The Food Startups Podcast

Jeanne David has created a company by taking a long-used veggie as a replacement for pizza crust and bread.

By cutting out refined carbs, one can transform health. We talk about the anti-inflammatory diet, getting on restaurant menus, dealing with unexpected sales spikes via a popular blog, and more.

More about Jeanne:

Jeanne David is the Founder, Head of Product Development and President of Outer Aisle Gourmet, LLC.
Jeanne is a born entrepreneur and loves creating ideas for new products.

She started her first business at the age of ten.
Jeanne founded several small businesses, the most successful of which brought a line of natural food products to market
in Louisiana.

Direct download: Outeraisle.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 9:06am CDT

Mindset, packaging, food labeling, logistics, innovation, systems thinking, sustainability, traceability, and big e-commerce in the delivery space. This episode has it all.

I don't say this lightly, but this episode should be listened to by all food entrepreneurs.

Michael Joseph is the CEO of Green Chef, his 3rd food startup. Green Chef is a a USDA-certified organic meal kit company. They work with farmers to source sustainable, non-GMO ingredients.

A fun and insightful episode.

Direct download: Greenchef.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 11:37am CDT

Steve Broad is on his second startup in the food space.

He previously had Co-Founded and was CEO of Annie Chun’s Inc. with his wife, Annie Chun. They started at the Farmer’s Market in 1992 and built it into a national brand, then sold the company in 2008 to CJ Corp, Korea’s largest food company.

They began gimMe in 2012 and the brand has quickly become the #1 seaweed snack.

We talk seaweed and Steve's ideas on how to thrive in the natural foods space.

Direct download: GimMe.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 11:35am CDT

Sam Lillie is the founder/CEO of Vinder, a peer-to-peer marketplace for homegrown produce that connects home gardeners who hate seeing their excess veggies go to waste, with fellow community members looking to buy local produce. Sam graduated from San Jose State in 2015 then solo-hiked from Mexico to Canada on the Pacific Crest Trail (2,658 miles) which took 5 months to complete. While hiking, Sam faced extreme weather conditions from 105+ degree heat in the desert with 20-30 miles distances between water sources to snow storms and lightening storms.

After 3 months he figured he'd put his degree to good use and applied to 106 jobs across 4 states but only received one offer. He turned it down, moved to the small town of Port Townsend, Washington and launched Vinder. I am so excited about this startup and cannot wait to follow this over the years.

This episode talks about how developing personal strength can assist in startup perseverance and much more:

  • Sam's 5 month journey on the Pacific Crest Trail
  • Adapting to "real life" post hike
  • How to deal with challenges that come your way
  • Conceiving the idea and starting Vinder
  • Creating the AirBnB of homegrown produce
  • Pivoting an idea and winning the Silicon Valley business plan competition
  • The viral coefficient for your startup
  • Community building via Vinder
  • Plans for expansion across the United Statse
  • The disaster relief program
Direct download: Vinder.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 10:08am CDT

"I had a lot of experiences where I truly manifested my reality. And those experiences continue."

Joshua Mchugh has been at this for 13 years. Not many startups make it to the decade mark. How did he do it?

Starting out, he would spend endless hours reading recipe books with the intention of understanding how he could take standard comfort foods and turn them into nutritional powerhouses.

Living Intentions has formulated multiple lines of products, from gourmet sprouted nut and seed blends to superfood cereals, sprouted superfood seasonings, sprouted trail mix, superfood smoothie blends, and more.

  • We talk about the philosophy of slow growth and activated foods:
  • How Joshua started the company
  • The path to going from small, local distribution to nationwide
  • Managing a high # of sku's
  • Live and breathe what you are doing
  • Creating your reality
  • Sprouted vs Activated vs Raw
  • Separating the craft from the business
Direct download: LI.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 12:10pm CDT

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