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Canteen | Austin Business Journal: Journal Profile: Brandon Cason talks launching Canteen Spirits amid pandemic
Brandon Cason has another winner on his hands — but this...
KOS | KOS Project 10 Million Meals*: Providing Meals* to Our Neighbors in Need
SANTA BARBARA, Calif., Nov. 19, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- There's never been a better time to "feed...
KOS | Green Matters: What Are Some of the Best Vegan Protein Powders on the Market?
Despite the fact that there are many protein-rich foods available to those on a plant-based diet,...
Eterneva | Tech Times: Innovative Startups Like Eterneva Are At The Forefront Of The Growing DeathTech Industry
The COVID pandemic has accelerated disruption in the funeral industry. This has presented numerous...
Caraway | Well + Good: This Beautiful Dutch Oven Might Just Replace All of My Pans
I first came across Caraway—a newish direct-to-consumer cookware company—when scouring the...
Springdale Ventures | New Hope Network: 6 tips to craft an investor pitch that rocks
Whether your brand is nationally recognized or you’re just starting to move product in...
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Lumen | Food Navigator-USA: “Hemp juice fuels Lumen’s new superfood shots…’we’re not isolating or extracting anything”
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Literati | Fox 7: “BookSpring’ teaming up with ‘Literati’ to help get kids reading”
Risé Candelaria with BookSpring joined Good Day Austin’s Casey Claiborne Saturday morning to talk about the partnership between non-profit BookSpring and Literati to help deliver free books to kids this summer during the pandemic.
Future Proof | KVUE “Made In Austin: Beatbox Beverages”
Beatbox might look familiar. We’ve had them on our midday show before, but now they’re back with new flavors for their alcoholic beverages. Beatbox is also hosting events to help local entrepreneurs.
Caraway | Yahoo! Finance: “Cookware startup Caraway sees 274% increase in sales since March”
Jordan Nathan, Founder and CEO of Caraway, joined Yahoo Finance’s The Final Round to discuss the company’s latest seed funding round and the increase in sales its seen over the past few months.
Eterneva | Analytical Chemists Test for Carbon in Cremated Remains
The world-renowned TDI Brooks International, a forensic and analytical chemistry lab that has been doing carbon testing on seabed sediment for decades for the government and oil companies, received an abnormal request in 2019. Eterneva, an ashes to diamond company based in Austin, Texas, wanted them to test for the carbon percentages in cremated remains, hair, and aquamation remains. “We’ve never had a sample with the name of a dead person on it here before,” said their lead scientist. Turns out, cremated remains have on average 1-4% carbon. Hair has 36% carbon. And aquamation remains came in at 16% carbon.
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Future Proof | Bloomberg Businessweek: Future/Proof Founder on Growth of Alcoholic Beverages (Podcast)
Aimy Steadman, Founder and COO at Future/Proof, talks about the growth of the alcoholic beverage...
Springdale | Pillsbury: “Food Industry Disruption and Innovation Join us as we ask our expert roundtable about food industry trends stemming from COVID-19”
We discuss topics such as:
What trends are seeing a huge increase as a result of the pandemic? Which trends do you think will stick?
How have the supply chains in the meat industry affected the plant-based industry such as alternative proteins? What about hybrid products?
What do you see in the D2C market? Do you think services such as Blue Apron and others will maintain the increase they have seen during the pandemic?
What affects do you think political and geopolitical dynamics will have on the food industry as a whole?
Is packaging more of a focus now, because D2C is growing?
Lessons from 100 Brands: “Ep 001: Genevieve Gilbreath, Springdale Ventures & Emily Kealey, Naturally Austin”
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Springdale | Consumer VC: “Dan Graham (Springdale Ventures) – How He Scaled buildasign.com to over $100 million, The Opportunity He Saw Investing in CPG in Austin, and the Differences Analyzing DTC and Retail Brands”
I’d like to thank Adelle Archer for introducing me to today’s guest Dan Graham, one of the co-founders and General partners of Springdale Ventures. Some of their investments include Eterneva, Literati, and Beatbox beverages. Previously, Dan co-founded BuildASign.com in 2005 and grew it to an over $100 million dollar CPG, Ecommerce business that was purchased by Cimpress (VistaPrint) in 2018 for $280M. This episode we talk all things Austin and CPG – the opportunity he saw to form Spingdale, why he didn’t need to fundraise when building Buildasign.com and how he thinks about brand in relation to ecommerce and retail.
Lumen | Once Upon a Food Story Podcast: “WHY YOU NEED TO KNOW WHERE YOUR FOOD COMES FROM”
Co-founders of the innovative hemp elixir brand Lumen, Kris Taylor and Yasir Hashim, believe that healthy soil creates the foundation for healthy food and healthy people as a result. And it all starts with regenerative agriculture: farming practices that aim to restore the health of our broken ecosystems and improve our food system as well.
Having been best friends since middle school, Kris and Yasir have both always been passionate about discovering ways to make a difference in the world around them. Leaving acceptances to medical school behind, the two have a firm belief that food is medicine and the future of food begins with empowering small American farmers and their communities.
Cece’s Noodle Co. | The Produce Moms Podcast: Episode 26: Creating the Perfect Veggie Noodle with Mason Arnold, Founder of Cece’s Veggie Co.
“One of our top priorities is how we can shift components of our plate to make them more nutrient dense and to bring in more of these under consumed vegetables into our daily diets. This product is a turn-key solution.”