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128 lines
3.9 KiB
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---
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project: offsite-day1-business-dev
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type: session-notes
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status: active
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path: Business/Planning
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tags:
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- pbs
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- branding
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- sunnies
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- content
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created: 2026-04-20
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updated: 2026-04-20
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---
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# Off-Site Planning Session — Business Development Summary
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## Vision (Locked In)
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Plant Based Southerner becomes a household name.
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## Mission (Locked In)
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To provide guidance that empowers people to live a whole food plant-based
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lifestyle.
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*Note: Mission is intentionally broad. Marketing and content target a
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specific audience segment.*
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## Business Model Direction
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- Hybrid model: content drives multiple revenue streams (products,
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community, education, etc.)
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- Revenue must serve the education mission, not override it
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- Monetization filter: only pursue streams that align with teaching people
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to live well
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## Core Audience (Locked In)
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Busy women feeding families who want to eat a whole food plant-based diet
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but struggle to do it consistently in their daily lives.
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### Key traits:
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- Time-constrained
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- Health-motivated
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- Already believe in plant-based
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- Managing family dynamics
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- Struggling with consistency
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## Core Problem (Locked In)
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It's not a knowledge problem — it's an execution problem. They know how
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they want to eat, but they can't make it work consistently within the
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constraints of real life (time, energy, family, decisions).
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## Core Belief (Anchor Statement)
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"Most people don't fail because they don't know what to eat — they fail
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because it doesn't work in real life."
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Everything PBS does should reinforce this.
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## Positioning (Locked In)
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Whole food plant-based eating made practical for busy women feeding their
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families. We focus on helping them make it actually work in real life — not
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just teaching what to eat.
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## Differentiation
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- Focus on execution, not information
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- Integrate real life constraints (time, family, energy)
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- Combine practical cooking, simple systems, and realistic expectations
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- Teach how to make it work, not just what to do
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## Value Proposition (Locked In)
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PBS equips busy women with a repeatable system to consistently feed their
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families a whole food plant-based diet — reducing daily decision-making and
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making healthy eating sustainable in real life.
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In plain terms: less overwhelm, less decision fatigue, more consistency,
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real-life sustainability.
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## Messaging Pillars (4 Pillars)
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1. **Progress Over Perfection** — You don't need to do this perfectly, just
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consistently.
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2. **Functional, Repeatable Cooking** — Food has to work in real life, not
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just look good.
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3. **Systems Over Willpower** — You need structure, not more discipline.
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4. **Real Life Is the Standard** — If it doesn't work on your busiest day,
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it doesn't work.
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## Content Tracks Within Core Audience
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- Culinary education (how to cook plant-based)
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- Nutritional science (why plant-based matters for health)
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- Quick and easy meals (just get it done)
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## Education Approach
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- Weave the "why" into the "how" rather than leading with the health case
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- Show substitutions in context (no dairy, no oil, no meat as options
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within familiar dishes)
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- Avoid preachy or pushy tone
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## Key Discussion: Mission vs. Revenue Tension
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- Travis raised concern that revenue goals could drive decisions that
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compromise education quality
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- Root concern: neither are corporate people, and there's a fear that
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making money dilutes authenticity
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- Resolution: revenue streams should reinforce the mission — teach and sell
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under one umbrella by being intentional about which streams to pursue
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- Philosophical discussion set aside for now
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## Framework: 3-Day Off-Site Structure
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- Day 1: Problem and positioning (complete)
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- Day 2: Business model and revenue streams
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- Day 3: Go-to-market and metrics
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## Next Up
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- [ ] Define value proposition further through competitive analysis
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- [ ] Map business model and revenue streams (Day 2)
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- [ ] Go-to-market strategy and measurable goals (Day 3)
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...sent from Jenny & Travis |