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5.4.2  Example

Continuing the example of “HomeMeals,” here is a longer more comprehen-
sive version of the pitch.

For          Busy professionals and stay-at-home moms,
HomeMeals
 provides    A mobile social platform
To
             Help stay-at-home moms of various ethnic and cultural
Currently,    backgrounds to sell home-cooked meals from their home, As
Which lacks   they have the best recipes for ethnic meals which they love to
And           share with others,
Which
Without      Stay-at-home moms need to earn extra income, As they want to
 HomeMeals    feel an important member of the family and contribute to the
              community, and

             Busy professionals have access to healthy, home-cooked meals,
              As busy professionals are always looking for ways to eat healthy,
              home-cooked meals daily but don’t have access to them today

             Stay-at-home moms use social media platforms to advertise their
              offerings

             Tailored experience for this purpose and limited reach, and

             The only option for busy professionals is to cook in the morning
              or bring food from previous night’s dinner to work

             They don’t have time and discipline for doing

             Stay-at-home moms will continue to feel neglected and busy
              professional will continue to eat unhealthy expensive meals at
              restaurants.

The total addressable market  $12 billion and reach potential of about 30 million
 in USA is                     stay-at-home moms and 50 million working
                               professionals.
We will focus on              San Francisco Bay Area and Los Angeles first
And reach the customer        Social media advertising and ethnic grocery stores
 through
And expect to grow            To a million users within three years
Our business model is based   Per transaction cut through our platform, similar to
 on                            Uber, Lyft and AirBNB
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