The Startup CPG Podcast

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Episodes: 164

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A podcast from Startup CPG - highlighting stories from founders working towards a better food system and industry insights from experts to give you a better chance at success.

Episode Date
#139 Inventory Management for Early Brands: Cory Hebert from Cin7, and Jamie Valenti-Jordan, Catapult Commercialization Services
Apr 23, 2024
Community Fundraising 101: James Reina, Jibby Coffee, and Jonny Price, Wefunder
Apr 19, 2024
#138 Buyer Spotlight: Rich Gillmore, Gelson's
Apr 16, 2024
Gluten-Free Noodle Chips: Lauryn Bodden, S’noods
Apr 12, 2024
#137 Plant-Based Dumpling Kings: Eric Wu and Adam Yee, Sobo Foods
Apr 09, 2024
#136: Growing Jaju Pierogi with Social Media Pro Vanessa White
Apr 02, 2024
#135 Recruiting 101 with Peggy Shell, Creative Alignments
Mar 26, 2024
Expo West 2024 Recap: Trends, Brands, and Swag
Mar 26, 2024
#134 How to Make and Scale Your Product with Jamie Valenti-Jordan, Catapult Commercialization Services Part 2
Mar 21, 2024
#133 How to Make and Scale Your Product with Jamie Valenti-Jordan, Catapult Commercialization Services Part 1
Mar 19, 2024
Nowhere Bakery Swims in the Shark Tank!
Mar 14, 2024
#132 Buyer Spotlight: Chris Battaglia, Protein Category Sr Manager, Hungryroot
Mar 12, 2024
#131 The Rise of Carbone Fine Food with CEO Eric Skae
Mar 05, 2024
Fila Manila's Founder Jake Deleon Brings Filipino Flavors to Shark Tank
Feb 29, 2024
#130 What is a CMO? With Erin Fasano (Core Foods)
Feb 27, 2024
How to Win At Kroger
Feb 23, 2024
#129 Buyer Spotlight: Jonathan Lawrence, Fresh Thyme Market
Feb 20, 2024
How to Crush Expo West
Feb 16, 2024
#128 Buyer Spotlight: Dwight Richmond, Town & Country Markets
Feb 13, 2024
#127 Launching on Amazon with Leon Lewis
Feb 06, 2024
Bonus - Startup CPG's BIG Plans for 2024
Feb 01, 2024
#126 The Rise of HOP WTR with Jordan Bass
Jan 30, 2024
Bonus - THE BIG RELEASE of Startup CPG’s Retail Sales Tracker
Jan 25, 2024
#125 The Most Common Lawsuits Hitting Brands Right Now with Handel Food Law
Jan 23, 2024
#124 Beer and Non-Alc Industry Trends from Pioneering Craft Brewer Dan Kopman
Jan 16, 2024
#123 Jeff Church's Lessons on Entrepreneurship, from Suja Juice $140 Million/year Success to Shutting down Rowdy Energy
Jan 09, 2024
#122 How to Launch in Foodservice with Sales Pro Jenna Cameron Part 2
Jan 04, 2024
#121 How to Launch in Foodservice with Sales Pro Jenna Cameron Part 1
Jan 02, 2024
Bonus: Getting Into Retail & Tips from a Buyer
Dec 30, 2023
#120 Proven Sales Strategies on How to Launch Your CPG Brand with Aaron Barnholt from Cultivate CPG
Dec 26, 2023
#119 Lil Bucks: Cultivating Health and Sustainability Through Buckwheat with Founder Emily Griffith and Luke Peterson from A-Frame Farm
Dec 19, 2023
#118 From Bicycle Beginnings to Global Recognitions with Chlorophyll Water Founder, Matt Levine
Dec 12, 2023
#117 Rebranding, Fundraising, and the Success Behind Launching Myles Comfort Foods at Target with Myles Powell
Dec 05, 2023
Meet Season 4's Host - Startup CPG's Founder Daniel Scharff
Nov 30, 2023
#116 TOAST-IT Makes a Deal on Shark Tank! All the Details from Inside the Tank with Founders Coco & Mafe
Nov 28, 2023
#115 Pure Gold Series: Lessons on Iterating from Seth Goldman + Updates on Eat the Change & Just Ice Tea
Nov 21, 2023
#114 Driving Trial at Retail with Digital Rebates + Key Insights on Latest Natural Shopper Trends with Social Nature
Nov 14, 2023
#113 Brewing Crooked Owl Hard Tepache with Founders Cam & Dave Bailey
Nov 07, 2023
#112 Naturally Nourishing Treats for Hormonal Balance with Gita Vellanki, Founder of Neeshi
Oct 31, 2023
#111 Twrl Milk Tea: Boba is the New Sprinkle & Twrling into Sprouts, Costco, & Pop Up Grocer
Oct 24, 2023
From turning down Shark Tank offers to raising $2.7 million for Nopalera with Sandra Velasquez (2023)
Oct 17, 2023
#110 Recapping Expo East 2023: The End of An Era
Oct 10, 2023
#109 The Third Annual Shelfies Awards Ceremony Live!
Oct 03, 2023
#108 Getting Discovered: How to Leverage RangeMe & RangeMe's Roots in Supporting Emerging Brands
Sep 26, 2023
How Liquid Death is Murdering Lame Marketing with Hamid Saify (2023)
Sep 19, 2023
#107 How to Turbocharge Your CX: DTC Marketing Learnings from Mr. Beast's Feastables on Chatbots, SMS, & Retention with Jess Cervellon
Sep 12, 2023
#106 Shelfies Finalists & Trends from Startup CPG's 2023 Awards
Sep 05, 2023
#105 Equity Crowdfunding Insights: How Ghost Town Oats is Cultivating Community & Opportunities with Ezra Baker
Aug 29, 2023
#104 How Project Potluck is Creating a More Inclusive, Equitable, and Colorful CPG Industry with Kathleen Casanova
Aug 22, 2023
#103 Reimagining Multivitamins: Tend's Real Food Supplements for Pregnancy and Beyond with Co-Founders Hannah & Behzad Varamini
Aug 15, 2023
#102 Beyond the Certificate: How to Navigate Insurance Related to Fundraising and Inventory with Amelia Risk
Aug 08, 2023
#101 Celebrating 10 Years of Growth: Family, Foodservice, and Forging your Own Path with Soom's Amy Zitelman
Aug 01, 2023
#100 Toasting to 100 Episodes of The Startup CPG Podcast with Our Favorite Moments
Jul 25, 2023
#99 Navigating the Foodservice Landscape: Key Players and Their Roles (Distributors, Buying Groups, Operators, & more)
Jul 18, 2023
#98 Reimagining Grocery Shopping: Instacart's AI-Powered Future with ChatGPT and Artificial Intelligence
Jul 11, 2023
#97 Co-Packing 101: Tapping into a Motherlode of Co-Packing Wisdom
Jul 04, 2023
#96 How to Understand the Unit Economics of a CPG Company with Graphite Financial
Jun 27, 2023
#95 GT Dave - Founder & CEO of GT’s Living Foods: 25+ years of building the kombucha industry one batch at a time
Jun 20, 2023
#94 Buyer Series: Fostering good buyer vibes with Wade Yenny & Alex Bayer
Jun 13, 2023
#93 Creating a More Equitable & Transparent Food System with Amazi
Jun 06, 2023
Angel Investing 101 with Marcia Dawood (2022)
May 31, 2023
#92 Behind the Dream [Pie] Collaboration of Ben & Jerry’s and Partake Foods with Marlo Giudice
May 23, 2023
#91 Becoming the Willy Wonkas of Marshmallows with Funky Mello’s Delisa Harper
May 16, 2023
#90 Buyer Series: Earth Fare with Mitch Orland
May 09, 2023
An AWSM (Sauce) Bonus Episode with Carl Starkey
May 04, 2023
#89 Packaging Design and Printing 101 with Kirk & Kurtts
May 02, 2023
#88 Undaunted Leadership with Hint Founder Kara Goldin
Apr 25, 2023
#87 How Natural Shoppers are Responding to Inflation with Social Nature's Jessica Malach
Apr 18, 2023
#86 From Target Buyer to Nationally Launching Upcycled Pet Brand Shameless Pets with James Bello
Apr 11, 2023
#85 First Hire Series: Culture with Jennifer Yepez-Blundell (+ Tiny Sprouts)
Apr 04, 2023
#84 Legal Tips for Fundraising: Navigating SAFE Notes, Priced Rounds, Exits, & More (+ Balkan Bites)
Mar 28, 2023
#83 Trade Spend & Retail Promotions 101 with Jake Huber (+ Niramaya)
Mar 21, 2023
#82 Expo West 2023 Recap: Mushrooms, Mocktails, Mochi, and More
Mar 16, 2023
#81 Meet the Press: Behind the scenes on media publishing with Monica Watrous at Food Business News
Feb 28, 2023
#80 From turning down Shark Tank offers to raising $2.7 million for Nopalera with Sandra Velasquez
Feb 21, 2023
#79 First Hire Series: Behind the scenes on hiring with Sweet Nothings
Feb 14, 2023
Pure Gold Series: How to Prep for a Successful Expo West with Seth Goldman (2022)
Feb 09, 2023
Bonus: Raising the bar in the alcoholic beverage category with G’s Dry Hard Ginger Beer
Feb 07, 2023
#78 Forij adventures: meeting customers on land, air, sea, and online with Parker Olson
Jan 31, 2023
#77 Making a deal on Shark Tank with wildwonder's Rosa Li
Jan 24, 2023
#76 How Liquid Death is Murdering Lame Marketing with Hamid Saify
Jan 18, 2023
#75 Behind the Scenes of Equity Crowdfunding with tbh (+ Popadelics)
Jan 10, 2023
Shark Tank, Sea Moss, and an Ocean of Potential with Alexiou Gibson (2022)
Jan 03, 2023
#74 First Hire Series: Foodservice Sales with Jenna Cameron (+ For Good Granola)
Dec 28, 2022
How to Mind your Packaging, Branding, (and the Font) with Designer and Agency Owner Kirk Visola (2021)
Dec 21, 2022
#73 In-Store Demos 101: Building a Successful Demo Program (+ Funky Mello)
Dec 13, 2022
#72 How to Optimize the Deductions Management Process
Dec 06, 2022
#71 Building Content Creation Muscles - Behind Dream Pops’ Marketing with David Greenfeld (+ Nowhere Bakery)
Dec 02, 2022
#70 Angel Investing 101 with Marcia Dawood (+ Uproot Teas)
Nov 22, 2022
#69 How to Design a High Converting Ecommerce Website
Nov 15, 2022
#68 How to Raise $10 Million: Fundraising Aura Bora Style with Paul Voge
Nov 08, 2022
#67 Leveraging Mondelēz International's CoLab Program to Grow Bunny James Boxes
Nov 01, 2022
#66 Sharing is Caring: How Alison Cayne & Haven's Kitchen share cooking confidence and industry knowledge
Oct 25, 2022
#65 Mid-Day Squares - National Target Launch, Business Therapy, and Dance Vibes with Jake Karls
Oct 18, 2022
#64 Expo East 2022 Recap: Liquids abound, lost voices, and sustainable puns
Oct 10, 2022
#63 Meet the 2022 Shelfie Award Winners
Sep 27, 2022
#62 Affiliate & Influencer Marketing 101 with Kim Biddle
Sep 20, 2022
#61 It's Shelfies Time! Finalists, Winners, and Trends from Startup CPG's 2022 Awards
Sep 15, 2022
#60 Venture Capital & Private Equity 101 with VMG Partners' Wayne Wu
Sep 06, 2022
#59 Welcome to the Oat Haus! Celebrity Collaboration, Sprouts Launch, and Mental Health with Ali Bonar
Aug 30, 2022
#58 Ingredient Sourcing 101
Aug 23, 2022
#57 Shark Tank, Sea Moss, and an Ocean of Potential with Alexiou Gibson
Aug 16, 2022
#56 First Hire Series: Finance & Accounting with William Finkelstein
Aug 09, 2022
#55 Nationally Launching the Reimagination of Jam with Chia Smash
Aug 02, 2022
#54 Stories from Inside Mondelēz International's CoLab Program with Pan's Mushroom Jerky & GoNanas
Jul 26, 2022
#53 Tsubi Soup! Bringing Plant-Powered Gourmet Soup Cubes from Japan to the US
Jul 19, 2022
#52 First Hire Series: Marketing with Vanessa Ting
Jul 12, 2022
#51 Pure Gold Series: Ask Seth Goldman Anything! Plus the Announcement of Just Ice Tea
Jul 06, 2022
#50 The Data Behind the Modern Wellness Consumer with Social Nature's Jessica Malach
Jun 28, 2022
#49 Scaling Health-Ade Kombucha's Operations with Co-Founder Justin Trout
Jun 21, 2022
#48 Just TOAST-IT! Data-first, customer-focused, and expanding into Publix with Mafe & Coco
Jun 14, 2022
#47 Authenticity 101: Developing a clear & authentic brand identity at SOMOS with Miguel Leal
Jun 07, 2022
#46 Pure Gold Series: Keep Going! Reflection on Coca-Cola's Discontinuation of Honest Tea with Seth Goldman
Jun 01, 2022
Startup CPG Podcast Trailer 2022
May 27, 2022
First Hire Series: Sales with Jake Huber
May 17, 2022
Pure Gold Series: How to Build a Field Marketing Event & Demo Program with Seth Goldman
May 10, 2022
First Hire Series: Operations with Jamie Valenti-Jordan
May 03, 2022
Mentorship & community with SKU: the nation's first CPG accelerator
Apr 26, 2022
Pure Gold Series: How to Fight Climate Change as an Emerging Brand with Seth Goldman
Apr 19, 2022
Looking on the Starryside with co-founders Liz Seelye & Erin Fasano
Apr 12, 2022
Introduction to California Prop 65
Apr 05, 2022
Pure Gold Series: How to Approach Innovation and Research & Development with Seth Goldman
Mar 29, 2022
Expo West 2022 Recap - Spring break vibes, best bites, buyers aplenty, cheeky swag, and more
Mar 22, 2022
Taking Networking & Tortillas to the Next Level with Henri Revel, Founder of Eureka Tortilla
Feb 28, 2022
Bonus: Finding the Right Freight Partners for your CPG Brand
Feb 21, 2022
Pure Gold Series: How to Prep for a Successful Expo West with Seth Goldman
Feb 14, 2022
Let's Demystify Insurance - How to navigate insurance in CPG
Feb 07, 2022
Accelerators & Incubators 101 - Find the right program for your brand
Jan 31, 2022
Inventory Management 101 - Get your inventory operations fit as a Fiddle
Jan 24, 2022
Co-Man Contract Pitfalls
Jan 17, 2022
Got herbs? Bringing sparking herbal teas to market with Hrbvor's founder, Zahira Marmar
Dec 07, 2021
Digital Sampling with Social Nature
Nov 15, 2021
Building Strategic Partnerships with Mondelēz International's SnackFutures
Nov 10, 2021
Amazon Success Secrets - Actionable Expert Insights on Launching & Growing a CPG Brand on Amazon
Oct 25, 2021
Move over coconut water - Pricklee cactus water brings health, happiness, & hydration
Oct 11, 2021
Bonus: Expo East 2021 Panel Debrief
Oct 02, 2021
How to Mind your Packaging, Branding, (and the Font) with Designer and Agency Owner Kirk Visola
Aug 30, 2021
Meet Season 3's New Host - Jessi Freitag
Aug 09, 2021
Nemi, The Original, All-Natural Crunchy Cactus (Nopales) Snack
Jun 14, 2021
Janie's Life-Changing Baked Goods
May 24, 2021
Vervet's Canned Craft Cocktails are Harnessing the Cultural Wealth of California
May 10, 2021
3 Steps to Refining Your Brand Through Testing
Apr 26, 2021
Create All-Natural Cocktails in 2 Minutes with Steep't
Apr 12, 2021
Taking Your Brand International
Mar 29, 2021
CONSUMER PROFILE: Midwest Millennial Mom Leaning Into Sustainable Foods
Mar 15, 2021
Dip Into Paradise with Founder Emily Edwards
Mar 01, 2021
How To Build A Sustainable Brand On Shopify
Feb 15, 2021
CONSUMER PROFILE: This Plant-Based Eater Reads Every Label
Feb 08, 2021
Poppilu's Founder Melanie Kahn Is As Bold As Her Lemonade
Feb 01, 2021
Meet Our New Host
Jan 25, 2021
Nacho Average Podcast with Lauren Joyner, Founder of Loca Foods
Nov 21, 2020
Season 2 Trailer - What's Next for Startup CPG?
Nov 21, 2020
Ep. 11: Sculpting Your Business with Operations Mastery with John Schiaroli, President and Founder of Armatura Company
Nov 21, 2020
Ep. 10: Garlic + Lemon + Love = Goodness with Mariam Elghani, founder of Garlic Goodness
Sep 22, 2020
Ep. 9: E-Commerce Strategies from Amazon to Shopify with Rachel Barge of Leap Grow and Kate Lin of Right Side Up
Aug 29, 2020
Ep. 8: Build a Food Business with Teeth - Chloe Sorvino, Forbes Magazine
Aug 13, 2020
Ep. 7: "You had me at wine" - Gregorio Santiago, on shifting your mindset from product to brand
Jul 30, 2020
Ep. 6: Co-Mans and Co-Packers 101 - Don't Skip the Small Stuff with Matt Suggs of PartnerSlate
Jun 25, 2020
Ep. 5: Flavor Unites with Clara Paye of UNiTE Foods
Jun 07, 2020
Ep. 4: The Power of Partnerships with Caroline Cotto, COO of Renewal Mill
May 29, 2020
Ep. 3: Lessons on Authenticity with Co-Founder of Oatly and Good Idea Drinks, Bjorn Oste
May 04, 2020
Ep. 2: Bissy Energy Drink - The Real Kola with Zach En'wezoh
May 04, 2020
Ep. 1: What the F is a Broker?! with Jake Huber
Apr 28, 2020
Welcome to the Startup CPG Podcast
Apr 24, 2020