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Pinky Cole's Journey to Building Slutty Vegan
TLDR Pinky Cole overcame challenges, including the loss of her first restaurant, to launch Slutty Vegan, a successful plant-based fast food joint with a provocative name that aims to make veganism cool and fun. Through strategic partnerships and community-driven branding, Slutty Vegan has seen impressive growth and aims to become a household name representing the vegan lifestyle in various industries.
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Pinky Cole founded Slutty Vegan, a plant-based fast food joint with the goal of attracting a diverse customer base, aiming to become the McDonald's of vegan food.
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Pinky Cole's parents, particularly her father who was an entrepreneur, and her hardworking mother, influenced her strong work ethic and early entrepreneurial ventures, leading to her success as a businesswoman.
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Pinky Cole shares how she got a second chance at life after being expelled from high school, leading her to college, a career in TV production, and eventually opening her first restaurant in 2014.
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Pinky Cole's restaurant, Pinky's Jamaican, was destroyed by a fire, leading her to face the devastating loss of everything she had worked for.
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Pinky Cole faced humbling challenges in the restaurant business, learning various aspects of the industry through trial and error before finding healing and inspiration to start over after appearing on a therapy show.
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Pinky Cole's idea for Slutty Vegan, a vegan fast food concept with a provocative name, came to her in a moment of inspiration while living in Atlanta, leading her to start a successful ghost kitchen operation.
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Pinky Cole's Slutty Vegan concept aimed to make veganism cool and fun by using a provocative name and creating an exclusive, time-limited experience that attracted a large following, eventually leading to her transition from a ghost kitchen to a food truck due to overwhelming demand.
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Pinky Cole's Slutty Vegan food truck attracted hundreds of people eager to be part of the experience, leading to impressive revenue growth and continued success based on the brand's unique vibe and cultural appeal.
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Pinky Cole's Slutty Vegan food truck brought value to the community by attracting people to the neighborhood and fighting to stay in her first location despite initial opposition.
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Pinky Cole partnered with experienced individuals like Richie Lou Dennis and Danny Meyer to strategically scale her business and bring in the right resources for growth.
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Pinky Cole strategically partnered with investors like Danny Meyer to scale Slutty Vegan, focusing on community-driven branding and redefining the term "slut" through intentional marketing and customer experience.
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In 10 years, Slutty Vegan aims to be a household name representing the vegan lifestyle through restaurants, entertainment, TV productions, CPG products, and an overall experiential brand similar to PepsiCo or Coca-Cola.
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