# TASK BLOCKED: Missing Critical Input I cannot produce the requested business plan because the **task message is empty**. --- ## What I Need to Proceed You've provided: - ✅ Context (Charter, RAG database, project framing) - ✅ Format template (detailed structure for business plan output) - ✅ Citation rules and quality standards - ❌ **THE ACTUAL OPPORTUNITY** (blank message field) --- ## What Should Be In Your Message Please provide: 1. **Opportunity Name** – What business are we incubating? 2. **Problem Statement** – What gap exists? Who suffers? 3. **Target Customer** – Who is the user/buyer? What is their pain? 4. **Proposed Solution** – How does Crimson Leaf address this? 5. **Strategic Context** – Why now? Why does this align with CL's mandate? **Example format:** ``` Opportunity: AI-Powered Manuscript Formatting Service Problem: Self-published authors waste 40+ hours on print-ready PDF compliance (KDP, IngramSpark bleed margins, optical balance) Customer: Indie authors ($15-50K annual revenue range) Solution: Agentic workflow to convert Word/Markdown → print-ready PDFs with platform-specific metadata and aesthetic QA Market Signal: 2.3M indie authors published last year; 78% report formatting as top pain point ``` --- ## Next Steps **Resubmit with the opportunity details filled in**, and I (Orion) will: - ✅ Produce investor-grade business plan (complete with assumptions, citations, 10+ sources) - ✅ Build revenue projections (Month 1-12 with explicit assumptions) - ✅ Design 90-day GTM roadmap - ✅ Flag top 5 risks with mitigation - ✅ Deliver FUND / PILOT / DO NOT FUND recommendation **Standing by for task message.**