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Meghan Carreau: Childhood obesity has nothing to do with socioeconomic status
“That's actually a common misconception, though, because there are lots of kids, you know, one out of three kids and one out of five developing OPC-related disease actually has nothing to do with socioeconomic.”
Manus: Cut food loses nutrition without heavy salt preservatives
“The nutritional value actually minimizes after something is cut, something is, you know, so unless these are heavy prepared foods with a lot of salt to preserve them, I worry about the actual nutritional value.”
Chapman: Kids' meal delivery must be priced under $10 for mass adoption
“But I just don't think the unit economics work at 13 dollars. A lunch. I mean, I don't think you're gonna be able to get it down to five, which would be amazing. I think that would be an easy sell all across the country, but it's gotta be under 10 for you to h…”
Manus: Startups must nail one core offering before expanding into secondary features
“Hit one thing, do it well, and then expand from there. Don't try to educate everybody, don't try to create a game, don't try to do this, try anything like that. Focus in what is the most viable way to be able to deliver the healthiest meal.”
TuckerBox co-founder: Startup was not ready to accept funding during pitch
“We shouldn't have even, even if they had offered us money, we weren't ready to take a check.”
Phil Nadel would pay for a customized recipe app over meal delivery
“I would pay a decent amount for that, and I wouldn't get, I wouldn't buy the delivery.”