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Hey Friends,
Thank you Charlie Hanna for the introduction to our guest on The Consumer VC Podcast, Denise Woodard, Founder & CEO of Partake Foods.
Partake Foods produces super delicious cookies are made with real, healthy, and safe ingredients that everyone can enjoy. They are gluten-free, vegan, non-GMO and free of the top 14 allergens.
Personally, I’m a HUGE FAN of Partake Foods - I buy them every time I’m in the grocery store.
We discuss:
The inspiration behind starting Partake Foods
Leaving her high paying job at Coca-Cola
Managing with no venture capital in the early days
How she created the right formation and found the right manufacturer
Strategy for getting into retail
How she was able to raise money with no initial VC network
Adjusting through COVID
Getting into Trader Joe’s
What’s next?
I hope you all enjoy listening!
This episode is brought to you by Burkland Associates.
Burkland Associates helps you build the right systems that can keep up with your growth and can handle all the finance, accounting, tax, and hiring services that consumer startups need to scale. From ensuring your fundamentals are sound to make sure you're prepared for that next funding round, Burkland Associates gets consumer startups. For more information head to burklandassociates.com and check out their startup toolkits as well.
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