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In this episode of Cocktails with Friends, host Bob Cutler shares humorous and insightful tales from his recent trip to Italy and France, where he explored the nuances of European cocktail culture and winemaking. From mixing his own old-fashioned on a flight to discovering the art of Aperol spritzes at French bistros, Bob's adventures offer a lighthearted look at the differences in drink-making traditions abroad, with plenty of inspiration for listeners to bring a bit of European flair to their own cocktail experiences. KEY TOPICS Bob explores the differences in alcohol standards, drink recipes, and service styles in Italy and France, adding humor to his comparisons with U.S. customs. He describes the unique conditions of the Piedmont region, especially the impact of weather on grape harvests, giving listeners a peek into winemaking challenges. Bob reflects on how his passion for cocktails influences his travels, from critiquing restaurant service to crafting drinks on a plane. INSIGHTS Listeners will discover how Europe's lower alcohol pours and ingredient choices create a distinct flavor profile in cocktails. Bob's story of Piedmont's rain-drenched vineyards reveals the intricate relationship between nature and the flavors in each bottle of wine. Bob reveals his habit of mixing his own drinks on flights when sharing a  quirky travel tip that adds humor and encourages creativity in an unexpected place.  EPISODE INDEX  **(0:25)** Bob introduces the episode, describing it as a "grass ain't necessarily greener" edition, reflecting his lighthearted take on European drinking culture.  **(1:00)** He discusses the intense rains and early grape harvest in Italy's Piedmont region, noting how weather conditions can impact the taste of local wines. -**(3:25)** Bob humorously recalls his experience with Italian cocktail "experts," sharing his surprise at the lower alcohol content in European cocktails compared to the U.S. -**(8:11)** Shifting to France, Bob highlights an exceptional cocktail experience at the Parisian bar Dirty Lemon, known for unique drinks and Lebanese-inspired flavors. **(12:24)** Bob describes his tradition of mixing old-fashioned cocktails mid-flight with his own bartending kit, adding a touch of travel-related humor to the episode. 

RTS.FM BERLIN x Cafe at Marla 18.11.23 16:00-20:00 recorded and stremaed at Cafe at Marla: www.instagram.com/cafeatmarla_conceptstore/ Gustavo www.instagram.com/gustavo_panea/ Dirty Lemon www.instagram.com/dirtylemonpanea/ Welcome to the highly anticipated stream events in Berlin! Café at Marla Conceptstore and RTS.FM Berlin have joined forces to organize regular events featuring DJs from Berlin. Everyone is invited to come together and enjoy great underground music in an atmosphere of exchange and connection. At Café at Marla Conceptstore, you'll not only find specialty coffee but also inviting spaces that encourage you to linger and relax. We collaborate with designers, a record shop, a distribution company, and a studio community, creating synergies and collaborations that enhance the experience. These partnerships contribute to a unique ambiance where creativity thrives. Our radio show aims to build upon these collaborations, focusing on the places where encounters happen to create new moments that enrich our coexistence. Every second Saturday of the month, we will have international DJs and guests from Berlin joining us. Come and be a part of the vibrant world of underground music. Immerse yourself in the sounds while we create new experiences together and celebrate Berlin's music scene. We look forward to welcoming you to our stream events at Café at Marla Conceptstore! Contact Cem Orlow : www.instagram.com/cemorlow/ RTS.FM BERLIN Archives: SoundCloud: bit.ly/3EmEC1w

Can Coolhaus make a comeback? Although the beloved non-dairy ice cream brand is reportedly on the chopping block, the hosts discussed a potential salvation akin to those of discontinued brands resurrected by new owners. This episode also features the latest installment of The Goat Pen with Carlton Fowler, the co-founder of Goat Rodeo Capital, who spoke about his “obsession” with outliers.  Show notes: 0:41: Wine In Baja. RIP… But, Maybe Not? Bliss Balls, Energy Gels, Pizza Nuts. – Jacqui shared details of a recent visit to Baja's burgeoning wine scene, before the hosts collectively reflected on their favorite defunct brands and why some received a second chance. They also chatted about a mashup of notable products, including canned beans with a nostalgic twist and citrus-infused cold brew coffee. 30:00: Segment: The Goat Pen With Carlton Fowler – Fowler riffed on his love for Magnolia Bakery's new packaged cookie line before explaining how he defines and invests in outlier companies and his perspective on celebrity and creator-led brands. He also explained why a brand's track record isn't necessarily an indication of its potential, how and why investors can get it wrong and his advice on what to leave out of a pitch deck. Brands in this episode: Vita Coco, Zico, Coolhaus, Brave Robot, Honest Tea, Just Ice Tea, Dirty Lemon, Ibex, NJoy, Rise Brewing Co., La Colombe, Door County Coffee, Bai, Lemon Perfect, Chargel, Raw Bliss Balls, Creation Nation, Healthy Truth, Combos, Daily Crunch, Goldfish, Heyday Canning Co., A Dozen Cousins, Fillo's, Barnacle Foods, Frank's Hot Sauce, Tabasco, Nectar Hard Seltzer, The Good Crisp, HopLark, BeatBox Beverages

Whether you're in NYC or Paris, you've probably heard of Allison Kave or at least one of her businesses in the hospitality industry.  Allison a bartender, baker, entrepreneur and an author living in Paris. Before moving here she operated a bar and bakery aptly named Butter & Scotch in Crown Heights, Brooklyn.  Here in Paris she co-owns Izzy's, a cocktail subscription service and Abricot Bar, her long-awaited cocktail bar in the 10th. We talk about what it's been like opening her bar post-covid, the different expectations of French clients vs. Americans and what makes Abricot so special amidst a sea of other cocktail bars in the city.Allison Kave: @allison_kaveAbricot Bar: @abricotbarIzzy's: @izzysparisAllison's Food and Drink Guide:-Des terres, 20-Red House, 11-Bluebird, 11-Boneshaker Donuts, 2-Dirty Lemon, 11-Reyna, 11Follow GOOD ACID on Instagram! @goodacidpodcast

As a long-time fan and supporter of the author of the best-selling book "Predicting the Turn", Dave Knox, I enjoyed the opportunity to sit down with Dave to discuss the journey of businesses that incorporate a culture of innovation in a systematic manner and the results that follow. Dave Knox is a brand builder, venture investor, international keynote speaker, digital innovator, business coach, and award winning author. He was the leading digital voice and advocate at Procter and Gamble, Chief Marketing Officer at Rockfish, a leading digital marketing agency, after which he had built a non-profit start-up business / accelerator "The Brandery" which transformed 85 startups. Here are some of the highlights from our conversation: 02:50 - How did you develop the instinct of observation of innovation early in your career? 3:04 - Why Dave pursued "Brand Building" 4:47 - Views on Entreprenurship 7:10 - The concept behind "The Brandery" authentic to the city of brands, Cincinnati 7:46 - Why Brands are often misunderstood 9:14 - Examples of startups "The Brandery" helped transform 10:32 - The end result of "The Brandery" was receiving an endowment that today is funding the next generation of entrepreneurs. It allows businesses in Cincinnati to receive grants to grow their organizations and keep them going. 11:32 - Q: At what point do you stop making observations and start implementing and making decisions as a startup? 11:47 - Dave Knox's "Continuous Beta" concept 12:51 - Dave's Innovation Matrix from his book - Core Innovation, Adjacent Innovation, and Transformational Innovation. 13:03 - Devote 70% to Core Innovation, 20% to Adjacent Innovation, 10% to Transformational Innovation 13:43 - Q: What is the formula to innovation that leads to companies taking out their competitors completely in the brutal business environment today? 14:07 - Uber's extension of its Total Addressable Market (TAM) size 15:46 - Innovation Case Studies from Dave's book 16:05 - Spotify's transition from music streaming alone to "share of ear" audio company and Under Armour's journey in consumer data 20:19 - Q: What is the subtle difference between adjacent and transformational innovation according to your definition? Procter & Gamble and Tesla examples 25:02 - Q: Are there certain Innovation strategies that are more successful than others according to your research? Contrast in innovation approaches between Venture Capitalists and Corporations 26:17 - Why you should consider a combination of approaches to innovation: 1) direct or strategic investments; 2) being an LP into other venture funds; 3) partnerships / individuals helping you engage with the ecosystem 27:26 Q: Metrics - How do you inspire and evaluate the quality of innovation that benefits society? 27:49 - Ben Franklin anecdote on editing a marketing billboard 31:42 - Coca-Cola acquiring insight into new selling operations from Dirty Lemon case study 34:49 - Q: What does "predicting the turn" mean to you in light of the pandemic and the last two years? How has its definition become relevant or changed? 35:44 - Alcohol Industry's transformation and new laws after the pandemic 38:01 - Evolution of Autonomous Cars Technology, future use cases and predictions 46:13 - Views of the role of technology on social responsibility

What does it take to make a great brand in Natural? From the studio that did Bobo's Naturals, Good Pop, Fat Snax, Boulder Canyon snacks and more, we talk packaging, design and ask the question, "What if a brand had NO copy?" Tune in!Support the show (http://ecoecho.substack.com)

We recap highlights from The Okay Sis Sleepover! This episode includes interviews with *Brittany Xavier* ( https://www.instagram.com/brittanyxavier/ ) and *Natalie Mariduena* ( https://www.instagram.com/natalinanoel/ ) and a mental health workshop with *Madhappy* ( https://www.madhappy.com/ ). Thank you to the brands that contributed to the giveaways: Crown Affair ( https://www.crownaffair.com/ ) , DedCool ( https://dedcool.com/?gclid=CjwKCAiAl4WABhAJEiwATUnEF7fngP3x7u8TyM6R8V39ZSqNVkRIyfA3t1ITTpln32rDk_1WuQJz6BoC2bAQAvD_BwE ) , Bala ( http://www.shopbala.com/ ) , Dirty Lemon ( https://dirtylemon.com/ ) , WOO More Play ( https://woomoreplay.com/ ) , Intelligent Change ( https://www.intelligentchange.com/ ) , The Skin Spot ( https://theskinspot.com/ ) , Alexa Leigh Jewelry ( https://alexaleigh.com/ ) , ReNude ( https://www.drinkrenude.com/ ) , Lunya ( https://www.lunya.co/ ) , and Book of the Month ( https://www.bookofthemonth.com/ ). Join our SECRET FACEBOOK GROUP: Okay Sis(ters) ( https://www.facebook.com/groups/okaysispodcast/ ) SUBSCRIBE to the new Okay Sis newsletter here ( https://www.okaysispodcast.com/newsletter ) - TGIM is about to take on a whole new meaning! Website: www.okaysispodcast.com ( https://www.okaysispodcast.com/ ) Follow us! Okay Sis: @okaysispodcast ( https://www.instagram.com/okaysispodcast ) Scout: @scoutsobel ( https://www.instagram.com/scoutsobel ) Mady: @madymaio ( https://www.instagram.com/madymaio ) Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The sisters chat with Trinity Mouzon Wofford, co-founder of GOLDE - the wellness brand you have seen all over Instagram. We chat pet rats, gardening, snow ploughing - but more importantly, we cover building a wellness brand with no investors, working with your significant other, the perks of building a team, the effects the BLM movement had on her business, what wellness means to her, and the moment she got her product into Target! THE OKAY SIS SLEEPOVER LIVE EVENT! Get your tickets HERE ( https://www.universe.com/events/the-okay-sis-sleepover-tickets-2CQV69 ). Scout and Mady, the sisters behind Okay Sis Podcast ( http://bit.ly/okaysispodcast ) , are hosting their first virtual event - The Okay Sis Sleepover! Guests include *Brittany Xavier* ( https://www.instagram.com/brittanyxavier/ ) and *Natalie Mariduena* ( https://www.instagram.com/natalinanoel/ ) with a mental health workshop lead with *Madhappy* ( https://www.madhappy.com/ ). We will be doing *three big giveaways* throughout the event with rad brands like: Crown Affair ( https://www.crownaffair.com/ ) , DedCool ( https://dedcool.com/?gclid=CjwKCAiAl4WABhAJEiwATUnEF7fngP3x7u8TyM6R8V39ZSqNVkRIyfA3t1ITTpln32rDk_1WuQJz6BoC2bAQAvD_BwE ) , Bala ( http://www.shopbala.com/ ) , Dirty Lemon ( https://dirtylemon.com/ ) , WOO More Play ( https://woomoreplay.com/ ) , Intelligent Change ( https://www.intelligentchange.com/ ) , The Skin Spot ( https://theskinspot.com/ ) , Alexa Leigh Jewelry ( https://alexaleigh.com/ ) , ReNude ( https://www.drinkrenude.com/ ) , Lunya ( https://www.lunya.co/ ) , and Book of the Month ( https://www.bookofthemonth.com/ ). To win a giveaway you must be present in the event! Giveaways will be chosen at random :) Join our SECRET FACEBOOK GROUP: Okay Sis(ters) ( https://www.facebook.com/groups/okaysispodcast/ ) SUBSCRIBE to the new Okay Sis newsletter here ( https://www.okaysispodcast.com/newsletter ) - TGIM is about to take on a whole new meaning! Current fixations: Trinity: Monty Don ( https://www.montydon.com/ ) Scout: The How to Inner Peace by Constance Kellough ( https://www.amazon.com/dp/1897238975?ref=exp_okaysispodcast_dp_vv_d ) Mady: Thrift Books ( https://www.thriftbooks.com/ ) Website: www.okaysispodcast.com ( https://www.okaysispodcast.com/ ) Follow us! Trinity: @tiffanymouzon ( https://www.instagram.com/trinitymouzon/ ) Golde: @golde ( https://www.instagram.com/golde/ ) Okay Sis: @okaysispodcast ( https://www.instagram.com/okaysispodcast ) Scout: @scoutsobel ( https://www.instagram.com/scoutsobel ) Mady: @madymaio ( https://www.instagram.com/madymaio ) Talked about in this episode: * Justin Bieber * The Jonas Brothers * Strip Clubs * Sheryl Sandberg * Lean In * The Dream Hollywood Hotel and our live event last year with Cassie and Michelle Randolph Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The sisters chat with Johanna Kandel the founder and CEO of The Alliance for Eating Disorders Awareness all about her 10 year struggle with eating disorders, the activism she does on a policy level, February as Eating Disorder Awareness Month, the power of group therapy, and the preventative self-care tips we can all be taking to love our bodies a little bit more. To get involved with her alliance click here ( https://www.allianceforeatingdisorders.com/ ) and to sign up for their event in February click here ( https://www.notonemore.co/ ). THE OKAY SIS SLEEPOVER LIVE EVENT! Get your tickets HERE ( https://www.universe.com/events/the-okay-sis-sleepover-tickets-2CQV69 ). Scout and Mady, the sisters behind Okay Sis Podcast ( http://bit.ly/okaysispodcast ) , are hosting their first virtual event - The Okay Sis Sleepover! Guests include *Brittany Xavier* ( https://www.instagram.com/brittanyxavier/ ) and *Natalie Mariduena* ( https://www.instagram.com/natalinanoel/ ) with a mental health workshop lead with *Madhappy* ( https://www.madhappy.com/ ). We will be doing *three big giveaways* throughout the event with rad brands like: Crown Affair ( https://www.crownaffair.com/ ) , DedCool ( https://dedcool.com/?gclid=CjwKCAiAl4WABhAJEiwATUnEF7fngP3x7u8TyM6R8V39ZSqNVkRIyfA3t1ITTpln32rDk_1WuQJz6BoC2bAQAvD_BwE ) , Bala ( http://www.shopbala.com/ ) , Dirty Lemon ( https://dirtylemon.com/ ) , WOO More Play ( https://woomoreplay.com/ ) , Intelligent Change ( https://www.intelligentchange.com/ ) , The Skin Spot ( https://theskinspot.com/ ) , Alexa Leigh Jewelry ( https://alexaleigh.com/ ) , ReNude ( https://www.drinkrenude.com/ ) , Lunya ( https://www.lunya.co/ ) , and Book of the Month ( https://www.bookofthemonth.com/ ). To win a giveaway you must be present in the event! Giveaways will be chosen at random :) Join our SECRET FACEBOOK GROUP: Okay Sis(ters) ( https://www.facebook.com/groups/okaysispodcast/ ) SUBSCRIBE to the new Okay Sis newsletter here ( https://www.okaysispodcast.com/newsletter ) - TGIM is about to take on a whole new meaning! Current fixations: Johanna: Cobra Kai on Netflix Scout: Ilia Tinted Moisturizer ( https://go.magik.ly/ml/14ftd/ ) Mady: Bling Empire on Netflix Website: www.okaysispodcast.com ( https://www.okaysispodcast.com/ ) Follow us! The Alliance for Eating Disorders Awareness: @allianceforeda ( https://www.instagram.com/allianceforeda/ ) Okay Sis: @okaysispodcast ( https://www.instagram.com/okaysispodcast ) Scout: @scoutsobel ( https://www.instagram.com/scoutsobel ) Mady: @madymaio ( https://www.instagram.com/madymaio ) Talked about in this episode: * Scout forgetting her wedding anniversary * Recounting Scout's wedding at The Parker in Palm Springs, which was decorated by Jonathon Adler * The Hubs Films videography Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

THE OKAY SIS SLEEPOVER LIVE EVENT! Get your tickets HERE ( https://www.universe.com/events/the-okay-sis-sleepover-tickets-2CQV69 ). Scout and Mady, the sisters behind Okay Sis Podcast ( http://bit.ly/okaysispodcast ) , are hosting their first virtual event - The Okay Sis Sleepover! Guests include *Brittany Xavier* ( https://www.instagram.com/brittanyxavier/ ) and *Natalie Mariduena* ( https://www.instagram.com/natalinanoel/ ) with a mental health workshop lead with *Madhappy* ( https://www.madhappy.com/ ). We will be doing *three big giveaways* throughout the event with rad brands like: Crown Affair ( https://www.crownaffair.com/ ) , DedCool ( https://dedcool.com/?gclid=CjwKCAiAl4WABhAJEiwATUnEF7fngP3x7u8TyM6R8V39ZSqNVkRIyfA3t1ITTpln32rDk_1WuQJz6BoC2bAQAvD_BwE ) , Bala ( http://www.shopbala.com/ ) , Dirty Lemon ( https://dirtylemon.com/ ) , WOO More Play ( https://woomoreplay.com/ ) , Intelligent Change ( https://www.intelligentchange.com/ ) , The Skin Spot ( https://theskinspot.com/ ) , Alexa Leigh Jewelry ( https://alexaleigh.com/ ) , ReNude ( https://www.drinkrenude.com/ ) , Lunya ( https://www.lunya.co/ ) , and Book of the Month ( https://www.bookofthemonth.com/ ). To win a giveaway you must be present in the event! Giveaways will be chosen at random :) Join our SECRET FACEBOOK GROUP: Okay Sis(ters) ( https://www.facebook.com/groups/okaysispodcast/ ) SUBSCRIBE to the new Okay Sis newsletter here ( https://www.okaysispodcast.com/newsletter ) - TGIM is about to take on a whole new meaning! Current fixations: Scout: Goop Body Butter ( https://shop-good.co/product/goopgenesnourishingrepairbodybutter/ ) Mady: The Wilds TV Show on Amazon Website: www.okaysispodcast.com ( https://www.okaysispodcast.com/ ) Follow us! Okay Sis: @okaysispodcast ( https://www.instagram.com/okaysispodcast ) Scout: @scoutsobel ( https://www.instagram.com/scoutsobel ) Mady: @madymaio ( https://www.instagram.com/madymaio ) Talked about in this episode: * Mady singing Driver's License by Olivia Rodrigo * Scout messing up the plot of FRIENDS - a little mix up between Rachel, Monica, and Ross * Seinfeld * Watching TV with your significant others Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode of Raw & Real NYC, we interview Merel Petri. With experience in the fashion industry working for companies such as Michael Kors, Tibi, Modern Luxury and Rent the Runway in divisions across wholesale, communications, operations and public relations, Merel Petri shares her wealth of knowledge. All of these experiences helped Merel land her dream job at Christian Louboutin where she worked in PR for nearly two years. But at brunch with friends one day, a single text message changed the trajectory of her fashion career to the beverage industry - now Merel Petri is the VP of Communications at Iris Nova at the young age of 28. Follow @merelpetri on Instagram to see what kind of content she posts. Please rate, review and subscribe! :) And don’t forget to follow @rawandrealnyc on Instagram! To learn more about Dirty Lemon click HERE --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

This month I was joined by DAvid Lebovitz as cohost and we chatted with Paris-trained chef Ruba Khoury, chef/owner of Dirty Lemon. She has worked in some big name Michelin starred spots like Frenchie, Septime, and Yam’Tcha. But I am loving her latest project, which is a restaurant and bar with a modern Mediterranean menu plus cocktails. She came into the studio to talk about women’s bars in Paris, her new venture, and what her cultural and geographic background bring to the mix for Dirty Lemon.

This month I was joined by DAvid Lebovitz as cohost and we chatted with Paris-trained chef Ruba Khoury, chef/owner of Dirty Lemon. She has worked in some big name Michelin starred spots like Frenchie, Septime, and Yam’Tcha. But I am loving her latest project, which is a restaurant and bar with a modern Mediterranean menu plus cocktails. She came into the studio to talk about women’s bars in Paris, her new venture, and what her cultural and geographic background bring to the mix for Dirty Lemon. [...]

Welcome to the Tearsheet Podcast. I’m Zack Miller. The industry talks a lot about omnichannel payment experiences. Everyone wants to service the customer wherever he or she is. But what if that experience doesn’t look much like an experience at all. A channel that’s left pretty much unexplored is SMS. There’s one company, Iris Nova, that’s pioneered payment over text for its Dirty Lemon beverage brand. Customers pick up their phones, send an SMS to the brand, and order their products through a chat interface. Given how familiar SMS is to most people, there’s little visible architecture around the customer journey. Iris Nova’s founder and CEO Zak Normandin joins us on the podcast to talk about payment over text and why he thinks in the future, most big brands will have just a website and a phone number. We discuss the challenges of doing conversational commerce well and how he’s positioning Iris Nova to be a future leader in food and beverage using SMS as a transaction channel. Zak Normandin is my guest today on the Tearsheet Podcast.

This week in natural brands and the sustainable marketplace. We talk about what happened to Brandless, Lucky's and Earth Fare. Plus the surprising brick and mortar partner of Dirty Lemon, a sustainable meal delivery startup, and #Oscarssogreen (kinda).Join us each week for our hot takes on the latest in natural, conscious, sustainable and better-for-you brands, marketing, retail, startups and more. Support the show (http://ecoecho.substack.com)

In the new Walmart locations, Dirty Lemon will be one of the most expensive beverage products in stores, at $6.99 a bottle. Hosts: John Suder (@johnsuder) Producer and Director of Marketing at SUMO Heavy https://twitter.com/johnsuder Bart Mroz (@bartmroz) CEO/Co-founder of SUMO Heavy https://twitter.com/bartmroz Brittany Blackman (@BrittanytB) Writer and Junior Marketing Coordinator at SUMO Heavy https://twitter.com/BrittanytB About the eCommerce Minute: The eCommerce Minute is a production of SUMO Heavy, a digital commerce and strategy firm located in Philadelphia and Brooklyn, NY. Learn more about SUMO Heavy: http://www.sumoheavy.com Follow Us: Newsletter: SUMO Heavy Weekly https://www.getrevue.co/profile/sumoheavy Twitter: @sumoheavy --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ecommerceminute/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ecommerceminute/support

In this week's Fast Five podcast, sponsored by Trigo, Chris Walton, Anne Mezzenga, Carter Jensen and Emma the Intern are together again to discuss the end of Brandless and Fourpost, Pinterest upping its e-commerce game, Starbucks' new plans for airports, and one of the biggest WTF's of all time -- Dirty Lemon is now in Walmart? You can also learn more about Trigo at www.trigo.tech

Iris Nova founder Zak Normandin is betting on a suite of "no or low" sugar drinks -- sparkling teas, seltzers and lemon juices -- and on a new way to sell them. "Every brand has a phone number," Normandin explained on the Modern Retail Podcast. "When you want to place an order for a product you just pull out your phone, you text the brand directly." His lemonade brand, Dirty Lemon, has sold more than 2 million bottles since its founding in 2015, and per Forbes, 90% of those sales happened via text. And Iris Nova now is growing more, thanks to a cash injection of $15 million from Coca-Cola -- to whom, he said, he's open to selling to. "I think that that's probably the best path forward for us unless we can get to a place where, very quickly, where the company is profitable," Normandin said. Normandin called his research into the Asian market "inspiration" for the text message payment system. "I found that in Asia it was probably the most exciting, just the speed at which the market is moving is much different than here in the States," Normandin said. He talked about the fading clout of influencers, the tough path forward for direct-to-consumer companies and the value of text robots (even if none has passed the Turing test) on this week's episode.

Iris Nova, the Coca-Cola-backed startup that createsDirty Lemonbeverages, is announcing plans to spend $100 million over the next three to five years to expand its offerings. Founder and CEO Zak Normandin said the money will go towards launching new beverage brands developed internally at Iris Nova, as well as investing in beverages created by other companies, which will then distributed via the Iris Nova platform.

Welcome to Episode 105 of The VentureFizz Podcast, the flagship podcast from the leading authority for jobs & careers in the tech industry. For this episode of our podcast, I interviewed Zak Normandin, Founder and CEO of Iris Nova. Zak is a serial entrepreneur with a deep background in building successful consumer products. It was his first company, Little Duck Organics, that taught him about the CPG industry and how the whole ecosystem works. This organic snacks & cereal company was a success as its products were distributed to over 10,000 stores worldwide including major retailers like Whole Foods, Target, and others. This time around, his new company is selling direct to consumers and they are disrupting a $1 trillion dollar market. The company is called Iris Nova, which is building a platform to launch new brands. However, it is the technological innovations that are core to its strategy and their ability to differentiate themselves in a very crowded market. For example, its first brand is DIRTY LEMON, a high-end beverage line that is the first to be sold via text message in a method that they are calling conversational commerce. Its next offering is called The Drug Store, which is a conceptual retail experience where customers pay for drinks on an honor system. In this episode of our podcast, we cover lots of topics, like: -Zak's experience in the U.S. Coast Guard, and what that taught him about entrepreneurship. -The background story on Little Duck Organics and how he navigated through the ecosystem and ultimately land distribution at Whole Foods. -The details on Iris Nova, DIRTY LEMON, and The Drug Store… and how they are disrupting the beverage industry and changing consumer buying habits through technology. -Why Coca-Cola's Venturing & Emerging Brands unit invested in the company, plus other VC firms and notable names like Tim Armstrong, Gary Vaynerchuk, Kate Hudson, Alex Rodriguez, and others. -Advice for entrepreneurs looking to start a food or beverage company. -Plus, a lot more. Did you know that we've published over 30 interviews with leading entrepreneurs and investors across NY tech? Thank you so much for listening. We have several more episodes coming soon, but if there is someone that you think we should be interviewing, we are always up for suggestions. Just send them to info@venturefizz.com. Lastly, if you like the show, please remember to subscribe to and review us on iTunes, or your podcast player of choice!

When Zak Normandin founded Dirty Lemon, a beverage brand with celebrity fans, he and his team broke every rule. High price, no retail distribution, experimental ingredients. Dirty Lemon even bought a technology company best known for weather forecasts. But it's working...extremely well. Coca Cola led the most recent $15 million fundraising round for Dirty Lemon's parent company, Iris Nova.In this episode, Zak, CEO of Iris Nova, explains how Dirty Lemon won and why there's "no playbook" to building successful brands in CPG.

As the saying goes, “a picture is worth a thousand words." When evaluating investment opportunities, Chris Hollod, a venture capitalist focused on early-stage consumer brands, takes the adage to heart. “I tell every brand: ‘I judge you within the first two seconds of looking at your Instagram page,’” he said in an interview included in this episode. “I think it’s the most important piece of the puzzle aside from the actual packaging itself.” That perspective has helped shape Hollod’s portfolio, which includes stakes in a number of lifestyle brands, including Matchabar, Dirty Lemon, Know Foods and Recess, among others. Listen to our full interview with Hollod, who spoke in depth about his investment philosophy, how he identifies bleeding edge trends and categories, and what an examination of “signal to noise ratio” can reveal about a brand’s prospects. Show notes: 1:28: Receptors, Randy's and Roscoe's -- Early into the episode, Mike pops some CBD mints to (hopefully) address a few ailments, and the hosts discuss the difference between early-stage venture capitalists and angel investors. Later, they imbibe on some non-alcoholic beer from London (it’s pretty tasty stuff) and chat about why it makes sense for successful and sometimes wealthy entrepreneurs to seek outside capital for a new company. Last, but not least, Ray expresses his love/hate relationship with donuts. 14:14: Interview: Chris Hollod, Founder/Managing Partner, Hollod Holdings -- In an interview recorded in Los Angeles, BevNET’s John Craven and Mike Schneider spoke with Hollod about his background and investment philosophy and why digital strategy is at the top of his list when evaluating brands. He also explained why he believes that his job requires him to not only to follow and facilitate innovation but to predict it. Brands in this episode: Pur 7, Lucent Botanicals, Black Medicine Coffee, Infinite Session, O’ Doul’s, Founder’s Brewing, Spudsy, Buff Bake, Kane’s Donuts, Union Square Donuts, Voodoo Doughnut, Dunkin, Randy’s Donuts, Roscoe’s, Recess, Dirty Lemon, Matchabar, Know Foods, JuneShine, Blue Bottle Coffee, Four Sigmatic, Tenzo Tea, MUDWTR, Verb Energy

"We're operating under the thesis that billion dollar brands will not exist in the future," says Zak Normandin, founder and CEO of Iris Nova, the company behind wellness drink brand, Dirty Lemon, on the latest episode of the Innovators podcast by the Current Global. "I know Dirty Lemon isn't going to be popular in a few years. And I want to already have three type of products in the pipeline that we're launching right now, because consumers are very transient in their decisions to buy products," he explains. Dirty Lemon launched in 2015 and quickly gained the type of cult following that only brands born online manage to achieve. It did so through a mixture of being at the right place, at the right time – in this case, right in the middle of the wellness boom – and carefully crafted branding that positioned it as a lifestyle offering, rather than just a product. But Normandin, a CPG entrepreneur at heart, has much bigger plans than creating fleeting frenzy around a single product line. From inception, his Instagrammable bottles could only be bought online, with purchase being completed via text message. In 2018, it launched the Drug Store, an unmanned retail concept where customers could pick up a Dirty Lemon drink and simply walk out, texting to complete their purchase as they did so. This innovative retail model, alongside a stream of new product launches happening over the next few months, demonstrates Normandin's ambitions to keep reacting to customer needs and behaviors before they move onto the next hot thing. During this conversation, recorded at this year's SXSW at the Current Global's Innovation Mansion, Normandin also share with Liz Bacelar the new products launching under the Irs Nova family, what the retail experience is doing to inform future product development, and how Coca Cola is not only one of the brand's biggest investors, but also its competitor.

Founder of Dirty Lemon on harnessing the power of Instagram, new delivery models and the impending dawn of experiential marketing.

Larry Kahn, a partner and managing director with private equity and venture capital firm Beechwood Capital, is not a fan of surprises. In his five years with Beechwood, Kahn has invested in a variety of entrepreneurial companies, including baby food brand Once Upon a Farm, chickpea pasta company Banza and fresh, organic food maker Urban Remedy. In an interview included in this episode, he stated that forthrightness about both successes and failures has been critical to Beechwood’s relationships with the companies. “Surprises are the worst part of a relationship as you move forward,” he said in an interview included in this episode. “Being honest and upfront about what those challenges are… will bring you closer together.” As part of our conversation, Kahn outlined Beechwood’s investment thesis and discussed how his previous job experience as an advertising executive and with his family’s company, appliance manufacturer The Holmes Group, have helped shape his perspective as an investor. He also spoke about the courtship process between brands and potential capital partners, and what entrepreneurs should and shouldn’t say in a funding pitch. Also in this episode: a review of recent beverage investment and acquisition deals involving Tio Gazpacho, Revive Kombucha and Dirty Lemon. Show notes: 1:32: Tee-ing Up The Show -- The hosts thank listeners who’ve rated/reviewed Taste Radio Insider on iTunes and encourage others to do the same. They also riffed on Ray’s recent visit to Allium Market, a specialty food store in Brookline, Mass. that carries a wide variety of small production foods and beverages from across the country, including FilFil, a maker of gourmet garlic condiments and The Urban Canning Company, which makes artisanal pickled products like its Sriracha Peppered Okra. They also discussed an interview with Ripple Foods/Method Products co-founder Adam Lowry in Ep. 140 of the flagship Taste Radio podcast. 12:07: Interview: Larry Kahn, Partner/Managing Director, Beechwood Capital -- A private equity and venture capital firm based in Wellesley, Mass. Beechwood describes itself as focused on disruptive, differentiated businesses. The firm holds stakes in a number of fast-growing brands, including Once Upon a Farm, Banza, Urban Remedy and Foodstirs (Listeners may recall interviews with the founders and CEOs of the latter three companies featured in Eps. 120, and 97 and 110 of the flagship Taste Radio podcast). In an interview with NOSH editor Carol Ortenberg, Kahn discussed his background as an venture capitalist and Beechwood’s portfolio and shared his perspective on what makes for a successful relationship between entrepreneurs and investors. 29:31: Breaking Down Recent Beverage Investment Deals -- In 2017 Beechwood Capital invested in Revive Kombucha as part of the company’s Series B round of funding. On Dec. 20, Revive announced that Peet’s Coffee, had acquired a majority stake in the kombucha brand and in doing so, bought out Beechwood’s shares. BevNET’s Martin Caballero and Brad Avery discussed that deal along with other recent investment/acquisition news involving Tio Gazpacho and Dirty Lemon. Brands in this episode: Once Upon a Farm, Banza, Foodstirs, Urban Remedy, Revive Kombucha, Tio Gazpacho, Zupa Noma, Simply Soupreme, Dirty Lemon, Coca-Cola

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Zak Normandin is a problem solver. Back in 2009, he founded Little Duck Organics because he was having a hard time finding healthy snacks for his kids. After selling off a majority of that company, he set out on a new mission: to create a fast, easy way to deliver beverages that are good for consumers and, at the same time, shake up an industry that has been untouched for almost 100 years. In 2015, Normandin co-founded Dirty Lemon. From its text-to-order model to its uniquely flavored, health-boosting products, Dirty Lemon is on a mission to do things its own way. On this week's episode of The Glossy Beauty Podcast, Glossy beauty editor Priya Rao sits down with Normandin to talk about how the brand launched on Instagram, why the products can only be ordered through text message and what challenges come with making wellness trends into beverages.  

The Guest: Dirty Lemon Edited by George Drake, Jr. Music by Lucas Brahme — About Loose Threads — Subscribe to our weekly newsletter for the latest analysis and podcasts: http://eepurl.com/buLQY9 Twitter Full Transcript The Loose Threads Podcast explores the intersection of consumer, retail and commerce. Hosted by Richie Siegel, the founder of Loose Threads, each episode features an in-depth conversation with one guest about their founding story and how it fits into the current state of the industry. Guests come from all different backgrounds, spanning the consumer goods, fashion, retail and technology industries. The unifying thread is always the rapid change facing the industry and how entrepreneurs are responding. You can listen to the podcast on any player of your choice, in addition to on LooseThreads.com.

How did a three-year-old brand with a retail footprint of less than 2,000 locations land $7 million in new capital? Wyatt Taubman, the founder and CEO of wellness shot maker Vive Organic, explained it in three words: “test and learn.” In an interview included in this episode, Taubman offered a detailed look at the Vive’s strategy for raising money since its debut in 2015. From friends and family, to seed funding to the recent completion of the aforementioned $7 million Series A round, Taubman noted that each new step in financing the company was accompanied with learnings about its consumers and the retail channels where Vive excelled. That information was key to winning over investors. “We dove really deep on our early velocity and early performance to identify what we felt was going to be the right focus for us to scale the business,” Taubman said. “And we stayed local in Southern California for the first two years because we wanted to make sure that we figured everything out and solved all the issues that we were facing in a more focused manner. We didn’t want to get ahead of ourselves.” Listen to our full interview with Taubman, who also spoke about the importance of aligning timing and opportunity, the role of competition in the brand’s development and how Vive has worked with its retail partners to drive velocity. Show notes: 1:32: A Quick and Dirty Start -- The hosts riffed on the recent news that functional beverage brand Dirty Lemon has discontinued its CBD variety, discussed the episode’s featured interview and thanked a couple brand owners for their visits to BevNET HQ. 10:08: Interview: Wyatt Taubman, Founder/CEO, Vive Organic --  In a interview recorded at Vive Organic headquarters in El Segundo, Calif., BevNET’s John Craven and Mike Schneider sat down with Taubman for a conversation that spans Vive’s three years in business and includes details about the company’s thoughtful approach to raising capital. Brands in this episode: Dirty Lemon, Vive Organic, H Factor, Pricklee

In this episode, Dirty Lemon founder and CEO Zak Normandin shares how his health-focused drink brand is opening a text-to-order, checkout-free store in New York city

Online beverage brand Dirty Lemon has opened its first physical store in Manhattan, New York. Launched in 2015, Dirty Lemon offers healthy drinks and initially marketed its products on social media. However, the online company recently decided to tap into a wider market by launching a physical store. According to Dirty Lemon CEO Zak Normandin, its digital marketing platform no longer appealed to Dirty Lemon's patrons, who are mostly young women. This is because such marketing tempted these consumers to purchase more things. Therefore, the company decided to build a physical store, which is a more effective way to provide the needs of its customers. Dirty Lemon's first physical store is called The Drug Store. Customers who visit the shop can grab their drinks, leave, and text the company to specify the items that they have taken. A customer representative will then charge the items purchased to the customers' credit cards. Since the store is unmanned, the company equipped it with security features like cameras and trackers to avoid theft and to ensure product and customer safety. The beverage brand plans to open three new branches in the United States, specifically in Chicago, Miami, and another one in New York by next year. Normandin considers these three cities as the most ideal business locations because of their large millennial population. The company also hopes to further expand by establishing a cocktail bar behind its New York branch. This bar will allow customers to try out beverage ideas that are not yet available in the market.

This episode's FREE downloadable guide Scorecards are powerful goal setting tools. You’ve probably heard that “what gets measured gets done”. Scorecards map out objectives in bite-size manageable chunks that keep you on-track and focused. They're what you need to succeed.  CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD YOUR FREE STRATEGIC GUIDE: Retail Scorecard There is a lot every entrepreneur needs to know about starting a brand. While failure, hard work and perseverance can be the best teachers, there's a better way. Listening carefully and giving your customers what they want is the shortest path to success. Welcome. Thank you for listening, as always. I want to remind you that there's a free downloadable guide for you at the end of most every episode of my podcast. I always try to include one easy to download, quick to digest strategy that you can instantly adopt and make your own, one that can help you to grow sustainable sales and compete more effectively. Remember, the goal here is to get your product on to more retailer shelves and into the hands of more shoppers. If you like the podcast, share it with your friends, subscribe, and leave a review on iTunes. Today's story is about an entrepreneur who continually pushed himself beyond his comfort level, stretching himself, as he says, learning from his mistakes, and always being curious about everything around him, always trying to solve and figure out things. He talks about his creative side and he talks about his love for engineering and how things are built. Today's story is about an entrepreneur who found a way to push beyond his comfort zone to create two disruptive brands, two brands that are really changing the way consumers buy products. I want to thank Zak from coming on today, because you're going to hear Zak candidly share all the challenges and all the mistakes that he made, and believe me, he made a lot. Not only did Zak manage to get beyond the bottlenecks, but he managed to succeed and thrive in a couple of categories where most brands struggle. At the heart of today's message you're going to hear about perseverance and how not giving up, never giving up is the key to success. Having a winning idea, always being curious, pushing yourself beyond your comfort level, stretching yourself, learning from your mistakes. This is the recipe for success. This is the recipe that every brand should be following. I know you're going to find today's episode really inspiring. If you'd like to meet Zak in person, both Zak and myself are going to be speaking at NatchCom, 2018, in Boulder, Colorado this October. I have a special promotion for you on my website, on the Resources page if you're interested, to save you some money, to a show that's going to help you gain valuable insights from Facebook, Google, Amazon, and many other iconic brands and thought leaders in the industry. Here's Zak Normandin with DIRTY LEMON and Little Duck Organics. Download the show notes:  brandsecretsandstrategies.com/session86

Zach Koff, the chief operating officer of beloved and fast-growing burger chain Shake Shack, is well aware that Americans are increasingly health conscious and savvy about what they eat. Yet when it comes to a good, old-fashioned meal of a burger, fries and a shake, Koff believes that most folks will choose to part with their kale and quinoa and opt for an indulgent experience. That perspective, along with a focus on a high-quality ingredients and great taste, make up the core of Shake Shack’s business philosophy and, according to Koff, are the primary reasons behind its success. “Look, I think everybody’s super conscious of what they’re putting into their bodies and they want real ingredients,” Koff said in an interview included in this episode of Taste Radio. “And ever since the beginning, we’ve made it our mission to make sure that’s exactly what we’re using. We use high quality, premium ingredients… all the things that are going into the indulgent items are great ingredients. And I think that resonates with people who are thinking about just what they’re going to eat. But, man, when they want a cheeseburger they still want it to taste great. And that’s what we hope they trust us for every single time.” Listen to our full conversation with Koff, who also explained how Shake Shack curates its menu and embraces limited-edition items (eel burgers!), the company’s strategy for building brand loyalty and why the chain isn’t planning on a plant-based burger anytime soon. Also in this episode: Dirty Lemon co-founder/CEO Zak Normandin returns to the podcast to discuss the evolution of his functional beverage brand. Normandin, who first appeared in episode 50, took us on a deep dive into the company’s innovative direct-to-consumer model, including its text message ordering system, and explained why experiential moments have been critical to its marketing strategy. He also offered his take on the future of e-commerce and why grocery stores are here to stay. This episode is presented by Symrise Califormulations. Show notes: 2:00: Interview: Zach Koff, COO, Shake Shack -- Since Shake Shack opened its first location in 2004, the restaurant chain has become one of the most hyped and fastest-growing in the U.S. The company now operates nearly 200 stores across the U.S. and internationally and is opening new outposts at a rapid pace. Founded by restaurateur and Union Square Hospitality Group CEO Danny Meyer, Shake Shack is led by CEO Randy Garutti and COO Zach Koff. In this phone interview, BevNET Managing Editor Ray Latif spoke with Koff about how the company has maintained its high standards and rapport with customers while continuing to expand its reach with new locations. 22:38: Interview: Zak Normandin, Co-Founder/CEO, Dirty Lemon -- While Dirty Lemon, which markets functional beauty and detox beverages, is known for an eye-catching Instagram account and its high-profile collaboration with Vogue magazine, the company has caught the attention from many in the food and beverage industry for a direct-to-consumer distribution model that aims to upend traditional routes to market. Following up on our interview with Dirty Lemon’s co-founder and CEO Zak Normandin back in episode 50 of the podcast, John Craven and Mike Schneider spoke with him again for a deep dive into the company’s business and marketing strategy. 47:31: BodyArmor & The Pillars of a Great Brand -- The hosts chat about a recent visit by Eric Bonin, the founder of Pillars Drinkable Yogurt, to BevNET HQ. They also discuss the news the Coca-Cola Co. has acquired a minority stake in fast-growing sports drink brand BodyArmor and revisit our memorable interview with co-founder Mike Repole in episode 44 of the podcast. Brands in this episode: Shake Shack, Dirty Lemon, Pillars Drinkable Yogurt, Coca-Cola, BodyArmor, Gatorade

Stop us when this sounds familiar: two young entrepreneurs have an idea for a disruptive food concept, but lack experience and need help -- with everything. In the case of Amanda Klane and Drew Harrington, who together launched frozen Greek yogurt brand Yasso while fresh out of college, identifying and aligning with the right partners meant building around their vision of success. “When we started the business, we were 23,” Klane said in an interview included in this episode of Taste Radio. “We clearly knew we didn’t know everything. It was ‘how do we find people that are smarter than us and can provide assistance and support, but also allow us to do what it is we love to do and grow the brand the way we want to?’” The strategy has paid dividends. Since its launch in 2009, Yasso, which is positioned as a healthier and low-calorie alternative to traditional ice cream brands, has become a bona fide star in the freezer aisle, racking up over $82 million in sales last year. As part of our interview, Klane and Harrington discussed the inspiration behind the brand, how they identified an opportunity to disrupt a legacy category, the importance of value-added financial partners, and why trash cans became a key part of the brand’s marketing strategy. Pizza and ice cream is, of course, a popular pairing. So to go with Yasso’s healthier take on the latter, how about a serving of Cali’Flour? The fast-growing brand sells vegetable-based, gluten-free frozen pizza crusts that are made with just four ingredients. Founded in 2015 by Amy Lacey, Cali’Flour has attracted a loyal following and established a thriving direct-to-consumer business. In a recent interview, Lacey spoke about staying ahead of a hot trend, how the brand incorporates consumer feedback into its R&D strategy, and why the company doesn’t make hero products. Show notes: 2:35: Elevation, Enlightenment, Expo -- The hosts discuss the migration of Elevator Talk to YouTube and Instagram TV, the release of BevNET Magazine’s July/August 2018 issue and cover story on the “31 of the most powerful women in the industry,” the upcoming Natural Products Expo East show, and a bevy of new and interesting products that arrived at the office over the past week. 14:26: Interview: Drew Harrington and Amanda Klane, Co-Founders/Co-CEOs, Yasso -- Harrington and Klane are the founders of Yasso, a popular ice cream brand that uses Greek yogurt as the base of its tasty treats. The childhood friends and co-CEOs recently sat down with Project NOSH editor Carol Ortenberg and BevNET CMO Mike Schneider, where they spoke about the brand’s ascendance, its innovation and marketing strategy and the keys to its partnership with majority investor Castanea Partners. 35:39: Interview: Amy Lacey, Founder/Owner, Cali'flour Foods -- Lacey sat down with BevNET CMO Mike Schneider at the 2018 Summer Fancy Food Show, where they spoke about the launch and development of Cali’Flour, which is promoted as the “Original Cauliflower Pizza Crust.” Lacey, who participated in the Pitch Slam competition at NOSH Live Summer 2017, discussed the brand’s origins, how it has attempted to separate itself from competing brands and why listening to its customers has been critical to its growth. Brands in this episode: Mother Kombucha, Up Mountain Switchel, Mother Beverage, Dirty Lemon, Mikey’s, Crispy Green, Yoplait, Red Bull, Yasso, Ben & Jerry’s, Annie’s, Nantucket Nectars, Halo Top, Enlightened, Arctic Zero, Cali’Flour

This week we’ve got Zak Normandin, the Co Founder & CEO of Dirty Lemon Beverages Dirty Lemon make functional beverages designed to help you get better sleep, elevate your metabolism, or just look your best. Zak and the team have created a red-hot brand that’s been a hit with consumers. But as we learn in this interview, there’s so much more to it than that. Dirty Lemon is the first consumer brand in the world to offer products exclusively via text message.

Bryan is sick of all the diets out there so he's invented his own. It's called the 1*1*1 and it will make him a millionaire. Listen to learn how you can make it part of your healthy lifestyle! After the sales pitch we talk weird child discipline techniques, Aggie's fear of self-tanning, citrus perfume, jasmine salt spray, a "clean" French Toast recipe from a disgraced CEO, Netflix propaganda, and SSRIs. Plus, a special announcement.

In this episode of Making the Brand, Billy interviews Zak Normandin, founder and CEO of Dirty Lemon. Dirty Lemon, based in New York and LA, is best known for their functional wellness beverages - consisting of ingredients like charcoal and dandelion. Zak discusses how he ended up starting a beverage company, his unique distribution model, and advice he has for future CPG entrepreneurs of the world. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Zak Normandin, Founder of Little Duck Organics and current Co-Founder & CEO of Dirty Lemon Beverages knows how to do things differently. Dirty Lemon's text-message based payment and customer service platform created a brand-new category in the CPG space. Find out how Zak applied his early highs and lows as an entrepreneur to live more harmoniously, and why thinking outside the box propelled Dirty Lemon into an influencer brand, most recently partnering with Vogue magazine.

Cold brew won’t save the world. Just ask Chris Campbell. The co-founder and CEO of Chameleon Cold-Brew, Campbell is well aware of cold brew’s vaunted status as one of the hottest trends in food and beverage. He’s also extremely proud of Chameleon’s commitment to quality, its devoted consumer base and its leadership position within the space, all of which were key elements to its recent acquisition by Nestlé. Yet, in a conversation included in this episode of Taste Radio, Campbell stressed that a healthy sense of humility has helped steer the ship and been critical to the company’s success. “There’s nothing being sold or developed here that is necessary for life,” Campbell said. “We’re all going to be fine without it. These are all things that are additive to our lives. [We keep] that in perspective: what we do is we sell coffee, deliver a little smile for the moment in the day. And that kind of humility has been incredibly helpful for us, and it’s pervasive in our company.” But, Chris, what about beer? Isn’t beer necessary for human existence? Meg Gill might be up for that debate. She’s the co-founder and president of Golden Road Brewing, who, like Campbell, sold her fast-growing beverage startup to a global conglomerate. Gill, a young and ambitious entrepreneur who in 2014 was recognized as part of Forbes' annual "30 Under 30" list, joined us for a conversation about the launch, development and eventual sale of her Los Angeles-based craft beer company to Anheuser-Busch InBev in 2015. Also included in this episode: the latest edition of Elevator Talk, which features Tribali Foods founder Angela Mavridis, who joined us for a chat about her upstart brand of organic and grass-fed meat patties. Show notes: 1:16: A Dirty, Zesty, Spirited Holiday -- The hosts riff on a sparkling partnership between Dirty Lemon Beverages and Vogue, how Zest Tea is taking on energy drinks with its new line of canned, “high-octane” teas, and Townshend’s Tea Company’s innovative take on distilled spirits. 6:24 Interview: Chris Campbell, Co-Founder/President/CEO, Chameleon Cold-Brew -- Just about a month after Nestle USA announced its acquisition of Chameleon Cold-Brew, we sat down with the co-founder and CEO of the insurgent coffee company, Chris Campbell. In an interview recorded at BevNET Live Winter 2017, Chris spoke with BevNET’s Ray Latif and John Craven about Chameleon’s launch in 2010 and how it established itself as a leader in the fast-growing cold-brew coffee segment. He also explained the role of innovation in the brand’s development, why Austin has been hotbed for entrepreneurship in food and beverage in recent years and offers up his thoughts on new cold brew brands entering the fray. 34:50: Interview: Meg Gill, Co-Founder, Golden Road Brewing -- Like Chris Campbell, Meg Gill is familiar with selling an upstart beverage company to a global conglomerate. She’s the co-founder of Golden Road Brewing, a Los Angeles-based craft beer company that launched in 2011 and was acquired by Anheuser-Busch InBev just four years later. In an interview with Brewbound editor Chris Furnari and BevNET CMO Mike Schneider, Gill spoke about the brand’s rapid growth and path to acquisition. She also explained how Golden Road, which has become Anheuser-Busch’s fastest growing craft brand, is competitive among other brands within A-B's portfolio, and plans to press on the gas in 2018. 1:00:50: Elevator Talk: Angela Mavridis, Founder/CEO, Tribali -- Tribali Foods, a maker of organic and grass-fed meat patties, was the winner of the Pitch Slam competition at NOSH Live Winter 2017. During the event, we caught up with the company’s founder Angela Mavidris, who spoke about the origins of Tribali and how it differentiates itself from competing brands, in this edition of Elevator Talk. Brands in this episode: Dirty Lemon, Zest Tea, Townshend’s Tea, Brew Dr. Kombucha, Chameleon Cold-Brew, GT’s Kombucha, Golden Road Brewing, Oskar Blues Brewing, Tribali Foods

In this week’s episode of BevNET’s Taste Radio, we’re joined by Pat Brown, the founder and CEO of Impossible Foods, a food tech company focused on the development of meat, dairy and fish products derived from plant-based material. Best known as the maker of the Impossible Burger, a juicy, meatless patty that’s served in trendy restaurants nationwide, the company has reportedly raised over $300 million to date, including investment from GV and Bill Gates. Project NOSH editor Carol Ortenberg and BevNET sr. brand specialist Jon Landis recently spoke with Brown about the origins and business strategy behind Impossible Burger and his vision for the future of plant-based meat and the brand. Also included in this episode: An interview with Adam Louras, who is the founder of Koa, an innovative, but recently discontinued brand of colorless, calorie- and sugar-free juices. Louras, who is currently the chief operating officer of functional drink company Dirty Lemon Beverages, discussed learning lessons from his journey as a beverage entrepreneur and reflected on stumbling blocks and pitfalls -- including which ones may have been avoidable. And in the latest edition of Elevator Talk, we spoke with Royce Pinkwater, the founder and CEO of Bontá Hydration, a brand of all-natural, low-calorie beverages made with Mediterranean sourced ingredients. Show notes: The Mailbag -- The hosts review questions and comments from Taste Radio listeners. From a venture capitalist in Los Angeles: How can trendy, new brands stay relevant? From a beverage entrepreneur in Chicagoland: Why do you guys like ginger so damn much? Interview: Pat Brown, Founder/CEO, Impossible Burger -- Brown discussed his belief that there is a “fundamental fallacy” that meat has to come from animals and pointed to research that meat-loving consumers would prefer alternative sources. That said, he notes: “Carnivores aren’t going to cut us any breaks. If we can’t deliver what they want, then it’s back to the drawing board for us.” He also made a bold claim: “If you make a 1 percent improvement in performance of the food system, you’ll save more lives and make more lives better than if you found a cure for cancer.” Interview: Adam Louras, Founder, Koa -- In our conversation with Louras, he discussed being stretched thin as both a beverage manufacturer and brand owner, the pitfalls of bootstrapping, and opined on the opportunities now available to brands to launch and incubate online versus traditional routes to market. Elevator Talk: Bontá Hydration is a brand of all-natural, low-calorie beverages made with Mediterranean sourced ingredients. We caught up with founder and CEO Royce Pinkwater at BevNET Live Summer 2017 and she explained the origins of the brand and its positioning on the market. Brands in this episode: Impossible Burger, Koa, Dirty Lemon, Bontá Hydration For sponsorship opportunities, feedback and suggestions, contact podcast@bevnet.com.

Zak Normandin is a determinedly practical entrepreneur. As a new father, he was concerned that there were few companies selling organic foods for babies and toddlers. So he created his own: Little Duck Organics, a maker of USDA organic snacks. A few years after its launch, he sold the company. Although he had been successful in the food business, he wasn't satisfied with traditional distribution models. Seeing an opportunity to sell direct-to-consumer, two years ago Normandin launched Dirty Lemon, a brand of functional drinks that are sold via a text message-based ordering platform. Thomas Perez has similar views when it comes to disruptive business concepts. The CEO of Alpha Dominche, a manufacturer of ultra high-end coffee and tea brewing machines for cafes, Perez felt that consumers would benefit from learning about how the company’s equipment works and what separates it from traditional devices and brewing methods. He built Extraction Lab, a sprawling space in Brooklyn’s Industry City neighborhood, to educate consumers about the company’s innovative Steampunk single-cup brewing machines. Part cafe, part showroom, the store gives customers an up-close-and-personal view of how these tech-heavy brewing machines operate. Included in this edition of the BevNET Podcast are interviews with both Normandin and Perez, exploring how outside-the-box thinking shaped their respective companies. Also in this episode: a chat with BevNET’s new CMO, Mike Schneider, one that includes his favorite product discoveries as an attendee of Natural Products Expo West 2017.

For the seventh issue of the Fractal Club Podcast, we are delighted to host a mix from a Dj/Producer making waves in Berlin's electronic music community. Dirty Lemon, or Alvaro Lagartera, was born in Talavera de la Reina, deep in the Spanish countryside. Developing a love for Electronic Music from an early age has seen him travel to London and Ibiza, soaking up influences along the way, before settling in Germany's capital 7 years ago. Being immersed in such an inspiring environment led to the launch of Panea Records in 2016, with compatriots Aleexe, Gustavo Cardenas and Rodrigo Diaz. Their first EP was very well received, featuring tracks from Primary Perception, Saverio Celestri, and Gustavo Cardenas & Dirty Lemon himself. With a future EP soon to drop, we're very honoured to be hosting such a sweet mix. With tracks from S.Moreira, Saverio Celestri, and labels such as Slow Life, Sleepers, and of course, Panea - this mix takes in Deep House, Electro, Techno, Breaks and Acid, and certainly bangs. You can see influences of DJ Stingray, Drexciya, and Underground Resistance shine through. Big thanks to our friend Carla in Berlin for the link up, we hope to bring some of the Panea crew to Edinburgh in the near future :) For more information on Dirty Lemon & Panea Records, check out the following links; Dirty Lemon FB: https://www.facebook.com/dirtylemonpanea/?fref=ts RA : https://www.residentadvisor.net/dj/dirtylemon Panea Records FB: https://www.facebook.com/panearecords/?fref=ts RA : https://www.residentadvisor.net/record-label.aspx?id=13934 discogs : https://www.discogs.com/label/1031758-Panea-Records

Into the sweat lodge with Robb and Mackey. This episode sponsored by Dirty Lemon. www.dirtylemon.com natch9000@gmail.com

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