🍦 DANIEL GOETZ // GOODPOP FOUNDER & CEO 

Daniel Goetz built GoodPop from a $3,500 investment and a borrowed kitchen at UT Austin into one of the U.S.'s top-performing better-for-you frozen novelty brands — generating over $63 million in gross sales across 10,000+ retail locations including Costco, Walmart, and Whole Foods. In 15 years, he has never taken outside funding, built custom manufacturing equipment when existing lines couldn't handle real fruit, and discontinued an entire product line rather than add a gram of sugar.

🔧 Mission-Preserving Scale Framework — How to grow a values-driven brand without trading away the standards that made it worth building

📊 Bootstrapped Growth Architecture — Approach to generating creative financial bridges and making every decision count when it's your own money on the line

🤝 Frozen Category Distribution Management — Process for navigating the handoffs from self-distribution to regional to national retail without losing product quality or retailer trust

⚙️ Values-Based Product Decision Making — Framework for knowing when to discontinue versus pivot, and how to protect ingredient standards under commercial pressure

📈 Competing Against Giants on Mission — Strategy for winning shelf space and buyer relationships at major retailers when you're up against massive legacy players

🎯 Strategic Licensing & Partnership Evaluation — Framework for identifying growth partnerships that extend the brand rather than dilute it

Whether you're bootstrapping in a category dominated by legacy players or protecting a mission under commercial pressure, Daniel's frameworks will help you build a brand with genuine durability — without compromising the thing that makes it matter.

Perfect for: Bootstrapped CPG founders, better-for-you brand operators, founders navigating retail scale, mission-driven consumer brand builders

Guest: Daniel Goetz — Founder & CEO, GoodPop 

Host: Samantha Rose — Managing Partner, Hologram Capital & Founder, Endless Commerce

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