Meeting transcript: MTG_32072 (notsofar)

Linda: Hi everybody.

Beth: Hi, welcome.

Linda: Thanks for coming, thanks for coming. Uh listen I wanna discuss a uh   a new idea  

Linda:   for <FILL/>   an extension of our   of our dog grooming uh business.

Linda: Uh  

Linda: I've been hearing a lot about uh these hi-tech companies that allow employees to bring their dogs uh to work with them.

Beth: Yeah.

Linda: And it dawned on me all of a sudden that we could uh extend   extend our service  

Linda:   to actually  

Linda:   coming to the   the   the   the workplace.

Linda:   setting up our um  

Linda:   a van out  

Beth: Wow, that sounds <UNKNOWN/> oh yeah.

Linda:   outside and uh   and   and while somebody's working they can have their dog or their cat groomed.

Beth: Groomed.

Rachel: And that would be  

Linda: OK.

Linda: So I just wanna know if this is a   an   uh an idea that's over the top or if it sounds good if we  

Rachel: No.

Beth: Well, off the top of my head, I think it sounds amazing. I really love it.

Linda: Yeah.

Linda: Yeah.

Rachel: But, we have to   we have to set  

Rachel: Is it uh a service that will be paid by the company  

Rachel:   or is that a service that will pay by individuals?

Linda: OK. I <FILL/>   I think of it as a   as a benefit offered uh by the   by the company.

Rachel: So our clients  

Linda: But I may   I may be over optimistic. I'm not sure.

Rachel: So our uh   our clients would be  

Rachel:   the companies.

Linda: Our client would be the   would be the company.

Rachel: The marketing will be to the companies.

Beth: <UNKNOWN/>

Beth: Or  

Linda: OK. Right. Right.

Beth:   both.

Linda:   or if the company doesn't uh   doesn't buy that idea, OK, then we can   we can say well OK  

Linda:   uh so you're not going to offer it as a   as an employee benefit but  

Linda:   you could   you could  

Beth: Yeah.

Linda:   we could   we could offer the service to your employees for   you know for   for a fee.

Beth: Mm-hmm.

Linda: Maybe that would work.

Rachel: And   And would that during uh   would that during working hours? That taking time of uh working hours?

Linda: During   During working hours that uh  

Rachel: That's taking time if they have to take their dog to the car.

Linda: Right.

Rachel: That is taking time off work. Ah.

Beth: No, so I think like uh <FILL/>  

Linda: It <UNKNOWN/>  

Linda:   it   it does take a few minutes off of work. That's true.

Beth: No, I'm thinking like if we have uh a relationship that we build with  

Beth:   the   the clientele then um you know our assistants can go up and uh  

Beth:   meet the pet, bring them down. No one needs to leave work at all, it's our   part of our service that we go  

Linda: Mm-hmm.

Linda: Mm-hmm.

Linda: Mm-hmm.

Beth:   take the pet down and bring them back.

Linda: Uh right right the   right right yeah.

Rachel: Well, uh that's a good idea I think because companies, it's like  

Linda: Yeah, that's a good idea. Yeah.

Beth: Yeah because there's a dog walking service as well  

Rachel:   you can see up and downs with the dogs, <UNKNOWN/> .

Linda: Mm-hmm.

Linda: Yeah.

Beth:   at some companies that have pets  

Linda: Right.

Beth:   there's a dog walking service, so they actually employ   I've seen this, they employ someone who  

Rachel: Yes.

Linda: Oh.

Rachel: Walk the dogs.

Beth:   walks the dogs gives them   make sure they have water feeds them during the day and this is a  

Rachel: Walk the dogs.

Linda: Now, could we do this as a combined service? Yeah, dog walking, dog grooming  

Beth: Hmm.

Linda:   and then um   <FILL/> Let   Let   Let's say the dog walking service was  

Rachel: OK.

Rachel: So  

Linda:   was you know the   the <FILL/>   the company paid for and then   and then if the worker wants  

Rachel:   would you  

Rachel: <BA/>

Linda:   they can also have uh a grooming and then the worker <UNKNOWN/>  

Rachel: No.

Beth:   or can be subsidized.

Rachel: <PName> Linda </PName> I have  

Linda:   or it can be subsidized, yeah.

Rachel: I have one more question.

Linda: Mm-hmm.

Rachel: Would you limit the company  

Rachel:   just to work for companies in working places or would you use the same  

Rachel:   yours   your company or this new company also to give services at homes?

Linda: Mm-hmm.

Linda: To   To <FILL/>   To private homes. <FILL/> listen  

Linda: <FILL/> Both uh ideally.

Beth: Yeah.

Linda: OK. We could we   we could   we   it's not   No, it's not the same kind of marketing, although it's  

Rachel: But it's not the same kind of marketing.

Linda:   it's easily <FILL/> you know <FILL/> related. Um we could use the same uh, you know, equipment and   Yeah <UNKNOWN/>  

Beth: The fact that you're mobile   Yeah. Just   It's just area related like  

Linda: Yeah, the same   the same   the same groomers and dog walkers could do, you know, sometimes this   Yeah.

Beth: Yeah.

Rachel: No, if you do one dog at a time it's one price, if you do ten dogs at a time  

Linda: Yeah.

Beth: Mmm.

Linda: Right.

Rachel:   it's another price for companies.

Beth: Mm-hmm.

Linda: Uh no <FILL/> absolutely, absolutely. But I'm   But what   what I was interested in was offering at first as a service as a   as a perk  

Rachel: I don't think  

Linda:   OK to   to hi-tech uh companies  

Linda:   who we're trying to attract uh you know <FILL/> high quality workers with   with   with   with their perks frankly.

Rachel: May I ask <PName> Linda </PName>  

Rachel: <PName> Linda </PName> , may I ask  

Linda: Mm-hmm.

Rachel:   what uh <FILL/>   where did you come from with that idea? What   What did   What triggered this idea of the business?

Linda: Sorry?

Linda: Um <FILL/> I was thinking about the   I was literally thinking about the perks that uh   that hi-tech companies offer.

Rachel: So it's more   it's more  

Linda: OK.

Linda: And then somebody mentioned that oh yeah they are allowed to bring their dog to work.

Linda: And so I could sorta put two and two together.

Rachel: And that would be  

Linda: And I said now they're <UNKNOWN/>   they're <UNKNOWN/>   <FILL/> Listen, being   being allowed to bring your dog to work is a perk for many people, OK?

Rachel: So you would need  

Linda: But I figured this   OK this is even more of a perk OK and makes a  

Beth:   that we don't need stinky mutts around the office.

Linda: Makes a   <FILL/> Makes a lot of sense, OK.

Rachel: <FILL/> Yeah, but that   that would uh make uh  

Rachel:   creating with the company that would mean the   the trucks  

Rachel:   the people to uh   to drive the trucks, the people to wash the dogs  

Rachel:   the people to walk the dogs  

Linda: Right.

Rachel:   and uh   uh that's uh   and that's  

Linda: Right.

Linda: Well, the   the truck,   the van we   we actually   we actually already have, OK? So we could   I think  

Beth: And the driver and the   the assistant are the same people.

Rachel: No you might need the you know   the parking.

Linda: But we <FILL/>   We'll   We'll probably need more. Well, parking   parking will be uh   will be uh  

Rachel: Yeah.

Linda:   uh an issue but   but <FILL/>   Exactly, exactly, right. They'll tell us where to park.

Rachel: Provided by the company.

Rachel: So I uh  

Linda: Yeah.

Rachel:   I would like to note   Yes, I would like to note to start  

Rachel:   thinking of it seriously, because the idea sounds good idea.

Linda: Mm-hmm.

Linda: You like it?

Beth: Yeah. I love it.

Rachel: I like the idea.

Linda: Yeah.

Rachel: But I need numbers.

Linda: Yeah.

Beth: We just need area's feasibility, maybe we do two companies in one, you know, what is the capacity of us per day to actually run this  

Linda: Right.

Rachel: I need numbers.

Linda: Right.

Beth:   to see feasibility so can you  

Rachel: So  

Linda: <FILL/> I think we should do feasibility study with   with, let's say one company maybe two companies to   to start.

Rachel: So  

Beth: Yeah.

Rachel: So <PName> Beth </PName> would you be in charge of uh doing the uh   the research and the uh  

Linda: You're good at that.

Rachel:   and   and the research and get us the numbers?

Beth: Yeah I'd love to   I would love to do that.

Linda: Mm-hmm.

Beth: I just need to understand from <PName> Linda </PName> because she's more  

Beth:   uh  

Beth:   involved in the actual  

Beth:   dog care part of it. How long does it take  

Rachel: Yeah.

Beth:   per dog to groom.

Linda: Well, our <UNKNOWN/>  

Rachel: And   And the <FILL/>   the cost of the products that you use.

Linda: Yeah yeah yeah. Our   Our groomers usually say that they need uh   they need   they need almost an   an hour. OK yeah, yeah.

Rachel: OK.

Beth: Our dog, OK.

Rachel: So let's   let's  

Linda: Yeah.

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