It is so important to set up and know how to use a financial tool like QuickBooks from the start! When you are ready to raise money, having healthy books that don't require hours of work to get in order is so helpful (and less stressful on YOU)!

I am teaming up with my new favorite bookkeeper, Kira, to offer you guys a really inexpensive QuickBooks for CPG Brands Workshop that is specifically tailored to your type of business.

Join us live on June 22nd at 2pm MST or register anytime to get the replay.
https://go.foodbizsuccess.com/quickbooks

✅ Which Quickbooks Account is right for you and how much will it cost

✅ How to edit and set up a chart of accounts for a packaged food business with a easy cheat sheet

✅ How to set up your invoices to make your life easier and reconcile them correctly (this is where I see my clients do it WRONG a lot)

✅ How and when to create a memo vs a refund

✅ Recording and reconciling bank transactions

✅ Why we don't use the inventory function or cash flow function in QB

✅ How to run and read P&L and Balance Sheet reports (and use them to help you in your business)

AND as a special bonus I will include my Cash Flow training and tools!


Work with me and get the help you need to turn your delicious dream into a legal, profitable packaged food business. Apply for FoodBizSuccess.com to join me in my monthly membership program.

1. Work with me live twice a month on our group coaching calls
2. Access my entire library of self-paced courses with video modules and all of my tools
3. Work alongside a community of other like-minded foodpreneurs launching and growing their businesses 
4. Access to a members-only private group to get all of your questions answered quickly.

Stop the endless research and overwhelm! Know exactly what each sales channel looks like for success and create a roadmap for your unique business - it's all inside the Sales Channel Challenge https://www.foodbizsuccess.com/challenge

When you are ready to make the leap, get the support and accountability you need to create a beautiful business!

• Get Food Business Success to launch and scale to $100K guaranteed
• Scale your existing business to $300K in 2025 with the financial and operational foundations and become the CEO of your biz in Master Your Business

Pick up your copy of "Key Ingredients" on Amazon here.

Check out my YouTube channel at www.foodbiz.tube for how to videos to start and grow a packaged food business.

Founder of Empact Bars, Melonie has gone all in on her brand's voice and identity to achieve amazing things in her business. This conversation covers so much including making the big leap to go all in on yourself to start your dream. Empact is a great example that puts into practice the last three episodes featuring guest experts on your branding and connecting to your customer.

This really does work if you do it! Don't miss this step win your business.

CFW join now link
https://www.coloradofoodworks.org/joinnow

Ep #5 Why You Need a Hard Why

Melonie's links
Email: [email protected] or [email protected]
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/empactbars
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/empactbars/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/meloniederose/
Website: www.empactbars.com

Work with me and get the help you need to turn your delicious dream into a legal, profitable packaged food business. Apply for FoodBizSuccess.com to join me in my monthly membership program.

1. Work with me live twice a month on our group coaching calls
2. Access my entire library of self-paced courses with video modules and all of my tools
3. Work alongside a community of other like-minded foodpreneurs launching and growing their businesses 
4. Access to a members-only private group to get all of your questions answered quickly.

Stop the endless research and overwhelm! Know exactly what each sales channel looks like for success and create a roadmap for your unique business - it's all inside the Sales Channel Challenge https://www.foodbizsuccess.com/challenge

When you are ready to make the leap, get the support and accountability you need to create a beautiful business!

• Get Food Business Success to launch and scale to $100K guaranteed
• Scale your existing business to $300K in 2025 with the financial and operational foundations and become the CEO of your biz in Master Your Business

Pick up your copy of "Key Ingredients" on Amazon here.

Check out my YouTube channel at www.foodbiz.tube for how to videos to start and grow a packaged food business.

Connecting with your customer doesn't have to be boring! Let's have a little fun (don't you want to do business with brands who inspire you and help you feel a certain way?).

My guest today is one of the most creative people I know. Peggy has pushed me for years to uplevel my work with fun brainstorming sessions, and now you get the benefit of what she does to help so many creative entrepreneurs. And yes, you are in the culinary ARTS, so welcome to the creative club.

Peggy's link from her bio


Work with me and get the help you need to turn your delicious dream into a legal, profitable packaged food business. Apply for FoodBizSuccess.com to join me in my monthly membership program.

1. Work with me live twice a month on our group coaching calls
2. Access my entire library of self-paced courses with video modules and all of my tools
3. Work alongside a community of other like-minded foodpreneurs launching and growing their businesses 
4. Access to a members-only private group to get all of your questions answered quickly.

Stop the endless research and overwhelm! Know exactly what each sales channel looks like for success and create a roadmap for your unique business - it's all inside the Sales Channel Challenge https://www.foodbizsuccess.com/challenge

When you are ready to make the leap, get the support and accountability you need to create a beautiful business!

• Get Food Business Success to launch and scale to $100K guaranteed
• Scale your existing business to $300K in 2025 with the financial and operational foundations and become the CEO of your biz in Master Your Business

Pick up your copy of "Key Ingredients" on Amazon here.

Check out my YouTube channel at www.foodbiz.tube for how to videos to start and grow a packaged food business.

Ok, so you know who your customer is and you get that you need to make them the priority. Now what? My guest today, Anna Bradshaw, is an amazing CPG copywriter who helps her clients craft that perfect sentence that helps their product fly off the digital shelf.

Anna breaks down your home page and several email sequences that need to be a part of your marketing strategy to start and continue that conversation with your almighty customer. There are so many great tips and ideas in this episode, you will want to listen again to get them all down!

AnnaKBradshaw.com

Work with me and get the help you need to turn your delicious dream into a legal, profitable packaged food business. Apply for FoodBizSuccess.com to join me in my monthly membership program.

1. Work with me live twice a month on our group coaching calls
2. Access my entire library of self-paced courses with video modules and all of my tools
3. Work alongside a community of other like-minded foodpreneurs launching and growing their businesses 
4. Access to a members-only private group to get all of your questions answered quickly.

Stop the endless research and overwhelm! Know exactly what each sales channel looks like for success and create a roadmap for your unique business - it's all inside the Sales Channel Challenge https://www.foodbizsuccess.com/challenge

When you are ready to make the leap, get the support and accountability you need to create a beautiful business!

• Get Food Business Success to launch and scale to $100K guaranteed
• Scale your existing business to $300K in 2025 with the financial and operational foundations and become the CEO of your biz in Master Your Business

Pick up your copy of "Key Ingredients" on Amazon here.

Check out my YouTube channel at www.foodbiz.tube for how to videos to start and grow a packaged food business.

There's you, there's your customer and there is your competition. You really only have control over two of the three and often I see entrepreneurs put too much emphasis on themselves. My guest today, Katie Mleziva of Real Food Brands, is a master at explaining why we need a brand story and how it will help make your life so much easier AND increase your sales.

The Real Food Brands Podcast
Ep 74 From a Good Product to a Great Brand
ep 56 Meeting Consumer Needs - What Are You Really Selling?
Ep 30 - The 5 Mistakes Food Startups Make with Sari Kimbell
Real Foods Facebook
Real Foods Instagram
https://www.realfoodbrands.com/brandcheckup/

Work with me and get the help you need to turn your delicious dream into a legal, profitable packaged food business. Apply for FoodBizSuccess.com to join me in my monthly membership program.

1. Work with me live twice a month on our group coaching calls
2. Access my entire library of self-paced courses with video modules and all of my tools
3. Work alongside a community of other like-minded foodpreneurs launching and growing their businesses 
4. Access to a members-only private group to get all of your questions answered quickly.

Stop the endless research and overwhelm! Know exactly what each sales channel looks like for success and create a roadmap for your unique business - it's all inside the Sales Channel Challenge https://www.foodbizsuccess.com/challenge

When you are ready to make the leap, get the support and accountability you need to create a beautiful business!

• Get Food Business Success to launch and scale to $100K guaranteed
• Scale your existing business to $300K in 2025 with the financial and operational foundations and become the CEO of your biz in Master Your Business

Pick up your copy of "Key Ingredients" on Amazon here.

Check out my YouTube channel at www.foodbiz.tube for how to videos to start and grow a packaged food business.

Do you consider yourself a resourceful person? We have more information than ever at our fingertips, and yet, we look to outside sources to give us the answer or we quickly give up when we can't find it. 

I know many of you are fueling your business on your dream, and that is great, but wishing and hoping don't buy packaging or pay rent at the kitchen. On the last segment in this money series, I share with you some mindset tips to creating more resources (including money) in your life.

After you listen, join us in the private Facebook group for more ideas shared with each other.

Episode 20: Living the Dream with Christopher Hesse
Episode 31: Think Like a Scientist

Live Ask Me Anything May 13 on YouTube. Find out more here!


Work with me and get the help you need to turn your delicious dream into a legal, profitable packaged food business. Apply for FoodBizSuccess.com to join me in my monthly membership program.

1. Work with me live twice a month on our group coaching calls
2. Access my entire library of self-paced courses with video modules and all of my tools
3. Work alongside a community of other like-minded foodpreneurs launching and growing their businesses 
4. Access to a members-only private group to get all of your questions answered quickly.

Stop the endless research and overwhelm! Know exactly what each sales channel looks like for success and create a roadmap for your unique business - it's all inside the Sales Channel Challenge https://www.foodbizsuccess.com/challenge

When you are ready to make the leap, get the support and accountability you need to create a beautiful business!

• Get Food Business Success to launch and scale to $100K guaranteed
• Scale your existing business to $300K in 2025 with the financial and operational foundations and become the CEO of your biz in Master Your Business

Pick up your copy of "Key Ingredients" on Amazon here.

Check out my YouTube channel at www.foodbiz.tube for how to videos to start and grow a packaged food business.

What does starting your business and going on a 2-hour ocean jet skiing adventure have in common?

Listen to today's podcast to find out (this is a super fun one)! Then join the conversation in the private Facebook group.

 
Work with me and get the help you need to turn your delicious dream into a legal, profitable packaged food business. Apply for FoodBizSuccess.com to join me in my monthly membership program.

1. Work with me live twice a month on our group coaching calls
2. Access my entire library of self-paced courses with video modules and all of my tools
3. Work alongside a community of other like-minded foodpreneurs launching and growing their businesses 
4. Access to a members-only private group to get all of your questions answered quickly.

Stop the endless research and overwhelm! Know exactly what each sales channel looks like for success and create a roadmap for your unique business - it's all inside the Sales Channel Challenge https://www.foodbizsuccess.com/challenge

When you are ready to make the leap, get the support and accountability you need to create a beautiful business!

• Get Food Business Success to launch and scale to $100K guaranteed
• Scale your existing business to $300K in 2025 with the financial and operational foundations and become the CEO of your biz in Master Your Business

Pick up your copy of "Key Ingredients" on Amazon here.

Check out my YouTube channel at www.foodbiz.tube for how to videos to start and grow a packaged food business.

Sign up for a calendar reminder at FoodBizSuccess.com/ama

Work with me and get the help you need to turn your delicious dream into a legal, profitable packaged food business. Apply for FoodBizSuccess.com to join me in my monthly membership program.

1. Work with me live twice a month on our group coaching calls
2. Access my entire library of self-paced courses with video modules and all of my tools
3. Work alongside a community of other like-minded foodpreneurs launching and growing their businesses 
4. Access to a members-only private group to get all of your questions answered quickly.

Stop the endless research and overwhelm! Know exactly what each sales channel looks like for success and create a roadmap for your unique business - it's all inside the Sales Channel Challenge https://www.foodbizsuccess.com/challenge

When you are ready to make the leap, get the support and accountability you need to create a beautiful business!

• Get Food Business Success to launch and scale to $100K guaranteed
• Scale your existing business to $300K in 2025 with the financial and operational foundations and become the CEO of your biz in Master Your Business

Pick up your copy of "Key Ingredients" on Amazon here.

Check out my YouTube channel at www.foodbiz.tube for how to videos to start and grow a packaged food business.

"Are entrepreneurs not as worried about risk as the rest of us? 

The average person sees the risk in taking action and the entrepreneur sees the risk as taking inaction. "

You have proven your concept and now you  want to take your business to the next level. Every time you scale up you need to plan further ahead to raise the larger capital needed to scale. How do you find the money and are you ready to take on stakeholders in your business? My guest today is kind of a big deal in the industry!

Eliott Begoun is a veteran of the CPG and helps brands level up to be ready to take on equity partners. He is also the buddha of mindset and offers his insights on daily money habits the founders and CEOs adopt to achieve amazing success.

After you listen, head over to the private Facebook group and share what your biggest takeaway was from this amazing interview. 

TIGBrands

LeafBerri- @leafberri
FireworksButters- @fireworksbutters
BetterThanProvisions- @betterthanprovisions
Havenly- @havenly_baked

Food Business Success™ Cash Flow Management Course

Work with me and get the help you need to turn your delicious dream into a legal, profitable packaged food business. Apply for FoodBizSuccess.com to join me in my monthly membership program.

1. Work with me live twice a month on our group coaching calls
2. Access my entire library of self-paced courses with video modules and all of my tools
3. Work alongside a community of other like-minded foodpreneurs launching and growing their businesses 
4. Access to a members-only private group to get all of your questions answered quickly.

Stop the endless research and overwhelm! Know exactly what each sales channel looks like for success and create a roadmap for your unique business - it's all inside the Sales Channel Challenge https://www.foodbizsuccess.com/challenge

When you are ready to make the leap, get the support and accountability you need to create a beautiful business!

• Get Food Business Success to launch and scale to $100K guaranteed
• Scale your existing business to $300K in 2025 with the financial and operational foundations and become the CEO of your biz in Master Your Business

Pick up your copy of "Key Ingredients" on Amazon here.

Check out my YouTube channel at www.foodbiz.tube for how to videos to start and grow a packaged food business.

The conversation about cash continues and this week we are getting into the practical side of money management AND why it is so important in your business with Lorne Noble of Simple Startup. From cash flow, inventory management and quickbooks setup up, Lorne has great tips and knowledge on how to do it right in your business and why it matters that you do.

As he says, "just start". Don't hide your head in the sand where money is concerned. When you know your numbers you can make better decisions. All successful entrepreneurs have to overcome their money matters to stay in business over the long haul. So, let's jump in.

Check out all of Simple Startup's great programs here https://go.foodbizsuccess.com/simplestartup

Food Business Success™ Cash Flow Management Course


Work with me and get the help you need to turn your delicious dream into a legal, profitable packaged food business. Apply for FoodBizSuccess.com to join me in my monthly membership program.

1. Work with me live twice a month on our group coaching calls
2. Access my entire library of self-paced courses with video modules and all of my tools
3. Work alongside a community of other like-minded foodpreneurs launching and growing their businesses 
4. Access to a members-only private group to get all of your questions answered quickly.

Stop the endless research and overwhelm! Know exactly what each sales channel looks like for success and create a roadmap for your unique business - it's all inside the Sales Channel Challenge https://www.foodbizsuccess.com/challenge

When you are ready to make the leap, get the support and accountability you need to create a beautiful business!

• Get Food Business Success to launch and scale to $100K guaranteed
• Scale your existing business to $300K in 2025 with the financial and operational foundations and become the CEO of your biz in Master Your Business

Pick up your copy of "Key Ingredients" on Amazon here.

Check out my YouTube channel at www.foodbiz.tube for how to videos to start and grow a packaged food business.