Guest guest Posted December 19, 2004 Report Share Posted December 19, 2004 John, I'm on the business side of the high tech industry, and from my perspective, there is not a lot of money to be made in raw food. Thats the beauty of it. If your doing it right, you should only be spending money on produce. That being said, I think there is some money to be made with raw retreats. Jingee and Storm have been very successful with their " Raw Weekends " , but they have both been raw for ever, and thus have a lot of credibility. They also have a location that is an easy weekend escape from LA. Of course David Wolf does this on a larger scale, but he is more of a cult of personality(not necessarly in a bad way), and not what I am talking about here. Also, he is a business man above all. All of the products he sells on his site are overpriced, and unnecessary for a raw lifestyle. There is another place in LA that I have heard about, but never been. They specialize in fasting, and cater to the stars. Apparently it's quite comical, because it's just a track home, but at any given week, there are several stars there loosing 10 lbs for there next movie. The place makes a fortune. It's not well known, because it only caters to the stars. A place like this for ordinary folks could do well. I love the idea of a raw retreat, and the idea of it being a weekend thing. A three day weekend is not too much of a commitment to make, is inexpensive and easy to do. I have been to three of Jingee and Storms weekends, and had a great time. A weekend is so easy to do, and takes little planning. It attracts people who are curious about raw food, and those who want some healthy R & R. If you could find a beautiful setting within stones throw of a major city, it could work. The next thing you would need to do is market the concept. " A relaxing weekend eating healthy food, and hiking in nature. " Good Luck ! Rufus --- John de la Garza <john wrote: > that story's fame goes fare beyond Palo Alto. > > Most techies anywhere in the world know that about > that story > On Dec 18, 2004, at 11:01 PM, Rufus Shaw wrote: > > > > > Derrick, > > > > I could not agree more. I live in Palo Alto, and > one > > of the famous stories here is how the founders of > > Cisco systems invented on of the most profitable > > products of the information age (network router) > and > > took it to 83 professional investors who all told > them > > their invention was worthless. The 84th saw the > > potential, and the rest is history. At one time > they > > were the most valuable company in the world. 83 > > companies who's job it was to spot potential in > small > > businesses missed this one. > > > > Rufus > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 19, 2004 Report Share Posted December 19, 2004 thanks, you've got some good points On Dec 19, 2004, at 10:29 AM, Rufus Shaw wrote: > > John, > > I'm on the business side of the high tech industry, > and from my perspective, there is not a lot of money > to be made in raw food. Thats the beauty of it. If > your doing it right, you should only be spending money > on produce. That being said, I think there is some > money to be made with raw retreats. Jingee and Storm > have been very successful with their " Raw Weekends " , > but they have both been raw for ever, and thus have a > lot of credibility. They also have a location that is > an easy weekend escape from LA. > > Of course David Wolf does this on a larger scale, but > he is more of a cult of personality(not necessarly in > a bad way), and not what I am talking about here. > Also, he is a business man above all. All of the > products he sells on his site are overpriced, and > unnecessary for a raw lifestyle. > > There is another place in LA that I have heard about, > but never been. They specialize in fasting, and cater > to the stars. Apparently it's quite comical, because > it's just a track home, but at any given week, there > are several stars there loosing 10 lbs for there next > movie. The place makes a fortune. It's not well > known, because it only caters to the stars. A place > like this for ordinary folks could do well. > > I love the idea of a raw retreat, and the idea of it > being a weekend thing. A three day weekend is not too > much of a commitment to make, is inexpensive and easy > to do. I have been to three of Jingee and Storms > weekends, and had a great time. A weekend is so easy > to do, and takes little planning. It attracts people > who are curious about raw food, and those who want > some healthy R & R. If you could find a beautiful > setting within stones throw of a major city, it could > work. The next thing you would need to do is market > the concept. " A relaxing weekend eating healthy food, > and hiking in nature. " > > Good Luck ! > Rufus > > > > > > --- John de la Garza <john wrote: > >> that story's fame goes fare beyond Palo Alto. >> >> Most techies anywhere in the world know that about >> that story >> On Dec 18, 2004, at 11:01 PM, Rufus Shaw wrote: >> >>> >>> Derrick, >>> >>> I could not agree more. I live in Palo Alto, and >> one >>> of the famous stories here is how the founders of >>> Cisco systems invented on of the most profitable >>> products of the information age (network router) >> and >>> took it to 83 professional investors who all told >> them >>> their invention was worthless. The 84th saw the >>> potential, and the rest is history. At one time >> they >>> were the most valuable company in the world. 83 >>> companies who's job it was to spot potential in >> small >>> businesses missed this one. >>> >>> Rufus >>> >>> >> >> > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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