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Our guest today is Steve Berg, one of the founders and Partners at Stride Consumer Partners. Stride Consumer Partners is a private equity firm that specializes in partnering with talented and dynamic founders, entrepreneurs, and business leaders to build the next generation of great consumer brands. Last year they closed their debut $420 million fund 1. Some of their investments include Chomps, Jeni’s Ice Cream, DryBar and TRX.

We discuss:

* How Stride Consumer Partners came together

* His investment philosophy and how he measures if a brand has a passionate base

* What types of CPG brands work both in natural and conventional

* Due diligence and his ideal stage

* The signs a retail outlet could be ripe for success & much more

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