"I spent an entire night preparing for a major college presentation. I skipped sleep, rehearsed every single line, and timed my slides down to the second. By morning, I knew the material inside out. Because practically no college student can afford an expensive ₹5,000+ Logitech remote, I did what almost everyone does: I asked a classmate to sit by the laptop and advance the slides for me."
"My presentation started, and everything was flowing naturally—until the first mistake. I needed Slide 3; he accidentally jumped to Slide 5. I said 'previous slide, please', and he panicked and opened the wrong page. When I asked for Slide 7, he went back to Slide 3. In less than 30 seconds, my rhythm was shattered, the room was distracted, and days of hard work and preparation felt wasted by someone else's missed clicks."
"Walking off that stage, one realization hit me: If I did all the hard work, why should control of my presentation be in someone else's hands?"
"As an engineering student, I looked around. Students and teachers can't afford expensive physical remotes or monthly subscription software. But there is one device every single student and speaker has in their hand 24/7: their smartphone. That day, I set out to build NXTslide so that no presenter ever has to say 'next slide please' again."