Pre-build design documentation for the BENE platform — built on the IQ Key Value open-source foundation.
BENE is a collaborative workspace for event agencies. It turns venue files into a structured library and that library into an interactive client pitch — ending with a timestamped, approved specification.
Two layers:
- Personal Venue Catalog — private venue library with AI extraction and search
- Digital Sales Room — interactive pitch board for client sign-off
See docs/README.md for the full plain-language overview.
| Document | Audience | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| What is BENE? | Anyone | Problem, solution, how it works, pricing |
| Market Structure | Anyone | Event chain, tool segmentation, the vacant slot |
| Vision | Founders, team | Product direction, strategic bets, north star metric |
| Document | Audience | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | Founders, team | DSR concept, relationship to catalog layer |
| Product Structure | Founders, team | Two-layer architecture, capability pillars, UX concept |
| Business Proposal | Founders, team | ICP, feature phases, pricing, GTM, risks |
| Pitch Mechanics | Founders, team | Micro-site structure, collaboration layer, approval snapshot |
| Cold Start Strategy | Founders, team | Seed catalog, concierge onboarding, city-by-city expansion |
| Competitive Landscape | Founders, team | DSR vs. proposal tools, venue discovery, agency CRM, DIY stack |
Note
These documents describe the catalog subsystem and its original standalone positioning. They remain valid as the data-layer reference but are not the primary product direction.
| Document | What it covers |
|---|---|
| Product Structure | Tenant app, capability pillars, UI concept |
| Business Proposal | ICP, monetisation, GTM, risks |
| Competitive Landscape | Competitor analysis and gap matrix |
| Cold Start Strategy | Seeding the library before launch |
| Sales materials | Pitch, battlecards, objections, messaging |
| Document | Audience | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture Reference | Engineers, architects | Domain model, services, schema, API, event contracts |
| Intelligence Layer | Engineers, architects | ETL pipeline, extraction, AI layer, technology decisions |
Read AGENTS.md before adding or editing any document. It defines repository structure, audience tagging, document types, writing standards, and constraints.
BENE is built on top of the IQ Key Value open-source foundation. New services introduced:
iqbene-venue-service— venue profiles, assets, metadata, search, plan enforcementiqbene-venue-ingestion-worker— async sidecar: document ETL, AI extraction, embeddingsiqbene-venue-model— shared library: domain entities, event contracts, Liquibase migrations
Stage: pre-launch MVP — design complete, implementation not yet started.
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