Mohnot passes on The Black Travel Box over travel-only product frequency
Sheel Mohnot · #72 How Niche Is Too Niche? · Mar 3, 2025 · at 14:06
Investor Sheil Mohnot delivers his decision on Orion Brown's pitch for The Black Travel Box on The Pitch.
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“For me, the sort of travel piece within multicultural CPG, I think is, is too hard for me to like wrap my head around. People don't travel that often and for them to buy a specific product that is different than the product they've been buying just for travel. Doesn't make sense to me, and it's probably because I don't understand the market well enough, but because of that, I'm gonna pass.”
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