How he's leveraging content to build a chocolate brand // Nick Saltarelli, Co-founder of Mid-Day Squares

The Consumer VC: Venture Capital I B2C Startups I Commerce | Early-Stage Investing

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How he's leveraging content to build a chocolate brand // Nick Saltarelli, Co-founder of Mid-Day Squares

The Consumer VC episode 210 with Nick Saltarelli, Co-founder of Mid-Day Squares

Mike Gelb

May 04, 2022

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Hey Friends,

Our guest today is Nick Saltarelli one of the Co-Founders of Mid-Day Squares. Mid-Day Squares is the first functional chocolate bar. Nick founded the company with his wife, Leslie, and brother-in-law Jake.

We discuss:

How and why his family wanted to start a chocolate company
Approach to creating content and why their first hire was a videographer
Why they built their own chocolate factory instead of outsourcing manufacturing
What long-term thinking means to him
His process to raising capital
The truth about entrepreneurship

I hope you enjoy listening!

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The Consumer VC: Venture Capital I B2C Startups I Commerce | Early-Stage Investing

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