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In this Episode, I was joined by Adam Lien, Adam is the founder & CEO of "The Lift Box" which is AMERICA'S #1 FITNESS SUBSCRIPTION BOX, 

Adam has more than 14 years of experience in special forces. We discussed about his experience U.S. Coast Guard, the challenges which he had to go through while building The Lift Box and a lot of valuable insights in subscription box business,

Check out >> https://www.theliftbx.com/

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Sumit Patil >> LinkedIN

In this Episode, I was joined by Dave Ratner, For more than 4 decades, Dave Ratner has been building an independent, critically and commercially acclaimed pet supply business. With seven Dave’s Soda and Pet City stores, and a nationally marketed line of high-quality pet food for dogs and cats, Dave has earned a seat at the table on the National Retail Federation Board of Directors. He also sits on the Retail Advertising and Marketing Association Board of Directors, the only small business owner representing the independent retailer alongside the VPs of Marketing for Home Depot, Walgreens, and Target.

Dave has represented the voice of small business owners before both houses of Congress and continues to work to elevate the retail industry.

Dave Ratner received the Silver Award from the National Retail Federation and was named to the Massachusetts Retail Hall of Fame in recognition of outstanding contributions to the Retail Industry and induction into the Massachusetts Retail Hall of Fame.

Dave is also an author of a book >> Make Your Customers Love You So Much They’ll Never Go Anyplace Else

Thank you!

Sumit Patil >> LinkedIn 

In this episode, I was joined by David Kovalevski. Davis is the founder and CEO of "Waka Coffee" which is a high quality coffee brand based out of Los Angeles, 

David shared his story of building waka coffee, the challenges which he had to go through, his learnings, and lot of valuable insights in CPG Industry, 

Check out >> Waka Coffee 

Thank you!

Sumit Patil 

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In this Episode, I was joined by Douglas Raggio, Douglas is the author of "So You Wanna: Start a Food or Beverage Business",  He is founder of "Pass the honey" which offers snacking honey in unique way & he is the founder and Managing Partner at "Bias & Blind Spots" which advisees founders, family offices and middle-market acquirers through the fallout of short-sighted VC and PE investments in food & beverage,

In this episode we discussed about his story of building "Pass the honey", the challenges which is he has to go through, how they are making an impact with regenerative honeycomb initiative and lot of valuable insights in CPG industry, 

You can order the book here >>  So You Wanna: Start a Food or Beverage Business: A Pick-Your-Path Business Book

You can connect with Douglas on LinkedIn 

Thank you!

Sumit Patil 

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In this Episode, I was joined by Martin Mayorga, He is the founder of Mayorga Organics which offers specialty coffee and grains directly sourced from small farmers, Martin shared his story of building Mayorga Organics the challenges which he had to go through, his learnings in business and lot of valuable insights in CPG industry,

Check Out >> Mayorga Organics 

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Sumit Patil - LinkedIN 

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In this Episode I was joined by Alex Bayer, Alex is the Co-founder and CEO of Genius Juice, which offer's organic coconut smoothies in several different amazing flavors,

Alex shared his story of building genius juice, the challenges which he had to go through, his learnings in the CPG industry, his experience on shark tank and a lot of valuable insights in CPG industry,

Check Out >> Genius Juice 

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Sumit Patil >> LinkedIN 

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In this episode, I was joined by Zel Crampton, Zel is the president and CEO of Diggs Pet which design, manufacture innovative pet supplies (e.g., crates, gates, toys, bowls) products,

Zel shared a lot of valuable insights into Pet Supply Industry, Product Design, Marketing and Challenges which he had to go through while raising capital,

Check Out >> https://www.diggs.pet/

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Sumit Patil - LinkedIN

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In this Episode, I was joined by Matt Parry, Matt is Founder & CEO of " The Good Crisp Company" which offers gluten free potato crisps & cheese balls, 

Matt Shared his story of building "The Good Crisp Company" the challenges which he had to go through and his of learnings in CPG industry,

Check Out >> https://www.thegoodcrispcompany.com/

Thank you!

Sumit Patil >> LinkedIn 

In this Episode, I was joined by John Waller, John is the Co-founder of "Humble Nut Butter" along with his wife Jessica, John shared his story of building "Humble Nut Butter", The challenges which they had to go through and lot of valuable insights in CPG industry,

Check out >> https://www.humblenutbutter.com/

You can connect with John >> LinkedIN

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Sumit Patil

In this Episode, I was joined by Ben Fenton, Ben is a partner at BFG, which is venture capital firm that seeks partnerships with early stage food and beverage consumer product companies. BFG partners work alongside exceptional entrepreneurs to ensure the business is able to deliver sustainable growth and outperform its competitors. 

We discussed about trends in the CPG industry, emerging categories, key metrics investors are looking for and lot of valuable insights into CPG industry, 

If you are looking for advice or looking to raise capital for your business, You can get in touch with BFG Partners >> [email protected]

You can connect with Ben on LinkedIn 

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Sumit Patil - LinkedIn 

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