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Have Self Awareness!

Early in the show’s days, I had the chance to interview one of the many great foodie entrepreneurs out of the Austin, Texas market, Hemma Reddy of The Crafty Counter. Like many Founders, she created her awesome Wondernugget snacks originally for her own kids – and then other kids wanted them too! She brought a little Zen to the proceedings –her words of advice:

Welcome to Words 2 Grow By – where we take a look back at advice and counsel from interviews of leading CPG Founders and industry professionals who appeared on the NexxtLevel Brands Podcast.

It’s not all about you – no really, it’s not. It’s about all of us – your family, the tribe, your consumers, co-packers, brokers, retailers – the entire ‘community’ that is your growing business – and the role it plays in our ‘industry’ – Hemma has a great perspective!

You can catch the original episode right here https://www.nexxtlevelbrands.com/podcast/episode/4ebb5beb/best-of-wundernuggets-and-crafty-counter-with-hema-reddy-original-june-2019 and thanks to our sponsor, NexxtLevel Brands for production assistance. Join us every Thursday for the NexxtLevel Brands Podcast and look for your ‘Words 2 Grow By’ every Wednesday!

“A Worthy Leader Has A Desire to Serve”

Sam Madani and his co-founders were the nightmare of parents everywhere. The parents worked hard, sent their kids to the right schools; kids got jobs on Wall Street – and then decided to chuck it all in to make an alcohol-infused coffee drink BOMANI – the American Dream, right?

Welcome to Words 2 Grow By – where we take a look back at advice and counsel from interviews of leading CPG Founders and industry professionals who’ve appeared on the NexxtLevel Brands Podcast.

Well, that’s what they did and Sam’s show is a great learning experience for fellow entrepreneurs. Now, Sam had an advantage, sure – because in his ‘day’ job in investment banking, he knew the challenges and more importantly, the capital it was going to take to launch and grow a new beverage! He also knew it would take a ‘team’ and that is where his ‘Words 2 Grow By’ emanate!

You can catch the original episode right here https://www.nexxtlevelbrands.com/podcast/episode/201690eb/get-a-buzz-with-your-belt-bomani-on-the-nexxtlevel-brands-podcast and thanks to our sponsor, NexxtLevel Brands for production assistance. Join us every Thursday for the NexxtLevel Brands Podcast and look for your ‘Words 2 Grow By’ every Wednesday!

Never Give Up!

In building her wonderful brand Outer Aisle Aisle, food brand, Jeanne David faced a whole host of challenges. Prior to launch, there were manufacturing issues – she insisted (and still does) that she needed to be in control of her tasty cauliflower-based products – even though everyone told her that she needed a co-man. She had the tenacity to hang in there, knowing that many times that’s what separates the winners and the others.

In the end, you have to trust your judgment and sometimes go against the common wisdom, even family and friends, to really make a difference. Building any brand is a challenge, but that’s why we do it, isn’t it? Thanks, Jeanne, for sharing the counsel and also some other great advice on the show!

You can catch the original episode right here https://drive.google.com/file/d/1F7yp1tI4sr2kUgazqpTX6RKIfP1qZUCv/view and thanks to our sponsor, NexxtLevel Brands for production assistance. Join us every Thursday for the NexxtLevel Brands Podcast and look for your ‘Words 2 Grow By’ every Wednesday!