The Food Means Business Podcast

Oct 30 2024 72 ep. 28 mins 1
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Hosted by Djenaba Johnson-Jones, former marketing executive turned entrepreneur and founder of food business incubator, Hudson Kitchen, The Food Means Business podcast features the personal stories and “secret ingredients” behind what it's like to abandon your day job to start a food business. Join our community of fellow food business owners and subject matter experts to learn and laugh with us as we explore a start-up world that’s a little more culinary and a lot less corporate these days.

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The Art of Hiring: Strategies for Finding and Developing the Right Talent with Ariana Ruiz

Oct 30 2024 24 mins  
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Crafting Stories That Connect: How to Tell Your Audience a Story They Won’t Forget with Justine Reichman of NextGen Purpose

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{REPLAY} The Power of Persistence: How Bruno LeGreco Keeps The Biscotti Company Growing

Oct 08 2024 34 mins  
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Sep 11 2024 31 mins  
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The Power of Persistence: How Bruno LeGreco Keeps The Biscotti Company Growing

Sep 04 2024 34 mins  
Bruno LeGreco is never one to sit still. Having gone through several career iterations earlier in life, he was ready to go all in once he started The Biscotti Company four years ago. But there’s nothing easy about food entrepreneurship, and Bruno’s sharing lessons he’s learned along the way.In today’s episode, Bruno tells the story of how he founded The Biscotti Company, th

For the Love of Food: How An Engineer Became a Food Entrepreneur with Myles Powell

Aug 28 2024 24 mins  
From the very beginning, Myles Powell has loved food. But STEM felt more practical than going to culinary school, so Myles became an engineer. His love of food and cooking never diminished though, so while working a full-time engineering job, Myles built his CPG company on evenings and weekends, and nearly a decade later, Myles Comfort Foods is still growing.In this episode, Myles

More Than Just a Product: How Equitea is Supporting Community and Self-Care with Quentin Vennie

Aug 21 2024 35 mins  
Quentin Vennie has always felt the call to be a person of service, whether as a personal trainer, a nonprofit leader, or most recently, as the mission-focused entrepreneur and founder of Equitea. Today on the podcast, Quentin is sharing how he transitioned from the nonprofit world to starting Equitea, how he founded the company with the ideals of equity, community, and self-care in

Passion, Sacrifice, and What You Really Need to Succeed as a CPG Entrepreneur with Dom Crockett

Aug 14 2024 30 mins  
Dom Crockett is making waves with a CPG product containing organ meat (something that most Americans don’t traditionally eat.) That might sound like a liability for some companies, but Dom has built a market, an audience, and is on a trajectory to keep growing. And he’s done it all without venture funding.Today on the podcast, Dom is sharing his unconventional start-up advice,

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Aug 06 2024 33 mins  
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