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• Daily Idea - Dopamine Reset Retreats

• Street Talk

Luxury retreats to reset dopamine.

The One Liner

Luxury detox retreats for dopamine-dead digital addicts.

The 140 character tweet (or X) version

Your brain wasn’t built for constant dopamine hits. These off-grid retreats help you unplug, reset, and rewire, without sacrificing comfort.

The Longer Story Version

The Problem
We’re all hooked.

The scroll. The swipe. The buzz in your pocket. We’ve trained our brains like lab rats to be rewarded every 8 seconds with a new hit of novelty.

Even when we want to stop, we can’t. Vacations? We just switch screens. Meditation apps? Another notification away from doomscrolling.

The result? Our focus is toast. Relationships strained. Nervous systems fried.

And there’s no true off-ramp. Just “digital wellness tips” in an email you didn’t read.

The Solution
What if you could hit the reset button?

This isn’t a silent monastery in the woods. It’s a dopamine detox, designed for modern brains, in beautiful, high-comfort, low-signal environments.

You show up. We take your devices. You get:

• Guided dopamine reset programming

• Nature walks, cold plunges, deep conversations

• Yoga, breathwork, books, and analog joy

• Wellness food. Sleep you forgot was possible.

• And zero pings, dings, or distractions.

You leave with your nervous system recalibrated and your phone no longer your god.

How We’d Build It

Stage 1 – The Curated Beta (White-glove & Waitlist-only)

• Partner with 2–3 luxury properties (use Giggster or Boutiq)

• Design a 3-day experience with a focus on "comfort-first detox"

• Use Notion for onboarding curriculum, and Voxer for light post-retreat support

• Invite 25 burnout-prone founders, operators, and creators for a $3K–$5K trial round

• Keep it whisper-only. No website. No Instagram. Just stories.

GTM: Build scarcity → Go direct to high-performance groups (YPO, EO, alumni networks, crypto whales, exec coaches)

Stage 2 – Productize the Retreats + Digital Companion

• Build a lightweight brand site with Typedream or Dorik

• Launch a companion “digital detox protocol” PDF + mini-course (upsell post-retreat)

• Add intake forms + mood trackers with Tally and Airtable

• Offer repeat guests a “dopamine club” membership for quarterly tune-ups

• Use testimonials + UGC (collected post-retreat) to build brand lore

GTM: Partner with wellness influencers, productivity YouTubers, and burnout coaches. Bundle with team offsite packages.

Stage 3 – Scale It with Licensing + Franchising

• Create a playbook for wellness resorts to run “dopamine detox weekends” under license

• Use Maven to train retreat facilitators globally

• Develop a global network of trusted locations (like Soho House, but for detox)

• Launch a brand-owned retreat line in key cities (NY, LA, Lisbon, Bali)

GTM: Build a badge of honor, “I did the detox.” Make it a flex for founders, execs, and elite performers. Partner with high-end coaching programs and concierge services.

Why It Needs to Exist
Because our brains are running iOS 1.0 in a world of infinite scroll.

The smart ones will unplug before their burnout catches up.

This isn’t just a break. It’s a reset. A nervous system tune-up. A lifestyle defrag for people playing the long game.

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On July 16th, four of the most influential minds in the creator space are coming together for a live, virtual event: The Creator Business Summit.

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Would You Pay $3,000 to Touch Grass and Feel Feelings Again?

Let’s run a little thought experiment.

You’re walking through Soho. Someone with a clipboard stops you and says:

“Would you pay $3,000… to give up your phone for 3 days?”

Your first instinct:
lol absolutely not.
But they keep going:

“OK, but what if it came with a private chef, cold plunges, daily yoga, breathwork, guided dopamine reset protocols, and deep convos with interesting humans who are also tired of chasing notifications like rats in a Skinner box?”

Now you pause.

Because maybe… just maybe… you are a little cooked.

The Street Interview Format

That’s the hook.

We take this idea to the wild:
📍In person (street interviews, man-on-the-street style)
📍Or simulate it as a viral Reddit thread (“What would you pay for a 3-day dopamine detox retreat?”)

We describe the retreat with increasing levels of detail, and then we don’t reveal the price.

It’s at a luxury countryside estate.
No phones allowed.
You do breathwork, journaling, cold plunges, yoga, sleep 9 hours a night.
Meals are crafted by a chef.
You leave with a nervous system that isn’t actively screaming.

Then we ask:
“What would you pay?”

And we watch the guesses roll in:

• "$500? That’s like a spa, right?"

• "$1,200 maybe. Sounds like a fancy Airbnb with weird rules."

• "Honestly? $5,000. If it actually works, that’s cheaper than my burnout."

Then you hit ’em with the truth:
“It’s $3,000.”

Suddenly $3K sounds… kinda fair.

Why This Format Works

People suck at valuing things they’ve never experienced.
So you make them guess.
Force them to imagine it first.
Let their brain build value before you drop the price.

It flips the classic sales script.

Instead of:

• “Here’s what it is.”

• “Here’s why it costs so much.”

You go:

• “Here’s what it feels like.”

• “You tell me what that’s worth.”

Most of us spend $3K/year frying our brains, new phones, new apps, new dopamine hits.
This is a chance to spend $3K unfrying it.

Bonus Twist
Make it a "Would You Rather?"

Would you rather:
• Spend $3K on an all-inclusive dopamine reset?
• Or… spend $3K on a new iPhone that guarantees more stress?

It’s obvious.
The iPhone gets returned in a year.
The retreat might just change your life.

TL;DR
This format flips pricing psychology on its head.
You’re not selling a retreat.
You’re selling clarity. Presence. A chance to reset.

Just let people feel it before they price it.
And suddenly, $3,000 is a steal.

Make this content. Film the reactions. Post the thread.
And watch it do what every good retreat does:
make people stop and think.

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