Operations

July 9, 2020

Transforming ‘Waste’ into Wow-Worthy Beverages

In Edible-Alpha® podcast #70, Tera chats with Paul Evers, co-founder and CEO of Bend, Oregon-based Riff Cold Brewed , about the successful startup’s origin story, the power of a strong brand and upcycling a would-be waste ingredient into a crave-worthy craft beverage.

July 2, 2020

Safeguard Your Supply Chain Against Future Upheaval

Business Models, Operations

Before COVID-19, consumers didn’t need to think much about the food and beverage supply chain.

June 29, 2020

Reshaping the Supply Chain for Max Efficiency

Business Models, Operations, Podcast

In Edible-Alpha® podcast #69, Tera interviews Brad Rostowfske, founder of Raise the BAR Innovation and director of industry growth at FaB Wisconsin, about the food and beverage supply chain before COVID-19, the current state of affairs and what it could look like post-pandemic.

June 18, 2020

Pandemic Pivot: Finding New Business Opportunities

Business Models, Operations, Sales and Marketing

Whether it has decimated revenue or caused sales to skyrocket, the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted every food and farm business in some way, shape, or form.

June 16, 2020

How Self-Manufacturing Helps Food Brands Be Nimble

Business Models, Operations, Podcast, Sales and Marketing

In Edible-Alpha® podcast #68, Tera talks with Kate Flynn, cofounder and CEO of Sun & Swell Foods, a Certified B Corporation based in Santa Barbara, California that offers organic whole food grab-and-go snacks and pantry staples.

May 27, 2020

Building a Beverage Brand, from Foraging to Financing

Business Models, Operations, Podcast, Raising Capital, Sales and Marketing

In Edible-Alpha® podcast #67, Tera chats with Rachael Young, founder and CEO of YAYAYA, an Austin, Texas-based beverage startup centered around the caffeinated plant yaupon.

April 27, 2020

Can Going Direct-to-Consumer Save Your Business?

Business Models, Operations

Before the COVID-19 pandemic, a whopping 54% of America’s food purchases came from foodservice.

April 17, 2020

Regenerating a Family Farm for the Future

Business Models, Operations, Podcast, Sales and Marketing

In Edible-Alpha® podcast #64, Tera catches up with Bryce and Jen Riemer of Riemer Family Farm in Brodhead, Wisconsin, which Bryce’s grandfather started in 1927.

April 9, 2020

Huddle Notes from April 6th, 2020

Business Models, Financial Management, Legal, Operations, Raising Capital, Sales and Marketing

The huddles this week focused on how the current situation for food and farm businesses is going to go on for a while and coming out of it will be very slow.

April 3, 2020

Is Bankruptcy Best? How Food Businesses Can Decide

Business Models, Financial Management, Legal, Operations, Podcast

In Edible-Alpha® podcast #63, Tera and consultant Bartlett Durand discuss the difficult financial realities facing so many food entrepreneurs right now, as the entire nation grapples with the COVID-19 crisis.