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#92. We're kicking off Season 3 of The meez Podcast with an inspiring conversation about resilience, reinvention, and really good ice cream. In this episode, Josh sits down with Jackie Cuscuna and Brian Smith, the founders of Ample Hills Creamery. Jackie and Brian share candid insights on what it takes to start over in the food industry, the lessons they've learned about business and creativity, and how they're keeping the magic of Ample Hills alive. They reflect on the highs and lows of entrepreneurship, from expansion struggles to the realities of bankruptcy. The pair also explores the importance of quality control, strategic partnerships, and storytelling in branding. Plus, offer insights into developing new food concepts and their unexpected pivot from ice cream to chicken wings.Whether you're an entrepreneur, or just someone who appreciates a great comeback story, this is one episode you don't want to miss.Links and Resources:Visit meez: https://www.getmeez.comFollow meez on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/getmeezVisit the Ample Hills Creamery Website: https://amplehills.com/homeChapters:00:00 The Ice Cream Dream Begins03:05 Crafting the Perfect Ice Cream05:59 The Art of Flavor Creation08:57 Behind the Scenes of Ample Hills11:59 Innovations in Ice Cream Making14:56 The Business of Ice Cream17:53 Lessons Learned and Future Plans22:52 Quality Control and Consistency in Ice Cream Production24:23 The Journey from Neighborhood Shop to Scaling Up26:28 The Role of Partnerships and Opportunities in Growth28:44 The Impact of Disney and Celebrity Endorsements33:20 The Rise and Fall: Navigating Success and Bankruptcy42:04 Reinventing the Brand: From Ice Cream to Chicken46:52 Creative Ideation: The Process Behind New Concepts

Lisa swimming at the JCC on the Upper West Side, JCC swimming pool as a podcast on its own, Daryl offers to be Lisa's co-host on a podcast concerning the JCC locker room, Call back to Small Paul, Milo's teacher Anita, I thought about whether to engage with Anita, I thought about whether to bring her into our new world, Anita remembered both Max and Milo, I shared the Small Paul episode with Anita, Anita didn't remember the Small Paul story, It was wonderful to see Anita and to share stories with her and wonderful to connect with her again, Beautiful to see Anita again, Bringing new people into our world, People who were part of Milo's world, We constantly must make business decisions about when to see people and how to speak with them, What do people know about us and about Milo?, A piece of Milo's life brought back to us, IBOB, Mitch, Nancy, Ernie, and Felix Kaye, Ernie and Felix and our boys were always like cousins, Scott Bartman, Jared Bartman, Zach Kessler, Noah Kessler, Max and Milo always in touch with Ernie and Felix, New Year's Eve with the Kaye family in Westchester, Call back to the Jadaveon Clowney episode, Tradition started before Max and Ernie turned one year old, Peter Green, Susan Bogatz, Jack Green, Dexter Green, Andy Colman, Ariella Colman, Eli Colman, Zoe Colman were all New Year's Eve regulars, Ernie, Felix, Max, and Milo developed the game called IBOB, Game was throwing a ball wide to generate a great diving catch with feet inbounds, Much argument and dispute about whether someone was inbounds, IBOB in Florida, IBOB to Ample Hills, Touch/Catch, Diving catch, IBOB was the first version of all these games, Milo loved to make a game out of something silly, Thank you Henry Hillman, Idea of Machines, Sweet Lefty

In this week's episode of Honest Retail, we chat about the topics and headlines that are capturing our attention with guest, Paul Voge of Aura Bora. Cameron McCarthy: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cameronkennethmccarthy/ Taylor Foxman: https://www.linkedin.com/in/taylor-foxman/ Carlton Fowler: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlton-fowler-63069478/ Paul Voge: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulvoge/

Avenue J, Picky Eater, Eating Like a Mathematician, Maturing Movie and Food Taste, Travel Baseball, Brooklyn Huskies Baseball, Peter Luger, Steak, Worcestershire Sauce, Tommy at Peter Luger, Bagel Pub, Plain Bagel with Cream Cheese, Bagel Desert, La Bagel Delight, Bagel Hole, Hunan Delight, Sesame Chicken, Colombia, Beef Empanadas, Surfish, Entrana, 5th Avenue, 3rd Avenue, Gowanus, Windsor Terrace, Numero 28 Pizza, Bonnie's, Wings, Football Sundays, Buffalo Bills, The Sicilian Wings, 78th Precinct Youth Sports, Coco Rocco Peruvian, Rotisserie Chicken, Zorn's Fried Chicken, Ample Hills, Dark Chocolate Ice Cream, P.S. 321, South Brooklyn Pizza, Percy's Pizza, Simple Loaf, Croissant, Alana Fishberg, Pumpkin Bread, Helen Wanderstock, Andre's Steakhouse in Naples, Florida, Bacon, Lamb Chops, Max Kessler, Los Angeles, Elana, Andrew, and Jacob Friedman, Griddle Cafe, Pancakes with Nutella and Whipped Cream, Connecticut Muffin, Coffee, Sara Jae, Coffee Theft, Helen and Milo, Nu Bleu, French Toast, Brunch, Weekly Football Picks, Park Slope Diner, The Diner, Tops Attax, Football Picks, Cribbage, Oh Drat, Jonas, Marie, Martin, Charlie, and Johnny Nachsin, Lydia, Jeff, Alex, and Ben Muchnick, Belgian Waffle with Powdered Sugar and Cinnamon

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Charlie O'Donnell was one of our panelists in March 2020 just days before New York City went into lock down. The topic of the IWiB's annual event was "Investing in Women." In 2021 we are all virtual... still. Charlie sat down with us to discuss how the pandemic has affected seed investing and what, if anything has changed for female founders and how women founders are different from their male counterparts. Charlie O'Donnell is the sole Partner and Founder at Brooklyn Bridge Ventures. The fund makes seed and pre-seed investments and was the first venture firm located in Brooklyn--where he was born and raised. Brooklyn Bridge invested in the first rounds of The Wing, Canary, Hungryroot, Ample Hills, Clubhouse, Imagen, and goTenna among others. Charlie has a reputation for being early to identifying important companies. In the IWiB Podcast we are collecting stories and having conversations with people to inspire, inform and connect women and men who want to thrive in life. With Chris Thorpe, Founder Brick Investment Partners, and Liana Slater Growth Executive & Co-Founder Momunmentalme.com, producer of The Mindshare Podcast, and Co-Founder INSEAD IWiB Global Club. Music by Patrick Prouty. For more inspiring discussions and real tools for success, check out Liana's professional development podcast The Mindshare Podcast available wherever you get your podcasts and at www.monumentalme.com/podcast.

Support the podkitchen and sign up for the Braised Bits patreon! patreon.com/braisedbits 00:00- 00:30 - Lance reads an ad for Summer Sanders Sandles 00:30-1:30 - The chefs kick off the episode with a Fred McRiff on kind bars. 1:30- 5:11 - The chefs reveal parm that episode 86 got 86'd and Lance chers the origin of getting 86'd. 5:11- 5:30 - Jesse reveals he has a hard out to go meet his Sisters new puppy wee herman. 5:30- 8:35 - Jesse presents meal prep from Phil Jackson regarding Lances need for speed on the highway. 8:35-11:35 - Lances highlight had him getting a lot Warrick Done on a productive Sunday of our lives. 11:35- 16:54 - Jesses highlights had him watching the Olympic womens skateboarding competition, going to a Van Gogh experience and dining with Phil Jackson and Jeannie Bus. 16:54-1:01:19 - The chefs list their top nine NYC pizza places. 1:01:19-1:06:40 - Phil Jackson and Kate predict the chefs top 9 NYC pizzas. 1:06:40-1:12:33 - Jesses QAB had him witnessing and smelling a stanky situation at his local Lou Bodega.  1:12:33- 1:17:05 - Lances QAB has him taking a scoop out of Ample Hills service quality. 1:17:06-1:18:09- The chefs bring in the closer and promote what they have coming up.

This is the Live Call-in Show from this past Sunday night, May 23, 2021! During this show, Mike & Scott discuss the news of the week including an "almost Ample Hills" experience coming back to the Boardwalk, Grand Floridian moving about 200 rooms to DVC units, Amazon Prime Now going away, and a huge dining offer coming for UK visitors! We also take your calls and speak with Rikki LIVE from the Test Track queue about her trip! Your calls are always the highlight of the show! Please visit our website at www.beourguestpodcast.com.  Thank you so much for your support of our podcast! Also, please follow the show on Twitter@BeOurGuestMike and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/beourguestpodcast.  Become a patron of the Be Our Guest Podcast over at www.patreon.com/BeOurGuestPodcast.  Thanks to our friends at The Magic For Less Travel for sponsoring today's podcast!

This is the Live Call-in Show from this past Sunday night, May 123, 2021! During this show, Mike & Scott discuss the news of the week including an "almost Ample Hills" experience coming back to the Boardwalk, Grand Floridian moving about 200 rooms to DVC units, Amazon Prime Now going away, and a huge dining offer coming for UK visitors! We also take your calls and speak with Rikki LIVE from the Test Track queue about her trip! Your calls are always the highlight of the show! Please visit our website at www.beourguestpodcast.com.  Thank you so much for your support of our podcast! Also, please follow the show on Twitter@BeOurGuestMike and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/beourguestpodcast.  Become a patron of the Be Our Guest Podcast over at www.patreon.com/BeOurGuestPodcast.  Thanks to our friends at The Magic For Less Travel for sponsoring today's podcast!

Ladies and Gentlemen, Welcome aboard the Morning Monorail!   This week Landon and Justin run down the latest Disney headlines including: A construction truck damages the monorail track, HarmoniUs firework testing begins in Epcot, Boardwalk Ice Cream opens up in place of Ample Hills and more.  We also relive the first two days of Landon's first trip back to Walt Disney World which will include a review of Disney's All-Star Movies resort. The remainder of Landon's adventure will be shared on episode 156 pt.2 later this week.   Find us at the following: Email: MondayMorningMonorail@gmail.com Twitter: @MorningMonorail Instagram: morningmonorail Facebook: Morning Monorail Voicemail: 407-917-2144

Ample Hills Creamery was started in 2010 in a tiny shop on Vanderbilt Avenue in Brooklyn.  From there it grew a cult-like following and […] Read More

On March 16, Brian Smith and Jackie Cuscuna signed a lease on a storefront for their new ice cream business The Social. As it happens, March 16 was one year to the day that Brian Smith and Jackie Cuscuna filed for personal and Chapter 11 bankruptcy for Ample Hills, the ice cream company they founded a decade ago. The couple, married for nearly 20 years, joins the podcast to discuss the spectacular rise and fall of Ample Hills—and what they're up to next.  Brooklyn news and views you can use: bkmag.com Email: hello@bkmag.com Follow along on Facebook: Brooklyn Magazine Twitter: @brooklynmag Instagram: @brooklynmagazine Follow Brian Braiker on Twitter: @slarkpope

Charlie O'Donnell is the sole Partner and Founder at Brooklyn Bridge Ventures.  The fund makes seed and pre-seed investments and was the first venture firm located in Brooklyn--where he was born and raised.  Brooklyn Bridge invested in the first rounds of The Wing, Canary, Hungryroot, Ample Hills, Clubhouse, Imagen, and goTenna among others. Charlie has a reputation for being early to identifying important companies.  Nick Bilton identifies him as an influence on early Twitter investors in his book, Hatching Twitter.  Dennis Crowley credits him as having helped kick off the first funding of Foursquare before other VCs had said yes. Working in venture capital since 2001, he apprenticed his way through the asset class with analyst roles on the original Union Square Ventures team as well as at the General Motors pension fund--a long time limited partner in many top tier funds. Charlie is one of only a dozen individuals to be named to Business Insider's 100 Most Influential People in NY Tech five or more times. He served on the founding board of the New York Tech Meetup and is one of the group's first 100 members. He was recently named to City & State Magazine’s Tech Power 50. His blog, This is Going to Be BIG!, is one of the ten most widely read VC blogs in the country and over 13,000 people read his weekly NYC tech newsletter. He has spoken at SXSW and Techcrunch Disrupt. Some of the Topics Covered by Charlie O'Donnell in this Episode How Charlie started his career at GM and what he learned there How he ended up joining Union Square Ventures early on and why he decided to get into VC, particularly working in tech in New York Deciding to start his own fund Raising his first fund--how he failed at first and what he learned Having 50 investors in his first fund The challenge Charlie ran into when fundraising at first due to the nature of his network and how he overcame it How raising for his second fund compared to the first experience How Charlie approaches deal sourcing Taking the Pre-Series A Offsite event online at the beginning of the pandemic Curating and choreographing events to maximize value for the audience How Charlie approaches blogging and how it plays into his role as a VC Making yourself findable Charlie's perspective on the future of learning and work Startup ecosystems and what it takes to make one successful Sign up for The Grind, for actionable insights and stories from successful entrepreneurs delivered to your inbox once per week: https://www.justgogrind.com/newsletter/ Listen to all episodes of the Just Go Grind Podcast: https://www.justgogrind.com/podcast/ Follow Justin Gordon on Twitter: https://twitter.com/justingordon212 Follow Justin Gordon on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/justingordon8/

In episode 816, Jack and guest host Laci Mosley are joined by comedian Sara June to discuss the Texas storms, capital police being suspended, the Ample Hills meltdown, ‘Game Of Thrones’ Duo David Benioff & D.B. Weiss' next project, and more! FOOTNOTES: Texas Storms, California Heat Waves and ‘Vulnerable’ Utilities 6 Capitol Police officers suspended, 29 others being investigated for alleged roles in riot Pentagon report reveals inroads white supremacists have made in military The Shocking Meltdown of Ample Hills — Brooklyn’s Hottest Ice Cream Company HBO Confirms Confederate Is Officially Dead ‘Star Wars’ Setback: ‘Game Of Thrones’ Duo David Benioff & D.B. Weiss Exit Trilogy 'Game of Thrones' Creators Close $200M Netflix Overall Deal David Benioff & D.B. Weiss Set Sci-Fi Drama ‘The Three-Body Problem’ As First Major Netflix Series; Alexander Woo, Rian Johnson, Rosamund Pike To EP WATCH: Classical music from Iran - Shahram Nazeri (1984) Gol e Sad Barg Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com

Good morning, RVA! It’s 46 °F and rainy this morning, but I think we’ll probably see the sun later this afternoon. Expect similar temperatures tomorrow, and then…maybe more snow on Sunday! NBC12’s Andrew Freiden says there’s too much uncertainty at this point to give confident snow totals, but his first prediction map puts us at 1–3 inches. Fingers crossed!Water coolerAs of this morning, the Virginia Department of Health reports 3,059 new positive cases of the coronavirus in the Commonwealthand 75 new deaths as a result of the virus. VDH reports 332 new cases in and around Richmond (Chesterfield: 134, Henrico: 91, and Richmond: 107). Since this pandemic began, 696 people have died in the Richmond region. Here is this week’s stacked chart of new reported cases, hospitalizations, and deaths. It really shows the dramatic reduction in cases we’ve seen in the last week or so—which is now starting to be reflected in a decrease of hospitalizations, too. Locally, across the entire region, we’re seeing a similar trend. However, Henrico and Chesterfield have driven most of the local decrease in new cases. Richmond’s been stuck on a case-count plateau since the beginning of the year, and I don’t know what that means. Is it an artifact of testing? Something else? I’m not sure it matters—other than that it should give you a heightened sense of caution around your own personal behavior—since our leadership has seemed to moved past containment and is now focused almost entirely on vaccination. Speaking of, the Governor will hold an 11:00 AM press conference today to address vaccine distribution, and you can watch the whole thing over on VPM’s YouTube channel. Apparently he’ll also announce that he’s extending the school year into the summer? Without knowing any of the details my first two thoughts are 1) Will school districts be able to make this choice for themselves? There has been an incredible focus on local control for districts throughout this pandemic and it feels weird to suddenly switch gears; 2) Given the robust conversation about the complexities of year-round school, I have a hard time believing teachers and parents will be universally stoked on the idea of extending the school year unilaterally. More to come at 11:00 AM.Continuing on the schools tip, the RPS School Board has a special meeting scheduled for this coming Monday when all signs point to them voting on how to extend Superintendent Kamras’s contract. While I think the Boardmembers' votes are most likely set at this point, it is now again the time to fire up your trusty emailer and send the entire board an email expressing your support for extending the Superintendent’s contract for four years. If you want a more concrete way to support the Supe, RPS students, teachers, families, and community members will join in a #KeepKamras Car Parade on Saturday from 11:00 AM–12:00 PM beginning at Southside Plaza and ending at Blackwell Elementary.More schools updates! Jessica Nocera at the Richmond Times-Dispatch reports that the Henrico County School Board “voted 4–1 to send back prekindergarten through second grade Feb. 22, third through fifth grades and sixth and ninth grades March 1, and all remaining middle and high school students March 8..” Those youngest kids will initially go back to in-person instruction two days a week. So, to recap: Chesterfield has some students already back in schools, some Henrico students head back later this month, and all Richmond students will remain virtual for the rest of the year. I wonder how each district will react to the governor’s announcement today…What?? Jack Jacobs at Richmond BizSense says “Helbiz”, another scooter company, has entered the Richmond market. Apart from having the most metal-sounding name, Helbiz scooters apparently come equipped with hand sanitizer. More scooters is great, but here’s what I really want: dockless bikeshare.It’s Friday, and that means there’s a new episode of Duron Chavis’s Black Space Matters video series. This week’s episode features Ashley Williams, a yoga therapist, mindfulness educator, and founder of BareSOUL yoga. Tune in for a discussion on resiliency and, of course, why Black space matters.This morning’s longreadThe Shocking Meltdown of Ample Hills — Brooklyn’s Hottest Ice Cream CompanyHas anyone had this ice cream? Is it even worth all of this fuss??But on March 15, the day before New York City shut down for the pandemic — and as signage bearing Ample Hills’ farm animal mascots and the words “ice cream coming soon” was still up at a second Disney location — everything came crashing down. Ample Hills filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, just short of the company’s 10th anniversary. It had nothing to do with the pandemic: Even as annual sales had grown, reaching nearly $10.7 million at their peak, so had the losses. Over 2018 and 2019, the company lost about $13 million. In June 2020, Ample Hills sold for just $1 million to perhaps the unlikeliest of buyers — Schmitt, an Oregon manufacturing company that makes laser scanners and sensors for propane tanks.If you’d like your longread to show up here, go chip in a couple bucks on the ol’ Patreon.

Yelp lists its entire SF headquarters for lease; this start-up had Oprah and Disney and dreams of being the next Ben & Jerry's, but Ample Hills failed anyway; legal battles for a startup, Figs, that considers itself the Warby Parker of medical uniforms.

Our guest for this episode is Charlie O'Donnell. Charlie is the sole Partner and Founder at Brooklyn Bridge Ventures. The fund makes seed and pre-seed investments and was the first venture firm located in Brooklyn - where Charlie was born and raised. Brooklyn Bridge invested in the first rounds of The Wing, Canary, Hungryroot, Ample Hills, Clubhouse, Imagen, and goTenna among others. Charlie has a reputation for picking out great companies really early on, as he did with Twitter and Foursquare. He is one of only a dozen individuals to be named to Business Insider's 100 Most Influential People in NY Tech five or more times. In this episode we talk to him about early 2000s, the dotcom crash, his experiences of raising money as a first-time fund manager and how he pitched to Limited Partners (LPs). This episode can be a great resource to listeners looking to break into the VC industry. You can read more about Charlie, here and also read his blog: This Is Going To Be Big.

We'd opened our first shop on Vanderbilt Ave. with our own money. When we decided to grow Ample Hills and open a factory we had to borrow money from the bank. The only way the bank would loan the business money was if Brian and I signed a personal guarantee. That means if the business goes belly up (bankrupt), then we still owe that money.

Brian & Jackie, founders of Ample Hills Creamery join the Seltzercast to talk Polar Vanilla Seltzer, ice cream sodas, and discuss their new podcast As the Ice Cream Churns. Plus, Sean does a bonus review of a Fall treat... or is it more of a trick?? FOLLOW THE SELTZERCAST: http://twitter.com/seltzercast https://www.instagram.com/seltzer.cast/ https://twitter.com/Sean_POBrien https://www.instagram.com/seanpatrickobrien/ THIS PODCAST IS SPONSORED BY SUPERYAKI http://superyaki.com/ https://twitter.com/SuperYakiStuff Narration provided by Tim Wells Art by Kyra Kaufer Music by Kevin MacLeod: Samba Isobel by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4316-samba-isobel License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Happy Alley by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3851-happy-alley License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Poppers and Prosecco by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4231-poppers-and-prosecco License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Husband and wife duo Brian Smith and Jackie Cuscuna founded Ample Hills Creamery in Brooklyn in 2010 after Brian left a career as a screenwriter and audio producer.  The brand grew quickly, counting Bob Iger, Steven Spielberg, J.J. Abrams, and Oprah Winfrey as fans.  Brian and Jackie talk to Heath about their fast climb and steep fall, declaring bankruptcy just as coronavirus was shutting down New York and ultimately losing their roles in the company they founded.  

Hey everybody and welcome to Keeping Up With The Castle! On this weeks Disney World News Show we cover the closure of Ample Hills Creamery, Magic Kingdom wining best theme park in 2020, Beauty and the Beast Live cancelled and replaced with the Disney Society Orchestra in Hollywood Studios, Epcot Construction, and more! Tune into our video to find out all your latest Disney World and Disney Parks news!Thank you for watching Keeping Up With The Castle!!!Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/user?u=16385577)

This week: TTA Babiez, Ample Hills, Sailing in Disney Rides, LEGO, and the value of an AP. Have a GBBT (+201) and stay safe. Check out Christine's Discord here! Want to support The TTA Podcast & look rad while doing it? The TTA Podcast T-Shirts! The TTA Podcast Pin!  Have a question for us or your own two cents on a topic? Leave a message over at the TTA Podcast website or leave a message at (516) 900-4628.  Find us on the internet! The TTA Official Unofficial Subreddit! Rob's History Channel Christine's YouTube Channel Rob's Twitter Christine's Twitter Rob's Patreon! Rob Plays Pins!

In the latest episode of our miniseries Rob May and Matt Hayes chat with guests, and fellow VCs, Charlie O'Donnell, Partner and Founder of Brooklyn Bridge Ventures based in NYC, and Russ Wilcox, General Partner at Pillar VC based in Boston.  During this raw and uncut conversation Russ and Charlie discuss how they have managed Covid-19 within their own portfolio and what advice they have for startups managing this volatile economic landscape (recorded on March 25th 2020). Topics covered include: Short term vs. long term advice for founders & entrepreneurs based on their cash flow position  Advice for those who were planning on raising capital with less than 6 months of runway What kind of companies or investments they are looking at right now and why The rare opportunities you can find during this pandemic and strategies for capitalizing on those todayThe metrics VCs will look at when evaluating potential new investments during a recessionWhat kind of signals to look for to reveal when the economy may return to normalcy What type of marketing you should be doubling down on during this pandemic Predictions on the economic landscape post Covid-19 and the type of companies that may come out the other side stronger than beforeShow notes: Charlie O'Donnell is the sole Partner and Founder at Brooklyn Bridge Ventures.  The fund makes seed and pre-seed investments and was the first venture firm located in Brooklyn--where he was born and raised.  Brooklyn Bridge invested in the first rounds of The Wing, Canary, Hungryroot, Ample Hills, Clubhouse, Imagen, and goTenna among others. Learn more about Charlie here:  http://www.brooklynbridge.vc/charlie-odonnellRuss Wilcox has 20 years of start-up operating experience, having founded three companies and raised $150 million in private capital. Learn more on Russ here: https://www.pillar.vc/team/russ-wilcox/Highlighted Quotes: “VC can be more useful to help make decisions about cuts, runway, openings in the venture market and I think that is where we can bring some perspective” - Charlie O'Donnell, Brooklyn Bridge Ventures “We have all gone through a lot of chaos in the last few weeks, and I think that there will be, even once Covid-19 has been managed, a lasting appreciation for reliability, simplicity, and things you can count on. Consumer products that appeal to that side are likely to do well” - Russ WIlcox, Pillar VC“In the venture business, if you are doing startups everybody is in a different cycle in cash flow and when their next round is going to be. Based on whether you thought your round was just 90 days away or 90 months away, you have a very different outlook and different strategy”  - Russ Wilcox, Pillar VCHave comments or feedback on the podcast? Send them to podcast@pjc.vc – Thanks! 

There’s a lot of debate surrounding the exact origins of everybody’s favorite frozen treat, but experts generally agree it’s been around for more than half a millennium. In this episode, Marc learns all about ice cream’s power to tell a story through flavor from Ample Hills founders Brian Smith and Jackie Cuscuna. He’s also joined by his friend, chef Scott Conant, who explains how ice cream fits into fine dining and dishes on its delicious Italian cousins: gelato and sorbetto. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

This is a review of Dean and Deluca in Soho and also somehow a David Bowie tribute episode?  Rod examines some unique citrus, agonizes over how much a pre-made quiche should cost, talks about marzipan animals for way too long, and once again gets horny for some cured meat.  This podcast still is not brought to you by RX Bar, Talenti, Ample Hills, or Kerrygold Irish Butter but it would LOVE to be ;)

On episode 244, we finally cover runDisney! We bring on Curtis’s sister Heidi, Melissa Koshiol and Holly Bercase to answer all your runDisney questions.  Heidi is considering running her first Disney event. Highlights Melissa’s mini trip report to Miami, Key West and Disney World Beach Club resort Ample Hills vs. Beaches and Cream Yak and Yeti Be Our Guest for breakfast Room upgrade Mobile ordering at Woody’s Lunchbox List and dates of runDisney Events Cost of races Walk 5k? Time limit? Need to submit qualifications? What’s so great about runDisney events? A tour of the half marathons and times they start What’s the attendance? Scheduling ADR’s for after the race Trip planning around the race for how many nights to stay What’s happening at ESPN World of Sports complex How do you train for a marathon? How fast do you have to go so you don’t get Swept? Can you participate as a speed walker? Can you run for charity? How far in advance should you sign up? (Correct the sign up dates) Recommended resorts to stay at? Does Disney support charities for the runs? How do you prep before the race? Some other small runs at Wide World of …

Ample Hills Creamery owners Jackie Cuscuna and Brian Smith tell their story of grappling with success so overwhelming that they were afraid it would cost them their business before it even got off the ground. In this episode of Rally, a podcast about business leaders facing failure and bouncing back, we hear about how neglecting to plan for success led Ample Hills Creamery to close its doors just a few days after opening in 2011. Ample Hills opened in Brooklyn, New York, with ambitions of being a “small, little neighborhood ice cream shop.” Following a career in screenwriting and radio dramas, Brian hungered for a new medium to tell stories. As a lifelong ice cream lover, he and his wife decided to open an ice cream parlor where families could hang out and enjoy community. When Ample Hills opened just before Memorial Day weekend in 2011, the couple was blown away with the crowds swarming their shop. Within the first few days of being open, they realized that they’d drastically underestimated how much ice cream they would sell. The store closed four days after opening so Jackie and Brian could hire more staff, make ice cream and prepare for how to handle so many customers. The couple had poured all of their money into opening Ample Hills and worried about what would happen when their re-opened. Would people come back? Business reporter and Rally host Macaela J. Bennett has spent a year collecting these stories of hardship and missteps in people’s careers to share with listeners inspiring examples of overcoming obstacles. Follow Rally_Podcast: Twitter | Facebook | Instagram Email: Rally@CTpost.com Media: Sweet Emotional Piano String Instrumental Midtempo by Jason Garner A segment of “Room with a view” by Jahzzar is licensed under CC BY 3.0 The Golden Hour by Larry Bryant Alien Express, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1XEo4yZ59o You Inspire Me by Aaron Stepanik Ample Hills prepares to open, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1XEo4yZ59o Don't Leave Me by Marcin Gasiewicz My Dreams Come True by Marcin Gasiewicz Modern Inspiring Acoustic by Seastock Links: Learn more about Ample Hills +https://www.amplehills.com/pages/about +“So Successful, a New Ice Cream Shop Closes After 4 Days” https://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/02/so-successful-a-new-ice-cream-shop-closes-after-4-days/ + “Bullish invests in ‘Star Wars’ ice cream” https://www.greenwichtime.com/business/article/Greenwich-firm-invests-in-Star-Wars-ice-12425328.php + “Ample Hills Creamery raises $8 mln Series A led by Rosecliff Ventures” https://www.pehub.com/2017/12/ample-hills-creamery-raises-8-mln-series-a-led-by-rosecliff-ventures/ + “The Ice Cream Oprah Fell in Love With and 13 More Delicious Hostess Gifts” http://www.oprah.com/gift/ample-hills-ice-cream?editors_pick_id=58475 Special thanks to Hearst Connecticut Media reporter Justin Papp for his reading of Crossing Brooklyn Ferry by Walt Whitman.

Charlie O'Donnell has been an active member of the NYC startup community for over a decade. He is the sole Partner and Founder at Brooklyn Bridge Ventures that invested in the first rounds of Canary, The Wing, Ample Hills, Hungryroot, Clubhouse, Petal, and goTenna. Prior to Brooklyn Bridge, Charlie worked at Union Square Ventures and... The post Charlie O'Donnell of Brooklyn Bridge Ventures on Working with Fred Wilson, Skipping Follow On Funding and Why Pre-Seed is the Best Stage to Invest appeared first on The Syndicate.

Transparent commercial brokerage with proprietary smart tools… The real estate industry is antiquated. For most people they think of the residential real estate first, and that’s lagging enough. But technology and innovation in the commercial real estate space? That’s twenty years behind residential. An exception to this is Squarefoot, an online brokerage platform that enables companies to find commercial properties without going space to space. Jonathan Wasserstrum, Co-Founder and CEO of Squarefoot (”a team of trusted commercial real estate experts armed with our own technology to help guide you from initial inquiry to lease signing and beyond”), joins Thomas Kutzman and Scott Pollack in the MouthMedia Network studios powered by Sennheiser. Presented by Prevu.In this episode: The state of affairs of commercial real estate today, two decades behind residential real estate, comparative sizes of residential vs. commercial Enabling tenants to find space more easily The problem being solved by Squarefoot is offering transparency and technology, as a listings platform, Squarefoot’s biggest size deal ever, and the average size and company needs commercially Playing a role in helping solve real estate problems How Squarefoot clients can see the inventory Squarefoot aligns better incentives between broker and client, instead of commission based on deal size, a flat fee per broker, a different comp model, so its not about steering toward biggest commission. Most brokers aren’t still at the same brokerage after three years, and at Squarefoot the rate is better than the industry average First efficiency, not having to prospect, how inbound people search online and wind up on the Squarefoot site Offering further efficiency via tech and products in the space and discovery, and a proprietary app Looking ahead to the next level: agency business representing landlords Commission structure in commercial vs. residential similar, and how many buildings average landlord own A lack of interest from Squarefoot in competing against CoStar — being just a channel for tenants to find space and landlords to market the spaces, not a current interest in data. Is Wasserstrum a technology guy or real estate guy? Ample Hills ice cream makes a special appearance Are most companies actually tech companies? 20% of market is moving every year, but it takes 5 cycles for everyone to go through a new change of process/tech, with commercial taking even longer The need to ask “how do I do it better” Anything that can help increase the top line, and decrease expenses, should be a welcome thing A lack of Houston TX accent Houston’s lack of zoning

Brian Smith and Jackie Cuscuna are the co-founders of the delicious, creative and playful ice cream company, Ample Hills. They both have past careers as teachers, Brian later went on to become a screenwriter and director before founding Ample Hills. Ample Hills are known for their chunky ice creams and wacky names but did you know they make every single ingredient from scratch? Brian gives us a basic guide on how to deconstruct a food and recreate it as ice cream and we get Ample Hill's opinion on the artisanal ice cream scene and where they draw their inspirations from.

What is it about ice cream? People are head over heals with it in a way that is rarely paralleled with other foods. On a topical episode of Eat Your Words, host Talia Ralph sits down with Brian Smith and Jackie Cuscuna, co-founders of Ample Hills Creamery and co-authors of Ample Hills Creamery – The Cookbook. Find out how Brian’s past life as a writer of “monster movie” helps inform his work as an ice cream maker, learn about their plans for a new shop in Gowanus and hear what makes their cookbook stand out from its recipe-driven peers. This program was brought to you by Rolling Press. “Growing up, ice cream was the first food love that I had. It’s uniquely American and part of our mythology.” [03:00] “People think Ample Hills and they don’t think Brooklyn. The hills have been paved over but there used to be hills with pastures and dairy farms in Brooklyn. The name is a nice way to touch back on the history of Brooklyn.” [12:00] –Brian Smith on Eat Your Words “We wanted to invite people into the book the way we invite people into our shop.” [21:00] –Jackie Cuscuna on Eat Your Words