independence! Attend Woodstock without the mud!" We could charge a premium for front-row seats to history.

Slide 28: COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE. As you can see, this slide is blank. Because there is no competition. We are the only company with a working time machine. Total addressable market: everyone who has ever wanted to travel through time. That's everyone, Marty. Everyone wants to travel through time.

MARTY

Doc, this meeting could have been an email. Specifically, an email from the future.

But seriously — what about the plutonium? What happens when you run out? What happens when the Libyans figure out you gave them pinball parts? What's the exit strategy?

DOC BROWN

Exit strategy? Marty, we have a TIME MACHINE. The exit strategy is: go to a time where the problem doesn't exist. That's the beauty of temporal displacement. Every problem has a temporal solution. Angry Libyans? Go to a time before they're angry. Out of plutonium? Go to a time when plutonium is freely available. Regulatory issues? Go to a time before regulations exist.

Now, I'd like to move to slide 35: TIMELINE BRANCHING THEORY, which addresses the philosophical implications of —

MARTY

Doc — DOC. What is that?

Is that — is that a VAN? With Libyan flags? In the parking lot? DOC, THE LIBYANS ARE HERE. THE LIBYANS FOUND YOU.

DOC BROWN

Oh no. They found me. I don't know how but they found me. RUN FOR IT, MARTY!

[The meeting is interrupted by Libyan nationalists. Doc is shot. Marty escapes in the DeLorean. He accidentally travels to 1955. The investor pitch concludes prematurely.]

MARTY (POST-MEETING NOTE)

For the record: I am now in 1955. The DeLorean is out of plutonium. I have accidentally interfered with my parents' first meeting and may have erased my own existence. And I still have school tomorrow. Well, thirty years from tomorrow.

This meeting could have been an email. From any time period. Literally any time period would have been fine.

Survive being shot by Libyan nationalists (status: resolved — was wearing a bulletproof vest)

Resolved. Doc was prepared. For once.

Return to 1985 from 1955 without access to plutonium by finding an alternative power source generating 1.21 gigawatts

In Progress — currently exploring lightning-based solutions

Ensure his parents meet and fall in love despite having accidentally disrupted the timeline

Complicated. His mother appears to have a crush on him instead. This is a problem on multiple levels.

Read letter from future Marty warning about the Libyans — DO NOT TEAR IT UP

Doc tore it up. He taped it back together later. Communication could be improved.

Address regulatory framework for commercial time travel including FDA, FAA, DOT, and temporal displacement liability

No legal team has been retained. Doc does not believe in lawyers. This will be a problem.

Find a plutonium source that does not involve defrauding international terrorists

Future Doc discovers Mr. Fusion, which runs on banana peels and beer. Problem solved in 2015.