MFD Pod

Our guest today is Eric Adams, who is the founder of EAV Partners who helps ecommerce brands drive profitability and growth by applying our proven, data-driven approach to finance, supply chain operations and marketing. Previously he was VP of Operations at Dollar Shave Club and saw them grow to $1 billion acquisition from Unilever. We talk about his time at Dollar Shave Club, working with eCommerce aggregators, and how ecommerce brands should think about scaling their operations and what metrics to rely on.

This episode is brought to you by Manufactured. Manufactured is an online platform that helps brands manufacture, finance, and distribute inventory across 20 industries and 25 countries. If you’re interested in learning more, check out manufactured.com

This was a live webinar produced by Pipe17. Mike chats with Lisa Guerrera, Founder/CEO of Experiment Beauty about how she manages going viral and selling out with inventory levels.

Stay tuned as Dan dives into the financial aspect of Create, discussing the advantageous model of subscription-based products, and how he successfully leveraged the Meta acquisition channel from the start. You'll hear how subscription products like Create offer a consistent revenue stream and how meta can be a scalable customer acquisition channel. We emphasize the significance of LTV (Lifetime Value) and first-order profitability as critical metrics for assessing subscription-based businesses.

This time – we're learning about the state of food CPG in today's market from both the operator and investor perspective.
We're excited for our incredible lineup –
Kristy Lewis, Founder/CEO of Quinn
Cessna Mac, Principal Amberstone
Will Nitze, Founder/CEO of IQBAR
Erica Bethe Levin, Founder/CEO of Globowl

Our guest today is Jonathan Elbaz, founder of bäz. Bäz produces the Gumline Cleaner that targets your gums to keep them clean & healthy. We discuss how he decided to start Baz, prototyping / finding the right manufacturers, why his initial sales channel didn’t work, DTC and getting into Erewhon and more.

This show is produced by Manufactured. Manufactured is an online platform that helps brands manufacture, finance, and distribute inventory across 20 industries and 25 countries. If you’re interested in learning more, check out manufactured.com

Our panelists today are:

Sarah Woelfel - Co-Founder & Partner at Cult Capital. Cult Capital discovers, funds and helps scale emerging cult consumer brands. Some of their portfolio includes 

Ming Zhao is the co-founder and CEO of PROVEN Skincare. Proven is the smart skincare company helping people discover the power of personalized skincare.

Lisa Guerrera is the Co-Founder & CEO, EXPERIMENT. Experiment is the Gen Z skincare brand redefining what it means to be a science-backed beauty brand for the next generation of consumers.

Keith Kohler is the President of K2 Group and advises consumer brand operators and entrepreneurs what types of financial products best fit their needs.

This webinar is brought to you by Manufactured. Manufactured helps brands source, manufacture, finance and manage inventory all from a single dashboard. We work with 700+ vetted vendors across 25 countries in 20 consumer categories – beauty and personal care is one of the categories we serve – we make the manufacturing and inventory financing process a breeze for consumer brands. We do provide free quotes. Our goal is to reduce your COGs while increasing inventory amounts. You don’t necessarily have to use our vendor network to work with us. We can onboard your manufactures onto our platform as well and assist you in orchestrating your supply chain.

Our guests today are Kendra Kawala and Zoe Victor, co-founders of Maker Wine. Maker is the highest rated canned wine. We prioritize minimal intervention, vintage and vineyard-designate wines. We discuss how they partner with wine makers, choosing the right flavor profile, how and why they went all in on DTC and their experience scaling through that channel, how they think about capacity and how many cans to produce and much more.

re:COGs is brought to you by Manufactured. Manufactured is an online platform that helps brands manufacture, finance, and distribute inventory across 20 industries and 25 countries.  If you are a consumer brand owner and interested in learning more, check out manufactured.com

Our guest today is Parker Olson, Founder & CEO of Forij. Forij produces delicious, low sugar granola that combines functional mushrooms, healthy & clean ingredients for improved energy, mood, and sleep and meal bars. We discuss when he was introduced to mushrooms, going around the country in the bus, finding the right manufacturer, how he got into retail stores, and the distribution opportunity in China.

Our guest today is Tommy Tickenoff, Co-founder of Fresh Vintage Farms. Fresh Vintage Farms is an agricultural food products company that makes Premium Cold Pressed Artisan Oils from locally sourced Tree Nuts, all grown in the Central Valley of California. Their products include walnut oils and almond oils that could be used on salads, Baking, Marinades and cooking and more. We discuss his career working in commodities, why he and his family decided to start a brand focusing on these products, what makes almond oil a slightly different business operation compared to olive oil, his criteria when choosing manufacturing partners and his approach to creating a new market that’s dominated by olive, canola and vegetable oils.

Thank you Kiva Dickinson for the intro to Matt Gornstein, Senior Director of Global Supply Chain at Harry’s. Harry’s Harry's is an American company that manufactures and sells shaving equipment and men's personal care products via online and retail channels. We discuss Harry’s from an operations perspective - why they vertically integrated their manufacturing early in their trajectory, what products they produce vs. contract manufacturer out, which raw materials are commodities vs. non-commodities, inventory planning, operations role in M&A and incubation and much more.