Today we talk with Jeff Moore, who runs a $35,000,000 per year seafood business. Listen to the story of a 4th generation food entrepreneur. We cover:

We interview Robert W. Thurston, co-author and senior editor of Coffee: A Comprehensive Guide to the Bean, the Beverage, and the Industry

Why maybe you should NOT start a food business... It's not for everyone. We cover:

*Difficulties in economy of scale (for packaging product AND logistics)
*Startup capital and Kickstarter
*Food sanitation, permits, etc
*Comparison to businesses with more control and less startup capital: digital products/apps, non-perishable imports (i.e: iPhone cases)
*Special bonus: how to get free flights

We interview Daniel Velasquez, who brings his family's coffee from Colombia and sells it in the United States.

Daniel shares his story with us. As you will learn, selling specialty coffee is all about telling a story.

Our Food Startups Success Spotlight. We chose two INC 5000 food companies and did a quick analysis of each. It involves antelope and American Gladiators so don't miss it!!

When you launch a food startup, you are probably going to need media attention to help with marketing and sales. How do you manage the spotlight?

1. Plan who you want to be and who you don't want to be.

2. Understand the media's agenda.

3. Filter through the mirage.

4. Put it all together, develop a plan for push and/or pull.

Want to start a food business, but not sure what? Danny and Matt will help you brainstorm your niche. Mentioned on the show:

We are very pleased to release an interview with international import/export heavyweight Gaurav Gupta. It is packed with advice for those looking to get started/grow in the food industry. We cover:

About Gaurav:

As a professional entrepreneur Gaurav Gupta founded G Square Solutions and is the Managing Director. He has progressively established high global standards of service quality and operational excellence . His expertise in business development and cross cultural management has successfully opened up operations in Exports and Consulting across 4 Continents.

Website: www.gsquaretrading.com

We designed this show around the reality that many foreign companies are paying tons of $$$$ for some very simple registrations that can take less than a half an hour to complete.

This is for folks that are getting set up with first time exporters to the United States. We cover:

A) Food facility registration (under bioterrorism act) .. bioterrorism? (Register here)

B) US Agent correspondence .. what it entails (Same signup as Facility Registration above: Register here)

C) FDA food labeling (Labeling Guide PDF)

D) Prior notice to file for incoming shipments (Under Facility Registration login).

NOTE: As stated in the show, we are not lawyers, so please use this show as a point to conduct your own research.

We have all come across amazing homemade recipes. And you may even have told (or been told) "Wow, that is amazing. You should sell this."

While it may be feasible, many ideas aren't. How do you take a great recipe and create a timeline to turn it into a successful commercial product?