Podcasts about stacy's pita chips

Stacy Madison grew her "accidental business", Stacy's Pita Chips, from $19,000 in annual sales to $65 million before being purchased by PepsiCo. She did it without an "exit strategy", just a customer-first strategy, and she is so very generous with sharing her story, experience and expertise. I met Stacy when selected as one of 4 inaugural Canadian winners of the "Stacy's Rise Project". She continues to give back through this project, and has not surprisingly launched 2 new businesses since selling Stacy's. This is a MUST LISTEN for any aspiring or seasoned entrepreneur! Show Notes: https://elaineskitchentable.com/163 Connect with Stacy: Website: https://beboldbars.com/ Website: https://www.stacyssnacks.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/beboldbars/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_stacymadison Stacy's Rise Project: https://www.stacyssnacks.com/riseproject Connect with Elaine: Website: https://elaineskitchentable.com Instagram: @elainetancomeau LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elainetancomeau/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ElainesKitchenTable Twitter: https://twitter.com/chatwithelaine Get a free chapter from Elaine's book, Sell Your Passion: https://elaineskitchentable.com/book/ Episode Sponsor: Episode Sponsor: UPS, visit ups.com/beunstoppable/ca to save more than 50% on your shipping!

IN THIS EPISODE: Stacy Madison is the Founder of Stacy's Pita Chips. She started her business with a food cart selling sandwiches and that grew into her internationally known brand of chips. After selling Stacy's, she traveled Europe and Asia with her twin daughters and returned to launch her own Juicebar where the bars were a top seller. Stacy attributes being BOLD to her success and launched another, BeBOLD bars – a healthy energy bar. With the help of her brother, they figured out how to produce them in larger quantities and start distribution to stores; however, a month after launching the pandemic hit. She believes that experience, and being no stranger to tragedy, equips entrepreneurs with problem-solving skills and the pandemic is unfortunately, a true test of survivors in the food business. Learn from this leading female entrepreneur about how to go for your dreams where she shares the lessons learned the second time around at building a company. Lots of wisdom from Stacy including what traits she believes you need in order to create success. WHAT YOU'LL LEARN: Why she started BeBOLD bars. How Stacy came up with the name “BeBOLD”? The challenges and obstacles faced during the early stages of BeBOLD Bars because of the pandemic. The process of developing BeBOLD Bars' recipe and the importance of using high-quality, natural ingredients. Stacy's commitment to providing healthy and nutritious options. Unique aspects of BeBOLD Bars compared to other snack bars on the market. Marketing and branding strategies employed by BeBOLD Bars. Challenges faced in growing and scaling the business. Her thoughts on failure. Key lessons learned by Stacy throughout her entrepreneurial journey. Advice for aspiring entrepreneurs. Words of wisdom for individuals facing challenges and setbacks, and more. RESOURCES MENTIONED beboldbars.com @stacybeboldbars on IG @beboldbars on IG Michele on Instagram   MORE ABOUT STACY MADISON: Stacy Madison founded Stacy's Pita Chip Company, a top-selling natural snack food brand. It started with a career change from social work, to a strong desire to create delicious healthy food. Then, an entrepreneurial spirit and a small food cart in Boston used to sell pita sandwiches. As an incentive to keep people happily waiting in line, she baked pita chips each day using extra pita bread and gave them away to customers. She then decided to package and start selling the chips to local stores. The company experienced rapid growth and became a top-selling international snack food brand. After several years of traveling, she decided to open Stacy's Juice bar. Stacy's Juicebar began to sell hundreds of raw energy bars each month. The growing demand inspired Stacy to manufacture and market the bars nationwide. Stacy's latest venture is BeBOLD Bars. BeBOLD Bars are healthy energy bars made with nutritious nut butters, oats, chocolate chips, chia, brazil nuts, walnuts, dark maple syrup, and wildflower honey. Wrapping simple ingredients and delicious flavors into one great bar. Thank you for listening to the show! If you enjoyed this interview, please take a moment to rate and review it on Apple podcasts. Your reviews are so appreciated! Not sure how to do it? Instructions are below. XO, Michele

Stacy Madison is an entrepreneur who gained recognition for creating Stacy's Pita Chips & later, Be Bold Bars. With a Masters in Social Work, Stacy was selling pita sandwiches with her partner out of a converted hot dog cart in Boston, when they suddenly found themselves with an abundance of leftover pita bread at the end of the day.Instead of tossing the bread, Stacy decided to bake the leftover bread into chips adding flavours in the process, and began handing them out for free to those in line for sandwiches. But, when she found out people were happy to pay for the chips, the business quickly grew and eventually was sold to the Pepsi Company for $250m.Jeff and Stacy discuss her adventurous life leading her to this point, as well as the meaning of “BOLD”, and what it means to be an entrepreneur in a changing world. Find Stacy on LinkedIn hereHead to the BeBold website https://beboldbars.com/ & use code “STACY” for a discount on your order.

Al Roker gets to meet a couple from New York who took walking to another level by walking a couple marathons a week to help improve their mental health and fitness. Also, Dads Got This! Craig Melvin gets to sit down with Bryan Ruby a professional baseball player to talk about his journey and the support he's received from his longtime coach. Plus, Sisterhood—the story behind a program that's empowering young girls and improving their self-esteem by training them to be tri-athletes. And, Behind The Brand: Jill Martin gets to talk to Stacy Madison the founder of Stacy's Pita chips.

We sit down to launch season 2 of Staring at the World Podcast, with legendary guest David Paich of ToTo. We discuss his incredible career and solo album Forgotten Toys. Boz Scaggs. Mötley Crüe. Steely Dan. Bryan Adams. George Martin. Michael Jackson. Quincy Jones. P!NK. Aretha Franklin. Miles Davis. The Doobie Brothers. Stevie Nicks. Dolly Parton. Jessie J. Cher. Rod Stewart. Tina Turner. Michael McDonald. Joan Baez. Ray Charles. Elton John. Barbra Streisand... and countless others. If you've listened to music in the last 50 years, including any of the iconic artists above, you were hearing David Paich. Music is the soundtrack of our lives, and David is one of its architects. He initially embraced music by his father—jazz icon, musician, and arranger Marty Paich. “I met Jimmy Webb when I was 10 years old, when my father was working with him,” he recalls. "My dad nudged me towards songwriting because I had the ability to write poetry. Somehow, my father saw my lyrical potential. I followed in Jimmy's footsteps until Elton John's first record came out in 1970. That really cemented my musical path. I continued to soak up all the great songs from then on.” Together, Paich and his father notably co-wrote “Light The Way” for Ironside, winning an EMMY® Award for “Best Song or Theme” back in 1974. With Boz Scaggs, he co-wrote the songs "Miss Sun", "Lido Shuffle", and Grammy Award-Winning "Lowdown" from the multi-platinum album Silk Degrees. Around that same time, Paich and childhood friend, iconic studio drummer Jeff Porcaro wiggled their way onto two Steely Dan albums, which helped form some of their musical direction. Paich and David Foster co-wrote “Got To Be Real” with Cheryl Lynn, catapulting her to disco stardom. All of these accolades solidified him as one of the go-to studio musicians for music's A-list. Paich decided it was time for him and Jeff to form their own band, which you now know as Toto. With his TOTO bandmates, David arranged and performed songs on Michael Jackson's legendary albums, Thriller and Bad. “One of my greatest memories is collaborating with Michael Jackson, on the bestselling album of all time, Thriller, Helping arrange the Jackson/Paul McCartney duet, “The Girl is Mine”, is still a musical highlight in my career.” Over the past several years, David, along with TOTO has had a major renaissance in popularity like few bands at this point in their career and now have a multi-generational global fan base. In fact, “Africa” has amassed over 1 billion streams worldwide and is one of the most covered and sampled songs in music history, including by Jay-Z, Pitbull, Ellie Goulding, and Weezer. As a six-time Grammy® Award Winner, Paich has contributed to over 2,000 albums, shaping the sound of popular music as a songwriter, performer, producer, arranger, vocalist and primary composer of the seminal band TOTO. With TOTO, Paich has released 17 albums, sold over 40 million records and garnered over 3 billion streams worldwide. Paich wrote or co-wrote TOTO's biggest hits, "Hold the Line", "Rosanna" and “Africa”. A very special thank you to our sponsor BeBOLD Bars, all natural energy bars from the founder of Stacy's Pita Chips. Check them out at http://www.BeBOLDbars.com and use code BOLD for 20% off your order

TODAY's Checklist – Dr. Natalie Azar breaks down “long Covid” and what you should do if you are experiencing it. Plus, Jill Martin takes us “Behind The Brand” of Stacy's Pita Chips. And, Summer Clutter Clean – tips and tricks on tidying up your kitchen.

On this episode we are Staring at the World again with Little Steven Van Zandt. Steve is an American singer, songwriter, musician, producer, actor, activist and author. He is best known as a member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, but also a successful actor with beloved roles in The Sopranos and Lilyhammer.   Van Zandt has his own solo band called Little Steven and The Disciples of Soul, intermittently active since the 1980s. In 2014, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the E Street Band. This was such an in-depth conversation, that we had to cut it into TWO PARTS! This is part two! A special thank you to our sponsor, BeBOLD Bars! An all natural energy bar brand from the founder of Stacy's Pita Chips! Go to http://www.BeBOLDBars.com for 20% off your first order with code BOLD Visit: http://www.BoDeans.com http://www.littlesteven.com  

On this episode we are Staring at the World with Little Steven Van Zandt. Steve, is an American singer, songwriter, musician, producer, actor, activist and author. He is best known as a member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, but also a successful actor with beloved roles in The Sopranos and Lilyhammer.  Van Zandt has his own solo band called Little Steven and The Disciples of Soul, intermittently active since the 1980s. In 2014, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the E Street Band. This was such an in-depth conversation, that we had to cut it into TWO PARTS! Stay tuned for part TWO, Friday! A special thank you to our sponsor, BeBOLD Bars! An all natural energy bar brand from the founder of Stacy's Pita Chips! Go to http://www.BeBOLDBars.com for 20% off your first order with code BOLD Visit: http://www.BoDeans.com http://www.littlesteven.com  

“Surround yourself with believers.” – Stacy Madison Stacy Madison is the Founder of Stacy's Pita Chips. She started her business with a food cart selling sandwiches and that grew into her internationally known brand of chips. Her company sold for $250 million dollars. Stacy attributes being BOLD to her success and has launched her most recent venture, BeBOLD bars – a healthy energy bar. Learn from this leading female entrepreneur about how to go for your dreams! We go deep in this interview and unpack lots of wisdom from Stacy including what traits she believes you need in order to create success. Lots of fun in this conversation – it will feel like hanging with friends while learning about business and life! All of the show notes can be found at thegoodlifecoach.com/122. While on the site, join our community to receive more inspiration and tips to love yourself and get a FREE copy of Michele's Book, Design a Life You Love. WHAT YOU'LL LEARN: What it means to be BOLD. Why Stacy launched a food cart in Boston selling sandwiches and left her job as a social worker. How the pita chips became a product. Why she decided to double down on the pita chips and let go of the sandwich business.   How she managed being a single mother to twin girls while scaling her business. A major challenge she faced and how she overcame it. How she built the business to $65 million in revenue. The traits she thinks women need to create success on their terms. Her advice on the importance of being bold to create success. Why she launched her BeBOLD bars, and much more. STACY'S 3 BEST TIP FOR LIVING A GOOD LIFE: Put yourself first.  It's okay to be selfish because you are going to be better for helping others. If you don't know what to do, sit on it.  Sometimes just waiting is best and then you are glad you did't make a decision you'll later regret.  Whether in business or personally.   Always ask yourself “What's stopping me?”  It could be one small thing and it helps you to move on.  You have to find the bottlenecks. RESOURCES MENTIONED beboldbars.com https://www.stacyssnacks.com/ @stacybeboldbars on IG @beboldbars on IG Michele on Instagram MORE ABOUT STACY MADISON: Stacy Madison founded Stacy's Pita Chip Company, a top-selling natural snack food brand. It started with a career change from social work, to a strong desire to create delicious healthy food. Then, an entrepreneurial spirit and a small food cart in Boston used to sell pita sandwiches. As an incentive to keep people happily waiting in line, she baked pita chips each day using extra pita bread and gave them away to customers. She then decided to package and start selling the chips to local stores. The company experienced rapid growth and became a top-selling international snack food brand. After several years of traveling, she decided to open Stacy's Juice bar. Stacy's Juicebar began to sell hundreds of raw energy bars each month. The growing demand inspired Stacy to manufacture and market the bars nationwide. Stacy's newest venture is BeBOLD Bars. BeBOLD Bars are healthy energy bars made with nutritious nut butters, oats, chocolate chips, chia, brazil nuts, walnuts, dark maple syrup, and wildflower honey. Wrapping simple ingredients and delicious flavors into one great bar. Thank you for listening to the show!

In this episode we speak with five time Emmy/Grammy nominated comedian and activist, Margaret Cho. We get real speaking about her upbringing in San Francisco, her activism and comedy. Make sure to check her out on her comedy tour, in a city near you.  Thank you to our sponsor BeBOLD bars. An all natural energy bar brand founded by Stacy Madison of Stacy's Pita Chips! Use code BOLD for 20% off your order at http://www.BeBOLDbars.com Visit: http://www.BoDeans.com http://www.MargaretCho.com  

Today's guest has been through it all in life, the ups and downs, and is the definition of resilience. From overcoming breast cancer to building both a Pita Chip and healthy snack empire, this week's guest learned over time what it takes to be Bold. After beginning her career in Social Work, she took her first company, Stacy's Pita Chips, which my wife is obsessed with, from $1M to $65M prior to being sold to Pepsi and she has a bold and innovative snack taking the health food industry by storm.Stacy Madison, the Hardest-Working Woman in the Healthy Snack Industry is this week's guest on “The Jake Dunlap Show.”Stacy grew up  with her father who was a psychologist who was very entrepreneurial, as well as with her mother who was a teacher. After moving to Sharon Massachusetts at 13, and after being hit by a car at 16, Stacy went on to study Psychology at the University of Massachusetts. She later went on to receive her Master of Social Work at California State University, Long Beach. She started her career as a social worker for pregnant women with drug addictions, and later left Boston to go to Hawaii for a restaurant startup. Instead of a bonus for hard work, she was fired to avoid being paid, and decided to take a leap of faith to buy a food cart. Stacy's Pita Chips began when she was selling Pita Bread sandwiches out of their food cart to avoid the waste of over-ordered pita bread from a local bakery. She purchased a Sealy Mattress factory for production, and transitioned to selling pita chips full time. She grew Stacy's Pita Chips to $65M in Revenue before selling to Pepsi in 2006. She later owned Stacy's Juicebar, where Bars that had nuts, oats, chia, chocolate chips, maple syrup, and wildflower honey. This later became BeBOLD Bars! Enjoy this week's episode with Stacy Madison.Stacy's Rise Project:Help women gain access to start and grow companies Matching donations to the program up to $100,000https://design.pepsico.com/case-studies/stacys-rise-project Stacy's Social Media:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stacy-madison-09430a7/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_stacymadison/?hl=en Jake Dunlap:Personal Site - http://jakedunlap.comLinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jakedunlap/Twitter - https://twitter.com/JakeTDunlapInstagram - http://instagram.com/jake_dunlap _Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/JakeTDunlap/ Skaled:Website - https://skaled.com/LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/skaled

Starting Small Summit is approaching and we had the chance to sit with Stacy Madison on her excitement of coming to Indiana from Boston to speak on our panel. In this conversation, Stacy shares what she has been up to and fundamental business practices she looks to share that have influenced her career. Make sure to check out BeBOLD Bars at: https://beboldbars.com/   Purchase Tickets for Starting Small Summit: https://www.onthestage.tickets/show/bethel-university/starting-small-summit-stories-of-entrepreneurship-95000/ About out speakers: https://www.onthestage.tickets/show/bethel-university/starting-small-summit-stories-of-entrepreneurship-95000/cast Email help: startingsmallpod@gmail.com   Follow Starting Small: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/startingsmallpod/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Startingsmallpod/?modal=admin_todo_tour LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/cameronnagle

On this episode, we are Staring at the world with Stacy Madison, founder of Stacy's Pita Chips and Be Bold bars. We discuss her life coming up and as an amazing female entrepreneur. Follow the podcast on: Apple: https://rb.gy/lnef9x Spotify: https://rb.gy/d9mdil YouTube: https://rb.gy/bqqidf Stitcher: https://rb.gy/p9y4w8 Android: https://rb.gy/05jxnj

This episode will make you bi. Please listen at your own risk. Margaret Cho talks about bisexuality, BDSM, polyamory, and the first time she ever tried Stacy's Pita Chips. "I get polyamory fatigue and I get total BDSM fatigue...It takes so much energy in terms of negotiating and what you want and what you're doing and I just don't have the energy for it." LGBTQ&A is hosted by Jeffrey Masters and produced by The Advocate magazine, in partnership with GLAAD. @lgbtqpod This interview was originally recorded on September 6, 2019.

Stacy Madison, the Founder of Stacy's Pita Chips and BeBOLD Bars, joins the show to share her journey from serving pita chips at her Stacy's D'Lites food cart in Boston to inventing a category and selling her brand to PepsiCo. Hear how she got Stacy's Pita Chips in stores, the moment she knew it was taking off, being in the bar space vs. pita chips space, an impromptu Stacy singing session, and mouth-watering questions from Wild Listeners. Connect with Stacy on Instagram at @_StacyMadison and BeBOLDbars.com

Calling all entrepreneurs! In this bonus episode of Brand2Brand, host Thomas Stirling welcomes Stacy Madison to discuss her journey from founding and selling Stacy's Pita Chips to embarking on her latest venture with BeBOLD Bars™. Stacy shares invaluable insights you can apply to your business immediately. For a full transcript of the podcast audio, including research and references materials, visit blog.stirlingbrandworks.com.

Great ideas often come from a simple spark: A soccer player on the New Zealand national team notices all the unused wool his country produces and figures out a way to turn them into shoes (Allbirds). A former Buddhist monk decides the very best way to spread his mindfulness teachings is by launching an app (Headspace). A sandwich cart vendor finds a way to reuse leftover pita bread and turns it into a multimillion-dollar business (Stacy's Pita Chips).In this week's episode award-winning journalist and NPR host Guy Raz speaks to Carl Miller about uncovering the stories of highly successful entrepreneurs.To find out more about Guy's book click here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Built-This-Unexpected-Entrepreneurs/dp/0358216761 Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/intelligencesquared. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Thank you for tuning into "Starting Small", a podcast about brand development, entrepreneurship, and innovation in the modern world. In this episode, I am joined by Stacy Madison, founder of Stacy's Pita Chips, America's top selling and most renown pita chips. While running her food cart "Stacy's D'Lites", selling sandwiches, Stacy thought of an incentive idea for her customers. She began to make and passed out pressed pita bread "pita chips", motivating customers to hold in the sometimes long wait lines.  As time progressed, demand for Stacy's Chips began to outgrow the cart, leading Stacy to specialize in selling strictly the chips. While there were many bumps with packaging, shipping logistics, and retail placement, Stacy realized the growth potential and continued to pivot to what worked best. Finding massive success in sales and retail expansion, Stacy's sold to PepsiCo in 2006. Today, Stacy can be seen running her company, BeBold Bars, selling energy bars high in whole grain with protein from plants. Make sure to check out Stacy's Pita Chips at: https://www.stacyssnacks.com/ and BeBold Bars at: https://beboldbars.com/   Follow Starting Small: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/startingsmallpod/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Startingsmallpod/?modal=admin_todo_tour LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/cameronnagle   Support for Starting Small comes from Humanscale, the leading designer and manufacturer of high-performance ergonomic products that help create a healthier work life. All of their products, from chairs to standing desks and more, are comfortable, easy to use, and sustainable. And great for either the office or the work from home environment. With an increase in shifting workplaces, comfort can be especially hard to find. As I run the podcast, I am in front of my desk for hours a day; from scheduling, researching, interviewing, and more. Humanscale allows me to remain productive, without the consequence of body stress to follow.  Make sure to check out Humanscale at humanscale.com, and use code: STARTINGSMALL at checkout to save 20% on your purchase.

Hey, have you subscribed to the bookmark newsletter? A fortnightly email with book reviews and ideas of what you should be reading next. Click here to subscribe.   About the author Guy Raz is an independent producer who has been described by the New York Times as “one of the most popular podcasters in history.” He's the founder and CEO of Built-It Productions and the creator and the creative force behind How I Built This. He's also the former host and co-creator of TED Radio Hour. Guy is also the co-founder of Tinkercast, a children's media company that produces audio podcasts and educational content for kids. Guy co-created and hosts one of those programs, Wow in the World — the number one kids podcast in English. Together, Guy's programs are heard by nearly 19 million listeners a month. Source: https://www.npr.org/people/6597623/guy-raz About the book Based on the highly acclaimed NPR podcast, How I Built This with Guy Raz, this book offers priceless insights and inspiration from the world's top entrepreneurs on how to start, launch, and build a successful venture. Great ideas often come from a simple spark: A soccer player on the New Zealand national team notices all the unused wool his country produces and figures out a way to turn them into shoes (Allbirds). A former Buddhist monk decides the very best way to spread his mindfulness teachings is by launching an app (Headspace). A sandwich cart vendor finds a way to reuse leftover pita bread and turns it into a multimillion-dollar business (Stacy's Pita Chips).   Award-winning journalist and NPR host Guy Raz has interviewed more than 200 highly successful entrepreneurs to uncover amazing true stories like these. In How I Built This, he shares tips for every entrepreneur's journey: from the early days of formulating your idea, to raising money and recruiting employees, to fending off competitors, to finally paying yourself a real salary. This is a must-read for anyone who has ever dreamed of starting their own business or wondered how trailblazing entrepreneurs made their own dreams a reality. Source: amazon.com  Big idea #1 — Dangerous or just scary? Despite the amazing stories of growth and entrepreneurship in the book, it's important to see the underlying theme of calculated risk in many of the stories. Very few of the founders went into create the mega brands that they ended up creating. They started with an idea, they started with an audience and they developed, tested and created. They created a following and then they made steps to growth gradually. Of course there's always exceptions; the people who do make the big, risky leaps. But many of the big leaps in the book are made with a “fully packed parachute”. There's some risk mitigation that has happened. Some people stayed in that full-time or part-time jobs for a long time after the company was successful. They use their own money rather than borrowing. They started and stayed small until growth sustained their next step; the next product line, the next city, or the next bricks and mortar outlet. Now, of course, there's always a point where there is an element of risk. And for every Lisa Price (Carol's Daughter founder) who grew slow and steadily, there's the Airbnb co-founders sat in their tiny apartment eating noodles every night for dinner. But really, they're all human, just like you and me. They're all just normal people who created something and they've all just approached it in a different way. Similarly, they all come from different backgrounds, different upbringings, different levels of luck and privilege and being in the right place and the right time, and have things going for them and others against them. But ultimately, it comes down to this:Failing is scary. Wasting your life is dangerous. Big idea #2 — Find a friend Many of the entrepreneurs in the book found a business partner pretty quickly, if they didn't start with one. This allowed them to spread their particular skills, and tackle different parts of the business. In many cases, someone was the maker and someone else was the marketer. But there was a bit of a recurring theme about the impact on a relationship that a starting a business can have. Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohani, co-founders of Reddit, had been through a hell of a lot by the time they exited after selling to Condé Nast. And by that point, there wasn't actually much of a business partnership or a friendship left. They hadn't had the hard conversations. They didn't set boundaries, discuss roles, and set have the hard talks around decisions. Similarly, Adam and Eric, co-founders of the household cleaning products brand Method, bought totally different skills and styles. One of them was the scientist, the other was the product designer, but they didn't always approach or appreciate each other's differences, or see the differences as strengths. After several years, these differences became a point of tension rather than a point of strength. There are heaps of similar stories in the book from couples who started businesses whose relationship then broke down, friends who started businesses but left the business no longer on talking terms.The similarity is that they grew a business together, but in building the business, they forgot to grow their relationship or friendship along the way. Some of them specifically said that looking back they could see it happening They stopped hanging out, they stopped talking, they stopped having fun together, and all the things that made the relationship work initially and in the early days or before starting the business just stopped happening.  Big idea #3 — The side door There's lots of information in this book about different funding options for a startup, from credit cards to venture capital. But this is really the mechanics of business/startups, which is worth reading if you're interested in those areas. But the one area I did want to call out is this one around going in through the side door. There's this chapter specifically dedicated to this, but also you see this theme coming up a few times in the founders stories. Ultimately, the front door is often very crowded, with your competition, gatekeepers, and also with very high barriers. And even in 2021, for some people, unfortunately, the barriers are still even higher. So often, the side door is actually bigger, less guarded and just generally less crowded. One of the side door examples in the book was Peter Rahal, the founder of RX Bars, a paleo energy bar. When Peter started the business he went into Wholefoods (the holy grail of where to sell such a product) and saw box after box, and bar after bar of similar products. The competition was huge and getting a conversation with a buyer from Wholefoods about yet another another sports bar or another energy bar was just going to be impossible. So instead, he thought about who he was really making the product for. And it was people like him; CrossFitters who eat in a paleo way. So that's how he went on to sell directly into CrossFit gyms/boxes. In this environment he was the only product being sold (so zero competition), and given he was a small business, this niche market was big enough to sustain his business. Plus, these were his people; he understood them and they understood what he was selling. Peter ultimately sold to Kellogg's for $600 million, which goes to show that starting small does not need to mean you stay small. Side doors could include things like how you position your product, who you sell through, the product itself, or access to funding. There's plenty of different ways to think about the side door, but the important thing is that you do think about the side door. Let's connect LinkedIn Instagram   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week Mike and Tom try a new but dominant player in the snack game... Stacy's Pita Chip, a humble chip with a humble beginning. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week Mike and Tom try a new but dominant player in the snack game... Stacy's Pita Chip, a humble chip with a humble beginning. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“Surround yourself with believers.” – Stacy Madison Stacy Madison is the Founder of Stacy's Pita Chips. She started her business with a food cart selling sandwiches and that grew into her internationally known brand of chips. Her company sold for $250 million dollars. Stacy attributes being BOLD to her success and has launched her most recent venture, BeBOLD bars – a healthy energy bar. Learn from this leading female entrepreneur about how to go for your dreams! We go deep in this interview and unpack lots of wisdom from Stacy including what traits she believes you need in order to create success. Lots of fun in this conversation – it will feel like hanging with friends while learning about business and life! All of the show notes can be found at thegoodlifecoach.com/122. While on the site, join our community to receive more inspiration and tips to love yourself and get a FREE copy of Michele's Book, Design a Life You Love.

In the 1990's, Stacy Madison and her boyfriend Mark Andrus were selling pita sandwiches from a converted hot dog cart in Boston. They decided to bake the leftover pita into chips, adding a dash of parmesan or cinnamon-sugar. At first they handed them out for free, but soon discovered that people were happy to pay for them. So they eventually decided to leave the sandwich cart behind and launch Stacy's Pita Chips. They hoped the brand might grow into a modest regional business—but it kept growing. Roughly ten years after the launch, Stacy's sold to PepsiCo for $250 million.

Stacy Madison is the Founder of Stacy's Pita Chips. In this episode we learn all about the story of how this company rose to the top. After its massive success, Stacy sold her pita chip company to Pepsi. Stacy went on to launch her own Juice Bar where the homemade energy bars were such a hit that they have become her latest venture. BeBOLD bars contain a few high end, simple ingredients where nothing is processed: just mixed, pressed, and packed.

Stacy's Pita Chip and B-Bold Bars founder Stacy McPherson, who evolved from food cart owner to a household name, shares insights on the key to building a successful food brand, how to scale growth, and, how sometimes, you have no other choice but to learn the hard way.From packing to transportation, from vendor procurement to order fulfillment, Stacy and her partner learned quickly as their business grew that selling and shipping a food product has its own set of complexities that not every entrepreneur would anticipate.  Stacy shares the lessons she learned along the way that helped her to become a multi million-dollar pita chip mogul. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Great ideas often come from a simple spark: A soccer player on the New Zealand national team notices all the unused wool his country produces and figures out a way to turn them into shoes (Allbirds). A former Buddhist monk decides the very best way to spread his mindfulness teachings is by launching an app (Headspace). A sandwich cart vendor finds a way to reuse leftover pita bread and turns it into a multimillion-dollar business (Stacy's Pita Chips). In this week's episode award-winning journalist and NPR host Guy Raz speaks to Carl Miller about uncovering the stories of highly successful entrepreneurs. To find out more about Guy's book click here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Built-This-Unexpected-Entrepreneurs/dp/0358216761  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This month, women across the country are being celebrated for their contributions and vital role to enriching America's history. Stacy's Pita Chips joined this effort of honoring Women's History Month through the release of limited-edition “Stacy's Stands With You” bags, which celebrate the power and achievement of women to break barriers and achieve equality. The bag designs are modeled after the real posters and signs women from pivotal moments throughout history.  This past month, Stacy's turned it over to the consumers to design their very own “Stacy's Stands With You” bags and ultimately selected 3 winning designs which will be revealed during the interview. There will be 2,000 bags available, each representing a $10 donation to Step Up, an organization that supports the critical work of mentoring young women to achieve their full potential in business and life. The bags will be available at www.stacystandswithyou.com beginning March 31.   -Press Release