42- Keeley Tillotson and Erika Welsh - On dropping out of college, appearing on Shark Tank, and building a 7 million dollar business

In today’s episode I interview Wild Friends cofounders Keeley Tollitson and Erika Welsh. Keeley and Erika’s nut butter company was born one afternoon, in their University of Oregon dorm room. As life-long athletes, Keeley and Erika shared an affinity for peanut butter’s convenient, healthy, and delicious profile. One day, they decided to concoct their own peanut butter. Their creation received hype from friends, the farmers, the Eugene farmers market, and local stores. After an appearance on the television show Shark Tank, they decided to drop out of college and focus all their efforts on their business. Six years later, Wild Friends is now one of the fastest growing nut butters in the nation, raking in 7 million dollars in sales. In 2017, they were featured on Forbes 30 under 30 for food and drink.   In our conversation we talk about -how being athletes has greatly influenced their business decisions -why they chose to drop-out of college -the advantage of having absolutely no idea what you are doing -what it’s really like to be on Shark Tank -their vow to fulfill my dream of swimming in a pool of nut butter (yup, I’m weird) -Portland’s November Project, a free fitness movement led by Keeley (if you’re in the Portland I highly recommend checking  And more. Wild Friend’s nut butter, are legit my fave nut butter (particularly the peanut butter cashew superbutter) This isn’t an ad. I just love them. The nut butters. And Keeley and Erika. But mostly the nut butters (jk). Enjoy my conversation with the badass nut butter bosses Keeley and Erika.     Share the love Follow Wild Friends, Keely, and Erika: On Twitter:  @2wildfriends , @KeelyTillotson  On Instagram: @wildfriends,  @keely_t , @erikawelsh12 If you haven’t already, I would be so very grateful if you rated and left me a review of the podcast. It takes two minutes! Here’s what to do. Click HERE Click “view in itunes” Click the “ratings and reviews” tab Click “write a review” and show me love <3 Resources Click HERE to become a part of Friday Feelz Click HERE for a list of the 10 books I believe ever female athlete MUST read. Click HERE  to be the first to know when a new podcast or article drops, and receive other exclusive content