Podcast appearances and mentions of rosie o neill

Television legend Ed Asner has won seven Emmy Awards for performing which is more than any other male actor. He is primarily known for his role as Lou Grant on both The Mary Tyler Moore Show and its spinoff series Lou Grant. Asner has had an extensive voice-acting career and starred as the voice of Carl Fredericksen in Pixar’s award-winning animated film Up (2009). On this podcast the 91-year-old Ed Asner tells us stories about where it started and opens up to our Gentry Thomas about being a Son of a Junkman and the journey of the Junkyard to bright lights of Hollywood!  You can tell that Ed is no fan of Donald Trump. He calls President Trump a liar and says that better years are ahead of us with President elect Joe Biden.  Ed has had a chance to work with some of the biggest stars of all time. During this episode of Backstage Pass the Emmy Award winner talks about being on screen with Elvis and what made Mary Tyler Moore so special.  Recently Ed Asner went on Kelly Clarkson's new daytime TV show and commented on how she smelled. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nX9FJrbGMoU Other television appearances with Ed Asner include The Bronx Zoo, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, Hawaii Five-O (1975), Hawaii Five-O (2012 remake), The Middle, The Trials of Rosie O’Neill, Hearts Afire, The Untouchables, Curb Your Enthusiasm, CSI: NY, Betty White’s Off Their Rockers, Working Class, Michael, Tuesdays and Thursdays, The Glades, just to name a few and many made-for-television movies.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rosie O’Neill is the co-founder and CEO of Sugarfina, a luxury candy boutique featuring a collection of artisan sweets from around the globe. Inspired by a third-date screening of the original "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory," Rosie and her co-founder/fiancé Josh Resnick dreamed up a “candy boutique for grown-ups” featuring the finest confections packaged beautifully in the brand’s signature blue Bento Boxes. On the last few episodes, we heard about Rosie’s upbringing, running marketing for Mattel’s Barbie brand, launching Sugarfina, and the future of candy and retail. In this segment, Rosie shares her insight into the real reality of being an entrepreneur. She shed light on the daily stresses, how the problems change as your company grows, and the importance of building a network of like-minded entrepreneurs to lean on during difficult times. SUBSCRIBE TO TFH NEWSLETTER & STAY UPDATED > http://bit.ly/tfh-newsletter FOLLOW TFH ON INSTAGRAM > http://www.instagram.com/thefounderhour FOLLOW TFH ON TWITTER > http://www.twitter.com/thefounderhour INTERESTED IN BECOMING A SPONSOR? EMAIL US > partnerships@thefounderhour.com

Rosie O’Neill is the co-founder and CEO of Sugarfina, a luxury candy boutique featuring a collection of artisan sweets from around the globe. Inspired by a third-date screening of the original "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory," Rosie and her co-founder/fiancé Josh Resnick dreamed up a “candy boutique for grown-ups” featuring the finest confections packaged beautifully in the brand’s signature blue Bento Boxes. On the last couple of episodes, we heard about Rosie’s upbringing, her experience working in marketing for Mattel’s Barbie brand, and how she ultimately came up with the idea for Sugarfina and launched the business. On this segment, Rosie shares her insight on the future of the candy space as well as retail in general. We discuss things such as brand collaborations, the shift from retail to online, and how brands can differentiate themselves and use retail as a mechanism to create a memorable experience for customers. SUBSCRIBE TO TFH NEWSLETTER & STAY UPDATED > http://bit.ly/tfh-newsletter FOLLOW TFH ON INSTAGRAM > http://www.instagram.com/thefounderhour FOLLOW TFH ON TWITTER > http://www.twitter.com/thefounderhour INTERESTED IN BECOMING A SPONSOR? EMAIL US > partnerships@thefounderhour.com

Rosie O’Neill is the co-founder and CEO of Sugarfina, a luxury candy boutique featuring a collection of artisan sweets from around the globe. Inspired by a third-date screening of the original "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory," Rosie and her co-founder/fiancé Josh Resnick dreamed up a “candy boutique for grown-ups” featuring the finest confections packaged beautifully in the brand’s signature blue Bento Boxes. On the last episode, we heard from Rosie about her upbringing growing up in LA and how she fell into a marketing career, working in PR and eventually Mattel, where she became the youngest director of marketing working on the Barbie brand (a childhood dream of hers). In this segment, Rosie shares the story of how Sugarfina came about, the opportunity she and Josh saw, and the challenges they’ve faced getting it to where it is today. SUBSCRIBE TO TFH NEWSLETTER & STAY UPDATED > http://bit.ly/tfh-newsletter FOLLOW TFH ON INSTAGRAM > http://www.instagram.com/thefounderhour FOLLOW TFH ON TWITTER > http://www.twitter.com/thefounderhour INTERESTED IN BECOMING A SPONSOR? EMAIL US > partnerships@thefounderhour.com

Rosie O’Neill is the co-founder and CEO of Sugarfina, a luxury candy boutique featuring a collection of artisan sweets from around the globe. Inspired by a third-date screening of the original "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory," Rosie and her co-founder/fiancé Josh Resnick dreamed up a “candy boutique for grown-ups” featuring the finest confections packaged beautifully in the brand’s signature blue Bento Boxes. We chat with Rosie about her upbringing growing up in LA and how she fell into a marketing career, working in PR and eventually Mattel, where she became the youngest director of marketing working on the Barbie brand (a childhood dream of hers). Rosie also shares her personal experience going to business school and who she would recommend it to, as well as her advice on what roles to seek straight out of college if you know you’re an entrepreneur. Tune in! SUBSCRIBE TO TFH NEWSLETTER & STAY UPDATED > http://bit.ly/tfh-newsletter FOLLOW TFH ON INSTAGRAM > http://www.instagram.com/thefounderhour FOLLOW TFH ON TWITTER > http://www.twitter.com/thefounderhour INTERESTED IN BECOMING A SPONSOR? EMAIL US > partnerships@thefounderhour.com

Rosie O’Neill is an entrepreneur with a major sweet tooth for business. I had Rosie on ‘She’s Got Moxie’ back on November 15, 2017, and that episode is still today one of our most popular. Since my last interview with Rosie (about 450 days ago), Sugarfina has grown tremendously. "I am a big believer that you’ve got to focus on two or three things and do those things really well before you start to focus on the next thing.” - Rosie O’Neill. Learn more about this episode at joychudacoff.com/65

Don’t settle and don’t get comfortable! A sugary episode with the Co-Founder & Co-CEO of Sugarfina, Rosie O’Neill! An epic love story. Boy takes girl on a third-date to watch Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory ends up finding not only love but dreaming up “candy-boutique for grownups”. Sugarfina is a luxury candy boutique featuring a collection of artisan sweets from around the globe. Named one of the world’s most beautiful candy shops by Architectural Digest, Sugarfina is disrupting the $200B confections industry with an innovative store design and experience. Our conversation traverses through taste testing thousands of candies across the globe, facilitating creativity, power of experience, hardest parts of running a company, ways to empower women, relationship advice, and pushing your boundaries. An episode that will give you insight into a new industry and a fresh perspective to empower those around you!

I think the story of Sugarfina is really a love story. Not just between Rosie O’Neill and Josh Resnick, Co-CEOs and Co-Founders, but between Sugarfina and it’s customers. It started with two people who either by fate or coincidence went on a date and watched the original Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. And the rest, as they say, is history. However, that would be premature, the story continues and you can hear it right here on the Story Behind the Brand. NOTE TO LISTENER: This episode is a unique blend of pragmatic-real-world entrepreneurial advice and philosophy about the purpose and meaning of life and it has so much info to offer you that we had to divide it into Part 1 & Part 2. Make sure to listen to both and read the show notes for highlights on our website. Check out the full post and learn what we learned at  www.commercefocused.com/episode-009-sugarfina.  Thanks so much for listening! If you like this episode, please subscribe to "The Story Behind the Brand" and rate and review wherever you get your podcasts. Visit the Sugarfina's website: https://www.sugarfina.com/. 

Rosie and Josh have a sweet story indeed (starting strong with the puns here). As founders of Sugarfina, a high end, fun, and unique confectionary company, their journey started on an early date watching Willy Wonka and The Chocolate Factory. In a classic “there must be a better way” moment, they both wondered why candy wasn’t that much fun or memorable for adults too. Just 6 years in, Sugarfina has 50 retail locations around the US and now Hong Kong, 85 people at headquarters and over 500 including all their stores. They’re also at over $40MM in revenue with zero marketing spend. It’s hard to describe how incredible this really is. That said, people say their candy is as “beautiful to look at as it is delicious” so it’s no surprise they’ve really made their mark. In 2017, they were described as “The Tesla of Candy” which was just about the highest compliment Josh could have ever imagined as a big fan of the disruption Elon Musk continues to demonstrate. This was my first husband and wife joint interview (though third husband and wife run company!), and it was as much fun as you think it might be with a couple very much in love that gets to travel the world to be inspired to make the next incredibly delicious and beautiful candy! Somehow, they still manage to live in moderation and not overdo it on the candy… Check them out on instagram at @Sugarfina and on their website where you can order or find their stores at sugarfina.com

My guest is Cai Emmons. Her newest book, Weather Woman (https://www.amazon.com/Weather-Woman-Cai-Emmons/dp/1597096008/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1537539428&sr=1-1&keywords=weather+women), is the story of meteorologist Bronwyn Artair who discovers she has the power to change the weather. Feeling out of place in her doctoral program in Atmospheric Sciences at MIT, 30-year-old Bronwyn drops out and takes a job as a TV meteorologist in Southern New Hampshire, much to the dismay of her female mentor, Diane Fenwick. When, after a year of living alone by the Swampscott River, enduring the indignities of her job, first neglected by her Boston boyfriend, then dumped, she discovers that her deep connection to the natural world has led her to an ability to affect natural forces. When she finally accepts that she really possesses this startling capability, she must then negotiate a new relationship to the world. Who will she tell? Who will believe her? How can she keep herself from being seen as a kook? And, most importantly, how will she put this new skill of hers to use? As she seeks answers to these questions, she travels to Kansas to see the tornado maverick she thought was her mentor; falls in love with Matt, the tabloid journalist who has come to investigate her; feels called to visit the fires raging out of control in Los Angeles; and eventually voyages with Matt and Dr. Fenwick to the methane fields of Siberia near the Arctic Sea. This is the story of a woman experiencing power for the first time in her life. She must come to grips with that power and test its limits. What can she do for the world without hurting it further? Cai Emmons is the author of His Mother's Son, published by Harcourt in 2003 and The Stylist, published by HarperCollins in 2007. Her short work has appeared in Arts and Letters, Narrative Magazine, The New York Post, and Portland Monthly, among others, and she has a selection in Now Write: Writing Exercises from Today’s Best Writers and Teachers _(Tarcher Publications, 2006). Before turning to fiction Cai wrote for theater, film, and television. Two of her plays—Mergatroid and _When Petulia Comes—were produced in New York theaters. She wrote for the TV show The Trials of Rosie O’Neill, and she has optioned numerous feature-length screenplays. Special Guest: Cai Emmons.

Rosie O’Neill is the co-founder of Sugarfina, a luxury candy boutique that features the finest sweets from artisan candy makers around the world. Rosie and her fiancé Josh Resnick launched Sugarfina in July 2012. The idea for the company was inspired by their third date — when they watched the original Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory and they were left wondering why their wasn’t candy boutiques for grown ups.   Rosie was named to Fast Company’s “100 Most Creative People” list, and Goldman Sachs’ “100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs,”. She is disrupting the sweets space with an innovative approach to confections and retail.   Before candy, Rosie played with dolls for 7 years as Director of Marketing for Barbie at Mattel, where she led a global business unit that sold more than 50 million Barbie dolls annually. She received her MBA from the UCLA Anderson School of Management and a BA in Communication Studies from UCLA. Her favorite candies are Champagne Bears, Peach Bellini and Sparkle Pops.   On today’s episode, Rosie shares her start up story as well as lessons she learned as they scaled Sugarfina into the large brand it is today --  with wholesale and retail channels, a bustling online shop, 50 retail locations and a range of licensing collaborations. Rosie offers some really great suggestions — including the importance of self-care, why we need to be careful about which opportunities we say yes and no to and things she looks for when hiring members of her team. ON TODAY’S EPISODE: Her favorite Sugarfina candy right now & the most popular flavors with customers How much she loves getting to dream up & invent different candies Rosie’s background prior to Sugarfina Her transition to entrepreneurship & how she decided upon luxury candy The hurdles at the beginning & how she navigated that How her previous position at Mattel helped her start & scale Sugarfina What her early goals were for the business The experience of adding brick & mortar stores very quickly Her first hires & what she looked for in an employee when she first started hiring Whether or not she fears hiring people who one day might become a competitor The fact that they did not have a business plan when they first started & why she thinks it can be beneficial sometimes not to have one at the start Moments and decisions that propelled her business forward The criteria she uses for deciding to pursue an opportunity or not How she cultivates a positive work culture An important lesson Rosie has learned through her entrepreneurial journey Rosie’s advice on creating your product & getting your product to market How she decides when to discontinue a product What’s next for Sugarfina KEY TAKE-AWAYS: “It's like we get to play Willy Wonka because we dream up and invent all these crazy, fun flavors and cute shapes and fun colors, and then we get to bring them to life.” - Rosie O’Neill “I had always in the back of my head wanted to do something entrepreneurial, but I thought I was going to do it in my fifties. It came way, way, way sooner than I imagined, but I think sometimes you just have those moments of luck where everything kind of comes together and you just don't overthink it.” - Rosie O’Neil “It [Sugarfina] is a dream and I love it but it's also the absolute hardest thing I've ever done and just exhausting at times.” - Rosie O’Neil “I'm really proud of the fact that as we have grown, we have always been able to deliver on that quality and that amazing customer experience, but everything under the surface has just been chaos and a mess.” - Rosie O’Neil “I'm always kind of looking at what's coming up but it's important to take a moment and look back on how far we've come and it's pretty cool.” - Rosie O’Neil “We love to bring in people who one day want to start their own company but they're not quite ready and Sugarfina can be a learning environment for them.” - Rosie O’Neil “I want to make sure that we have an environment where people want to stay because they're continuing to grow, and learn, and feel empowered.” - Rose O’Neil “I am all for people going out and starting their new company if they want to, but stay with us as long as you can and really get to know all the things you're going to need to know to start a business because it's hard.” - Rosie O’Neill “I think sometimes you got to just go for it and be willing to put out something that's not perfect and then learn and continue to perfect.” - Rosie O’Neill “You really need to create a culture where people feel connected to the big picture and like they're really making an impact.” - Rosie O’Neill “I don't care if you have hours that are slightly different than a normal working day, I just care about the output of your work and that's how I'm going to look at things.” - Rosie O’Neill “We have a no assholes policy.” - Rosie O’Neill “You really have to take care of yourself because there is an endless amount of work to do when you run your business.” - Rosie O’Neill “Get your product out in front of the real world as quickly as you can.” - Rosie O’Neill “Even though there's all these great data analytics and all these tools, you can't lose touch of the human connection and I think a lot of companies let that fall by the wayside and you really have got to prioritize that.” - Rosie O’Neill CONNECT WITH ROSIE: Website: http://sugarfina.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Sugarfina/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sugarfina/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/sugarfina/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/sugarfina LINKS: Sugarfina Rewards BOOTH BLUEPRINT: If you’re gearing up for trade show season and need help creating a beautiful booth that doesn’t break the bank, I want to invite you to my free masterclass.   I’m sharing my three secrets to maximize your trade show investment and keep wholesale orders coming in long after you trade show end.  To join me for this FREE workshop, head to www.theboothblueprint.com to register! 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After seven years working her way up at Mattel, Rosie O’Neill decided to follow her heart (and tummy) and started her own business that is now a multi-million dollar international company. Rosie chats with us about Sugarfina’s early days and what it takes to be an entrepreneur and find your company’s sweet spot today. Tips and tricks The quickest way to grow a company is through dedicated, smart people. Hire people for longterm growth in mind, not the now even if you only need temp work at the time. Starting a business in an old school category — candy, flea markets, mattresses — can be smart if you know how to stand out and be different since the public is familiar with the product. Come up with a marketing campaign or product that’s catchy for instant press to break through the marketing noise. Upon launching, Sugarfina released treats for the broken hearted instead of sweethearts on Valentine’s Day and landed in the pages of US Weekly.

Rosie O’Neill is an entrepreneur with a sweet tooth. She is the founder and CEO of Sugarfina, a luxury candy boutique that started in Beverley Hills. “You really should be hiring people as though you are going to be spending most of your life with them, because you are going to be spending a good amount of your week with them.” - Rosie O’Neill. Learn more about this episode of She's Got Moxie with Joy Chudacoff at www.JoyChudacoff.com/14

Rosie O’Neill is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of luxury confections brand Sugarfina.