Whatever your measure of success, from a great day at a farmers market to a $15M exit and everything in between, you need to hone your data story to increase your sales and profitability over time. My guest today is Doug Helbig, VP of Sales for Alter Eco and previously brands like Wandering Bear and Dang Foods. 

We get into a ton of topics around growing your business into wholesale including how to use LinkedIn, brokers, trade shows and community.

Breaking the (First) Million $ Ceiling with Doug Helbig and Sari Kimbell

Doug's LinkedIn

Colorado Food Works

Naturally Boulder

Alter Eco Foundation

Food Business Success™ 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.

We need you more than ever. Entrepreneurs really will save the world! They always have during downtimes, and this is no different. There is so much opportunity right now to share your delicious foods with the world  and step into the entrepreneur you want to be. Now is the time to take the risk. What are you waiting for...a pandemic?

It isn't going to be easy, but nothing worth having is. Being an entrepreneur means it is all on you, the good and the bad. If you are ready to go on this journey and become the next best version of yourself, I help simplify the process by providing the expert "how", provide accountability to keep you on, and the support you need to believe this is possible for you inside Food Business Success. Apply today!

How to do Hard Things episode
YouTube video with Katie of Blue Owl
Celebrating Your Small Wins episode
Michael Hyatt Lead to Win episode: Entrepreneurs Will Save the World


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.

Many states have a law called the Cottage Food Act that allows certain products to be made in a home kitchen and sold directly to a consumer. My guest today, David Crabill, is who I turn to as the expert on all things Cottage Food with his website Forrager.com.

David shares his own cottage food journey, whether you need insurance or an LLC and his top five tips for success that have come out of his own podcast interviewing founders.

We are seeing many more Cottage Food producers coming out of the woodwork due to COVID, and you just might be one of them!

Forrager Facebook

Website forrager.com

Farmer's Market Masterclass

Forrager Mini-Course https://forrager.com/mini-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.

This is not your typical Thanksgiving week gratitude podcast. Believe it or not, we often use gratitude against ourselves to stay in the status quo and not go after our dreams. Instead, I give you three exercises to try to use gratitude in an active way that fuels your action and gets you past the fear and discomfort you feel when you think about starting your business. Try one of them on this week and see how it feels. I hope you feel more empowered and ready to start your business this year!


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.

My guest this week is Lara Fordis, a former corporate market researcher turned independent who loves helping small brands validate their idea and make sure they know their target customer and whether they will be successful in the marketplace.

Lara has great ideas on how to do market research on a small scale and tips to avoid to get false positives. In fact, it has gotten easier to do marketing research!

My big piece of advice for any entrepreneur is to be willing to step back and be open to feedback. You need to be willing to adjust your brand and idea without taking it personal. 

Get it touch with Lara at [email protected]

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.

Today my special guest is Karyn Savory, Owner & Creative Director of Sweet and Savory Designs and we are going to be talking all things design, and branding and learning some of the insider tips and tricks and what to expect when working with a graphic designer.

Karen Savory is a design connoisseur with a food fetish. She helps restaurants and food & beverage companies create top-shelf visual brands that directly impact both the vitality of the business and the bottom line. Using visionary thinking, a commitment to excellence, and a deep understanding of the industry, she can create everything a delicious brand requires.

Interested in a full rebrand or brand refresh? Visit www.sweetsavorydesigns.com and mention the Food Business Success podcast to receive 20% off a logo package.

Also, when you sign up for the Tasty Tidbits monthly newsletter you’ll receive her free “Recipe for a Successful Brand”. Sign up here: https://sweetsavorydesigns.com/blog/


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.

This is week 10 of the podcast and I am celebrating this small victory! What are you celebrating today, this week, this month? Focusing on the small wins are what add up to your big successes. It is so important that you break down your big goal into small, bite sized pieces and celebrate yourself along the way. Join me as I will share some of the wins my clients are having and some ways you can get better at celebrating your wins!
 

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.

I get so many questions about working with me inside Food Business Success vs one-on-one and which one is best for you. FBS closes and goes to a waitlist on November 9, 2020.

I was reflecting back on this time two years ago when I was ready to throw in the towel and go get a "real job". I dug deep and leaned on my hard why to double down and go all in on my purpose to serve early stage packaged food business entrepreneurs just like you start or grow their delicious dream. That was when I created Food Business Success™ and started on this journey.

The doors are closing on November 9 for new applications to start working with me in 2020! I wanted to be sure you knew this date if you have been thinking about applying and all of the benefits you get by joining Food Business Success as a founding 2020 member. After November 9, 2020, we move to a waitlist and you will have to wait for the doors to open in January of 2021.


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.

If you think email is dead, think again! The only customers you truly own are ones that have given you their email. If you aren't leveraging this resource, you are definitely missing out on sales from loyal customers and raving fans who just need to be reminded about how awesome you are!

Sarah Shuda of Lynn Design Co. has some great strategies even the earliest stage brands can implement on their e-commerce website and with their email list. She helps food helps food entrepreneurs sell more good food with cohesive brand visuals and ecommerce design. Sarah began her professional design career specializing in email marketing for a multi-channel internet retailer and finds email marketing to be one of the most effective methods to turn new customers into repeat buyers.

After listening, head over to the Food Business Success Facebook group and share with the group one tactic you are going to try and if you have any questions about it!


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.

I have a special guest today, colleague, mentor and fellow badass woman helping CPG brands, Alli Ball. If you don't know her yet, she is the creator of Retail Ready and host of the Food Biz Wiz podcast and you definitely want to grab her Retail Roadmap or her free Masterclass for packaged food brands.

Alli and I could talk for hours about the packaged food industry, but we kept it focused on how to stand out in a competitive category and why you still need a wholesale strategy even if you are moving to more e-commerce.

This is a must listen to episode that you don't want to miss!

Food Biz Wiz® Podcast with guest Sari Kimbell

Free Masterclass with Alli

Retail Ready Waitlist

Get Alli's free Retail Ready Roadmap 

Instagram: @itsalliball


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.