Launch Plan
Inspiration and vision.
The Banana Way
Fighting Friction
Fan Experience
100

What type of results does a "normal" approach to operations get you?

Normal Results

100

Walt Disney's dream for Disneyland began on this simple object.

park bench

100

Banana's all-inclusive tickets include this perk

all you can eat concessions

100

Eliminating friction starts by putting yourself in these people's shoes.

fans

100

Where does the majority of revenue that the Bananas make go to?

Back to the fans.

200

If you're not _____, you're not trying something big enough.

scared/nervous

200

disneyland was meant to be a place where "___ led the way"

fun

200

traditionalists criticized this new style of baseball

banana ball

200

The Bananas look for every possible one of these that slows down business

pain points

200

Banana Ball aims to fix these flaws about traditional baseball.

Long, slow, boring

300

The Bananas multiplied what they were good at by this.

10

300

Jesse Cole lost love for the ______ version of baseball before finding his vision.

traditional

300

The Bananas removed these from the ballpark, upsetting local businesses

ads

300

mlb is criticized for doing this to fans financially

nickel and dime

300

Pay Point = ____ _____.

Pain Point

400

The Savannah Bananas lived by the opposite of their current _____ during their launch.

Values
400

Walt believed everything in Disneyland mattered to this part of the guest journey.

Experience

400

critics wondered if the team would raise these to make up for lost revenue

ticket prices

400

The Bananas even stage this during interviews to test attention to detail

trash around the stadium

400

What was the name of the Banana player who dressed up as a fan in the stands for the undercover fan program?

Bill LeRoy

500

Changing from traditional to unique did this to all operations.

any positive answer

500

Jesse Cole's vision thrives off fans bored of this type of baseball.

traditional

500

Jeff Bezos said you must be willing to be this to innovate.

misunderstood

500

the undercover fan program helps identify friction because things obvious to employees aren't obvious to ______.

fans

500

Hundreds of small solutions chip away at the _____ problem in baseball.

Friction