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A Food Business Model Journey with Leanne Cordisco
55 minutes of Free audio by Edible-Alpha®
Leanne Cordisco started out making a toffee for wholesale via a local distributor. However, she realized that she did not want to raise the capital to cover at least $1 million of upfront costs to support a national brand. She opened Chocolaterian as another revenue stream and more immediate source of cash flow, and now it is her main business model.
Podcast about Business Models for businesses that are Growing and Scaling
Growing An Artisan Cheese Company By Selling Direct to Consumers
30 minutes of Free audio by Edible-Alpha®
Bill Anderson of Creme de la Coulee is a Wisconsin local artisan cheese maker who uses a CSA model through a cheese of the month club to connect directly with consumers. He talks about what it takes to grow a local artisan cheese company and what you have to consider when thinking about scaling that up.
Podcast about Business Models for businesses that are Growing and Scaling
New Product Development and Rollouts For National Food and Beverage Brands: A Process
1 hour & 10 minutes of Free audio by Edible-Alpha®
Big food and beverage companies start the new product development process by focusing on their target consumer and the value proposition they are offering that consumer through their brand promise. Discovering and defining a consumer driven product is much harder to do than making a food product.
Podcast about Operations for businesses that are Growing and Scaling
Jonny Hunter Of Underground Food Collective On Thinking Bigger in the Food System
1 hour & 30 minutes of Free audio by Edible-Alpha®
Jonny Hunter of the Underground Food Collective talks about his wish that values around local and sustainable food could be used to create systems that have scalable efficiencies that are affordable to consumers. He advocates for working together to build and sustain the infrastructure that would support processing and other means to scale up the local food system.
Podcast about Business Models for businesses that are Growing and Scaling
Value-Added Producer Grants With Jim Gage
1 hour & 10 minutes of Free audio by Edible-Alpha®
While the VAPG grant can be complicated (for example, a 75 page application plus Business Plan and third-party Feasibility Study), it requires applicants to critically consider expansion of the customer base and the marketplace for products as well as demonstrate how they will have sufficient business structures, profit and cash flow to operate in the long-term.
Podcast about Raising Capital for businesses that are Pre-Venture | Startups
Grow Your Food Brand On Amazon, If You Constantly Optimize
10 minute Free read by Edible-Alpha®
The Amazon platform provides a means for small and emerging brands to find an audience and generate sales if they dedicate time and resources to ensure discoverability on the platform by constantly optimizing product pages with the right keywords and features once the user is on the page, in addition to paying for keyword-based advertising.
Podcast about Operations for businesses that are Growing and Scaling
How The Fair Food Fund’s Patient Capital Yields Great Impact
50 minutes of Free audio by Edible-Alpha®
Seeded with a 2012 challenge grant of $3.75 million, the Fair Food Fund, the impact investing arm of Fair Food Network, has attracted a total of $6.4+ million in grants and program related investments from more than 20 funders. Since then, the Fund has provided more than $3.6 million in financing and business assistance to over 80 enterprises across 9 states.
Podcast about Raising Capital for businesses that are Growing and Scaling
How SAGE revitalizes agriculture near cities
1 hour Free podcast by Edible-Alpha®
SAGE contributes to the food system by helping elevate the data around the impact of food and agriculture in a way that helps people understand the connections between this sector and the rest of society and the economy.
How Food and Farm Businesses Can Survive This Pandemic
1 hours of Free podcast by Edible-Alpha®
Ted LeBow of Kitchen Table Consultants joins Tera to offer guidance for food and farm entrepreneurs affected by the coronavirus pandemic. They discuss the importance of staying calm, knowing your cashflow, prioritizing certain expenses to free up cash and communicating honestly with vendors, suppliers and banks.
Podcast about Business Models for businesses that are Growing and Scaling | Pre-Venture | Startups
Transforming ‘Waste’ into Wow-Worthy Beverages
1 hour 3 minutes Free course content by Edible-Alpha®
Tera chats with Paul Evers of Riff Cold Brewed Coffee about the importance of branding and connecting with consumers, turning otherwise-wasted ingredients into value-add products and reducing the coffee industry’s carbon footprint.
Podcast about Business Models for businesses that are Growing and Scaling | Startups | Pre-Venture