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Let's Eat with Mark SamuelLet's Eat with Mark Samuel, Episode 65 with Austin Groesser from Big Dipper and Amanda Scott from Solution HarborWe talk cookie dough, growing from mom's kitchen to a copacker, working 2 jobs while starting the business, bootstrapping, and recruiting.
2020-11-1916 min
The CPG AcademyEpisode 035: Leadership Principles for Managing EmployeesToday we cover a high level lesson on leadership. Taking ownership, understanding mistakes happen, and how to manage your employees.
2020-09-0918 minThe CPG AcademyEpisode 034: Handling Grief, Loss, and Living a Good LifeNot our typical podcast... today is 14 years since my dad passed away. I wanted to share some thoughts and tactical tips on how to handle grief and loss, but also how I view life that gives me a beautiful and positive view!
2020-08-3122 minThe CPG AcademyEpisode 033: Understand and Improving SEOToday we discuss what SEO is, how to setup your website for success, and tips and tricks on how to improve your SEO at low or no cost!
2020-08-2415 minThe CPG AcademyEpisode 032: How To Register Domains And Build Your WebsiteToday we talk about where and how to register your domains, and which online platforms/softwares to use to build your website!
2020-08-1710 minThe CPG AcademyEpisode 031: How To Vet People Coming Into Your BusinessToday we talk about how to properly vet people coming into your business. Whether employees or contractors to ensure they’re both competent and morally sound.
2020-08-1024 minThe CPG AcademyEpisode 030: Understanding Your Businesses Cash FlowToday we talk about your CPG businesses cash flow! Understand 1. Cash in the bank 2. Cash Inflows and 3. Cash Outflows
2020-08-0325 minThe CPG AcademyEpisode 029: Fundraising Part 4 - Due Diligence And Last PointersThe last and final podcast on this series! For now... we talk about having together your due diligence paperwork, how to not come off as desperate, and pointers for video calls.
2020-07-2716 minThe CPG AcademyEpisode 028: Fundraising Part 3 - Investment DecksFinal part of our fundraising in CPG series. Today we discuss investment decks!
2020-07-2027 minThe CPG AcademyEpisode 027: Fundraising Part 2This we discuss the tactical steps on how to raise money in the CPG industry
2020-07-1330 minThe CPG AcademyEpisode 026: Fundraising in CPG Part 1Hey guys! Today we discuss how to fundraiser in CPG. This is a more general overview and I share our fundraising journey. Next week we will five more into the tactical aspects of it.
2020-06-0125 minThe CPG AcademyEpisode 025: Maximize Your Upside, Minimize Your DownsideOne of the most important lessons to learn in business. Giving you some food for thought on your risk/benefit analysis. Maximize your potential return while minimizing the risk.
2020-05-1817 minThe CPG AcademyEpisode 024: Weekly Hourly Call to Have With Your TeamToday we discuss a weekly call you should be implementig immediately to help increase productivity and communication with your business. Weekly 1:1 calls with each employee. We discuss the exact agenda to use and how to do it.
2020-05-1119 minThe CPG AcademyEpisode 023: Weekly Team Calls For A Stronger CompanyWhat’s up guys! Today we’re talking about the tactical Monday team call and Friday team building call we do each week to build a tighter and more successful team.
2020-05-0619 minThe CPG AcademyEpisode 022: What Software To Choose For Your CPG CompanyToday we talk over softwares! Email, data, cloud storage, CRM, and email marketing. This has taken me many failed attempts to find the right one. Enjoy!
2020-04-2713 minThe CPG AcademyEpisode 021: Why You Need To Focus On R&DIn today’s episode, we discuss the importance of R&D on your company! It can be make or break. Use it to achieve efficiencies of scale, diversify your business, and grow your business!
2020-04-2111 minThe CPG AcademyEpisode 020: 6 Key Points to Building a BrandToday we talk about 6 key points on how to build a brand! This may be obvious to some of you but certainly wasn’t obvious to me. A brand provides certainty to your customers and B2B clients.
2020-04-1608 minThe CPG AcademyEpisode 019: 6 Ways To Keep Calm During These Crazy TimesToday’s we talk on 6 tactical ways to keep a cool head and remain calm and composed during these crazy times.
2020-04-0215 minThe CPG AcademyEpisode 018: How To Interview and Hiring EmployeesToday we talk about tactical steps on how to post jobs, screen applicants, interview, and hire!
2020-03-2538 minThe CPG AcademyEpisode 017: How To Calculate Profit, Trade Show Costs, and SlottingSuper tactical episode today! Not much fun to listen to if you aren’t in the industry. If you are, it’s a ton of fun! All the numbers, facts, and figures needed to calculate your margin and profit for a CPG product.
2020-03-1731 minThe CPG AcademyEpisode 016: Keep Your Cool In Uncertain TimesIt’s easy to panic when there’s uncertainty. Not my typical podcast where we’re not super tactical. Keep your cool, mitigate the downside, understand the downside isn’t as bad as it seems, and carry on!
2020-03-1009 minThe CPG AcademyEpisode 015: How To Do Trade Shows On A BudgetToday is a follow up from episode 014. Filled with tactical tips and tricks on how to do trade shows on a budget!
2020-03-0236 minThe CPG AcademyEpisode 014: How To Travel CheapToday we’re not talking mistakes. This episode is chock full of tactical steps on how to travel on a budget!
2020-02-2628 minThe CPG AcademyEpisode 013: ContractsIn this episode we talk contracts. These mistakes have been super costly to me. Learn from my mistakes and grow your company bigger, faster, and less painfully.
2020-02-1819 minThe CPG AcademyEpisode 012: Final 10 Mistakes I’ve Made In Business Thus FarWhat’s up guys! Today I finish up episode 3 of a 3 part series I’ve done on my 31 largest mistakes in business so far! Please learn from me and not repeat the same ones twice.
2020-02-1030 minThe CPG AcademyEpisode 011: 10 More Mistakes I’ve Made In BusinessToday we go over mistakes 11-20 of the 31 mistakes I’ve made and listed out. I hope you can learn from this and not repeat them!! Save your money for new mistakes. Don’t make same ones I’ve made.
2020-02-1028 minThe CPG AcademyEpisode 010: BandwidthToday we talk about a concept that may be new to you, bandwidth. Mentally, we all only have a certain bandwidth we can endure daily. When it’s depleted for the day, our day is over. Make sure you’re doing the things 1. You enjoy and 2. You’re good at and hiring the rest. Trying to save a few bucks by doing too much yourself is more costly in the long run than you realize.
2020-02-0908 minThe CPG AcademyEpisode 009: 10 Huge Mistakes I’ve Made In BusinessWhat’s up guys! The other day I sat down and wrote out all the big mistakes I’ve made in business so far. I started off this episode with the intention to get through all 31 written but ended up doing 10 in about 25 minutes! The rest will be coming in future episodes. Thanks for listening!
2020-01-2028 minThe CPG AcademyEpisode 008: Another Huge Mistake - BrokersToday we talk about another huge mistake I made early on in business, having too big of an ego and not hiring brokers! We talk about 5 reasons why the right broker is great for your business, how to help find the right broker, what a master broker is, commissions and terms, and I further break down at the end of the podcast different types of brokers. Thank you for listening!
2020-01-1319 minThe CPG AcademyEpisode 007: The Most Important Lesson I’ve Learned in BusinessWhat’s up guys! Today we’re going to talk about the single handedly most important lesson I’ve learned in life so far. A tactical, step by step process on how to identify, solve, and fix problems. This is highly applicable whether you’re a business owner or just a person living life.
2020-01-1038 minThe CPG AcademyEpisode 006: Stress, Emotion, and Mental BreakdownToday’s episode is much darker and sad than most. Nevertheless, it’s an incredibly important topic to discuss and something I wish we more freely talked about. It’s okay to not be okay. Business is incredibly stressful and sometimes we all break. Please reach out to me, a friend, or family if you need help and are having a hard time.
2019-12-3136 min
The CPG AcademyEpisode 005: A Simplified CPG Business PlanToday’s episode I had planned to talk about keeping things simple. This morphed into a simplified business plan. Take lots of notes, listen to this again and again. As I share what’s taken me 4 years and a few hundred thousand dollars to learn. Enjoy!
2019-12-2523 min
The CPG AcademyEpisode 004: Core ValuesWe discuss the importance of core values in business. How to determine what your companies should be, we discuss ours, as well as practical tips to make them more than just a poster on the wall.
2019-12-1926 min
The CPG AcademyEpisode 003: Margin, Markup, and NumbersToday we talk numbers! Something that took me far to long to learn. We discuss what margin, markup, and food costs mean and the calculations to find them! We also discuss what your customers typically want to see and the margin you should be hitting on your products.
2019-12-1922 min
The CPG AcademyEpisode 002: Retail ChannelsToday we give you all the channels you can sell your product in for CPG! Before you can develop your products and sell, you need to know who your potential customer is.
2019-12-1919 min
The CPG AcademyEpisode 001: Introduction and IntentionsIn this episode our host, Austin Groesser gives a brief background about himself and his CPG business, Big Dipper Dough! He also shared his intentions for this podcast. Thanks for listening!
2019-12-1916 min
365 DrivenYoung Startup Founder Scales While He Learns - With Austin GroesserAustin Groesser is the Founder and Owner of Big Dipper Dough. Since launching Big Dipper at age 19, in his mom's kitchen, they've scaled from a single local grocery store in Northern Michigan to over 1,100 stores in 15 states. In this episode, we discuss: How hardships can sometimes strengthen us How youth isn't a limiting factor for starting something How to launch and scale a company How running and fasting is healthy for body and mind
2019-01-1847 min