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Not Another CEO PodcastCrafting the Future of Meal Prep - David Rabie - Not Another CEO Podcast - Episode #20Joining the show this week is someone who’s been trailblazing the meal prep industry. Revolutionizing pre-prepared meals and the equipment to cook them, this guest is none other than the Co-Founder and CEO of Tovala, David Rabie. Rabie joins host David Politis to discuss his journey redefining convenient and healthy meals. He examines the challenges, lessons, and pivotal moments that shaped Tovala’s success, including near-crisis fundraising stories and the company's rise during the pandemic. Takeaways:Weekly CEO Emails: Rabie has sent a reflective email every Monday for nearly...2024-12-0354 min
DC Talks Podcast With David CinelliEp. 60 | Relationship-Driven Approach to Sales Ft Rabie AhmedIn today’s episode, I have the pleasure of talking with Rabie Ahmed, a styling consultant at Holt Renfrew. Rabie’s unique approach to sales caught my attention three years ago at Nordstrom in Sherway Gardens.
Unlike the aggressive tactics often seen in retail, Rabie's strategy is about building genuine connections and understanding customer needs, a philosophy I share in my real estate practice. Join us as we dive into Rabie's journey in fashion and explore the impactful strategies that set retailers apart in the retail sales game.
In this episode, we discuss:
Syner...2024-02-1937 min
DealMakers: Entrepreneur | Startups | Venture CapitalDavid Rabie On Raising $100 Million To Bring You Chef-Crafted Meals That Only Require 1 Minute Of PrepIn a recent episode of the Dealmakers' Podcast, entrepreneur David Rabie shared his inspiring journey from childhood dreams to building a groundbreaking company. David's story is a testament to the power of passion, resilience, and unwavering focus. Here, we delve into key takeaways from his interview, offering invaluable insights for aspiring entrepreneurs.
2023-10-2731 min
Future of WorkBack in the OfficeTovala Founder & CEO David Rabie talks return to office, company culture, and employee experience at Tovala and discusses lessons learned from the pandemic.MCCSRealty.com. Helping office tenants embrace the new normal. 2023-05-1828 min
The Nick Halaris ShowEpisode 05: David RabieIn this episode, Nick welcomes David Rabie, the founder and CEO of Tovala, a venture-backed company revolutionizing the food industry. Nick and David discuss the ins and outs of the business, examine issues in the food supply chain, and explore dynamics in the venture capital world. David reveals some unexpected leadership lessons learned from managing a high-growth startup in unusual and challenging times. You can follow @NickHalaris on Instagram and Twitter for all the Nick Halaris Show Updates. To receive Nick's weekly Profit+ Newsletter subscribe at https://nickhalaris.beehiiv.com/Connect with Nick Hala...2023-05-161h 06
The Multiplier EffectJason Wenk & David Rabie — Founder to Founder: Scaling in Strange Times—People, Values, & the Quest to Nail Company CultureJason Wenk is a writer, a math geek, an investment systems developer and the founder of Altruist, a fast-growing fintech startup. David Rabie is a self-professed food nut and co-founder and CEO at Chicago-based Tovala, a smart oven and fresh meal delivery service that offers a time-saving, high-quality way to eat well at home. What do these two have in common aside from being “Midwest nice?” They’re both navigating leading teams of people at fast-growing scaleup companies in a world of quiet quitting, remote work and changing attitudes about…basically everything work related. In this episode, Jason and David di...2022-12-1630 min
UnstuckEP35 - David Rabie (Co-Founder & CEO at Tovala)Dave Rabie is a natural entrepreneur that is fanatical about food. While at Booth Business School in Chicago he discovered a way to blend his two passions into an exciting culinary adventure. His multifaceted cooking business Tovala takes the hassle out of dinnertime by delivering high quality ingredients to your home. The magic of Tovala is that they cook the meal for you too! It was difficult to transform this innovative idea into a business model but Dave and Tovala pulled it off. In this episode he explains how they grew 10% - 20% per week once they found product market fit...2022-11-1534 min
Up Next In CommerceCracking The Code To Growth and ScaleIs a good idea or useful product enough to launch a company? Not according to David Rabie, the Founder and CEO of Tovala. He learned that lesson the hard way. From its humble beginnings to a top-ranked home-cooked meal delivery service, Tovala now ships more than 100,000 meals every month and is finding success on multiple platforms. What has David learned along the way? Find out on this episode!Tune in to learn:What is Tovala? (6:55)How did Tovala crack the code for growth? (13:00)What is it like to be featured on Oprah’s favorite things li...2022-07-0530 min
Innovation with Mark Peter DavisTovala: Building a Subscription Unicorn with David Rabie, Co-Founder & CEO of TovalaThis week I chatted with David Rabie, Co-Founder & CEO of Tovala.As Tovala puts it, they provide impossibly convenient home-cooking. They invented a smart oven that perfectly cooks the chef-crafted meals that they offer, which makes them an interesting part hardware / part subscription hybrid.Between choosing what to eat, buying the ingredients, cooking the food and cleaning up the dishes, people spend a lot of time in the kitchen. Tovala has created a solution that streamlines that whole process and still gets you a home-cooked meal at the end of it. They’ve been gaining tr...2022-02-0347 min
#OnEdMentors on voicEd RadioGet Up by Sharon Neiss Arbess with David NewtonGet Up is a book by Sharon Neiss Arbess with David Newton that supports teens and people of all ages to get motivated, get moving, and develop the tools to keep getting up, again and again. It also contains messages from Mentors, two of whom are educators and here on tonight’s panel:Sharon Neiss Arbess @NeissArbessDavid Newton @TheAkiraConcept Joy Rabie Badler @JoyBadlerEllen Levy Schwartz @ellenlevyschwartz2021-10-2257 min
How I Raised It - The podcast where we interview startup founders who raised capital.Ep. 202 How I Raised It With David Rabie Of Tovala.comProduced by Foundersuite (www.foundersuite.com), "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders who have raised capital. This episode is with David Rabie of Tovala.com, an AI powered oven and meal kit subscription business.
In this episode, David talks about raising capital for a hardware startup, going through Y Combinator, doing an Angellist Syndicate, what has changed between the Series A and Series C rounds, the Chicago startup scene, and much more.
The Company most recently raised a $30M Series C funding round led by Left Lane Capital, with participation from previous investors Finistere Ventures...2021-06-0337 min
Chicago CapitalS1E4: David Rabie @ Tovala On Recent Series C, Staying Lean As A FoodTech Startup, And Why Tovala Chose Chicago over Silicon ValleyDavid Rabie is the co-founder and CEO of Tovala, a FoodTech service built for the busiest people. Based in Chicago, Tovala prepares and delivers fresh meals that can be cooked to perfection in its proprietary oven.David grew up in Southern California and moved to Chicago in 2013 to attain his MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. While completing his MBA, David realized that he wanted to solve the modern professional’s problem of cooking a convenient, healthy, and quick home meal. Since then, Tovala has clearly achieved product-market fit and su...2021-03-1026 min
#WeGotGoals by aSweatLifeDavid Rabie, Founder and CEO of Tovala, Heats up His Big GoalsOver the years of hosting #WeGotGoals, we’ve heard a lot of founders tell us that they want to “Revolutionize X” or “Shake up Y.” But when David Rabie, the founder and CEO of Tovala told me that he's going to “revolutionize home cooking,” I absolutely believe him.
That's because I talked to him three years ago just after Tovala started selling to the masses, and I've watched the company deliver on the promises they made.
Tovala’s countertop cooking device uses a barcode to tell a smart oven how to combine steaming, convection, broiling and toasting to...2020-10-2825 min
Success UnfilteredDavid Rabie Shares How to Make an Impact on Investors and Raise the Money You NeedDo you have what it takes to raise the money you need to turn your business idea into an actual business? The truth is, entrepreneurs often find themselves needing money to get things going, but they also need to get things going enough so they can prove their idea will work. But how do you prove your value and show your ability to execute to investors? In this episode of Success Unfiltered, David Rabie of Tovala shares how he went from having zero experience raising money to successfully getting several rounds of investments to turn...2020-08-1000 min
The Full Ratchet: VC | Venture Capital | Angel Investors | Startup Investing | Fundraising | Crowdfunding | Pitch | Private Equity | Business Loans230. Crisis Coverage w/ David Rabie - Finding PMF, Raising Series B, & Navigating a Startup Amidst the PandemicDavid Rabie of Tovala joins Nick on a special Crisis Coverage installment to discuss Finding PMF, Raising Series B, & Navigating a Startup Amidst the Pandemic. In this episode, we cover: I was just checking and we had you on the show back in March of 2016... that was over 4 years ago, pre-launch, during your Kickstarter campaign. So crazy how much time has passed. Can you refresh us on the origin story of Tovala... We've invested in the pre-seed, seed, Series A and now Series B round... and we're fortunate to have a front row seat while you and the team...2020-06-0848 min
The Full Ratchet (TFR): Venture Capital and Startup Investing Demystified230. Crisis Coverage w/ David Rabie - Finding PMF, Raising Series B, & Navigating a Startup Amidst the PandemicDavid Rabie of Tovala joins Nick on a special Crisis Coverage installment to discuss Finding PMF, Raising Series B, & Navigating a Startup Amidst the Pandemic. In this episode, we cover: I was just checking and we had you on the show back in March of 2016... that was over 4 years ago, pre-launch, during your Kickstarter campaign. So crazy how much time has passed. Can you refresh us on the origin story of Tovala... We've invested in the pre-seed, seed, Series A and now Series B round... and we're fortunate to have a front row seat while you and the team...2020-06-0846 min
Curiosity WeeklyDefending Against “Murder Hornets” with Bee Balls, Aphantasia and the Two Extremes of the “Mind’s Eye,” and Venus’s Freaky-Fast AtmosphereLearn about the surprising way Japanese honeybees defend themselves against "murder hornets" (actual name: Asian giant hornets); how “atmospheric tidal waves” make Venus’s atmosphere rotate faster than the actual planet; and the wide spectrum of how people mentally visualize images, including aphantasia and hyperphantasia.
Japanese honeybees defend against 'murder hornets' by forming bee balls by Cameron Duke
Main, D. (2020, May 4). “Murder hornets” have arrived in the U.S.—here’s what you should know. NationalGeographic.com. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2020/05/asian-giant-hornets-arrive-united-states/
Papachristoforou, A., Rortais, A., Zafeiridou, G., Theophilidis, G., Garnery, L., Thrasyvoulou, A., & Arnold, G. (2007). Smothered to death: Hornets asphyxi...2020-06-0312 min
Baily Hancock Presents: Stop, Collaborate & Listen38: David Rabie, Co-Founder & CEO of TovalaDavid Rabie, Co-Founder & CEO of Tovala joins Baily to talk about leveraging his network to always get a warm introduction to the companies he’s interested in building relationships and potentially partnering with, gaining credibility through strategic partnerships with well-respected companies (like LG) to market Tovala and raise money, and collaborating internally across various departments and with his Co-Founder to ensure ongoing company success and open communication.
Visit http://bailyhancock.com/scl/38 for the complete show notes2019-11-2551 min
PainExam PodcastPelvic Pain due to Maternal DES Exposure & the Ganglion Impar Block Subscribe to our mailing list * indicates required Email Address * References https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diethylstilbestrol#Lawsuits https://www.onhealth.com/content/1/pelvic_pain_causes Abdelghani M., Rabie M. (2019) Ganglion Impar. In: Abd-Elsayed A. (eds) Pain. Springer, Cham https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0009926009003237 -- https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/neuroscience/ganglion-impar2019-10-1619 min
Indie Hackers#074 – How to Build a Complex Hardware Business by Starting Simple with David Rabie of TovalaDavid Rabie (@davidrabie), the founder of Tovala, set out to build one of the most complex businesses imaginable: a hardware device, a software application, and a food prep and delivery service all-in-one. In this interview, we talk about how he approached this challenge one step at a time, from carefully crafting the minimum viable product and making the necessary sacrifices to get to the next step, to delivering a popular product to thousands of paying customers.Transcript, speaker information, and more: https://www.indiehackers.com/podcast/074-david-rabie-of-tovala2018-11-0255 min
Origin Ventures PodcastSolving the Dinner Problem with Tovala CEO David Rabie (Devon)[Startup Series] Tovala co-founder and CEO David Rabie and Devon discuss how David created and built his "dinner solution," the Tovala oven and meal kit service. They also touch on the experience David gained at yCombinator, funding his product via Kickstarter, building a strong team, relationships with investors, and much more.Intro and outro music is "Origin." by Misc.Inc2018-09-1433 min
The Scott ShowTovala: A smart oven for everyoneTovala Founder David Rabie joins Scott in-studio at WGN Radio to talk about smart ovens paired with meal plans. Rabie hustled across the U.S. carrying his oven on buses and subways before getting $9 million in funding last year.
This episode is sponsored by Salesforce, Bank of America & Jones Lang LaSalle.
2018-08-2729 min
52 FoundersEpisode 43: David Rabie, TovalaIn this episode, you’ll hear about:
-How Tovala controls the entire end-to-end experience of each meal, from sourcing the ingredients to creating unique recipes with its in-house chefs
-David’s background in the food industry, and how he found himself creating Tovala shortly after arriving at Chicago Booth
-How the advice David received from the founders of Airbnb helped him go after such a bold idea
-The decision to go through Y Combinator after winning Booth’s New Venture Challenge, and how it gave the Tovala team an excuse to focus on nothing but the business for a few months...2017-09-2600 min
INspired INsider PodcastSuccessful Product Introduction with David Rabie of TovalaDavid Rabie is the Founder of Tovala which is a Smart Oven that is paired with a meal delivery service. Essentially you get a fresh healthy packaged meal delivered and you scan the package and pop it in the Smart Oven and it knows the precise time and method to cook the meal to perfection whether it be broiling, baking, steaming or convection. They sold 250K worth of Tovala ovens on Kickstarter and 100K of that in one day. They also won the University of Chicago New Venture Challenge in 2015. To date they have raised over 700K. In t...2017-01-261h 02INspired INsider Podcast[One Question] The Pressure to Exceed Expectations with David Rabie of Tovala.comno stranger to that pressure. David is founder of Tovala, a smart oven that is paired with a meal delivery service. With Tovala you get a fresh, healthy, packaged meal delivered to you. You scan the package and pop it in the smart oven and it knows the precise time and method to cook that meal to perfection - by broiling, baking, steaming, or convection. On Kickstarter David’s team sold $250,000 worth of Tovala ovens and $100,000 of that total in one day. Tovala won the University of Chicago New Venture Challenge in 2015. To date they have raised over 700K....2016-10-1807 min
Tech In ChicagoWhat An Ideal Startup Looks Like & Deal Sourcing With A Podcast - Nick Moran / The Full RatchetNick Moran is a co-founder and Managing Director of New Stack Ventures and Moran Capital Partners. He also started the very popular The Full Ratchet podcast, where he interviews venture capital and angel investing experts on successful startup fundraising and investing strategy. Nick asked me to interview him for his 100th episode and I thought the content was so good that I decided to repost it here. In This Episode You Will Learn: How Nick got into venture capital Why he started The Full Ratchet His key takeaways after 100 episodes Where he finds his deals What an idea...2016-08-191h 10
Tech In ChicagoThe Future Of Food Tech & How To Raise $100k In Your First Day On Kickstarter - David Rabie / Founder of TovalaDavid Rabie is the Founder and CEO of Tovala, the creator of a smart oven that cooks perfectly made meals by baking, boiling and steaming them in under 30 minutes. The meals can either be delivered prepackaged from Tovala or be made using a crowdsourced recipe. Last winter, Tovala graduated from Y-Combinator and a few months ago Tovala launched a successful Kickstarter campaign that raised $255,603 with over 1,000 backers. Before starting Tovala, David was an MBA at Chicago Booth, and he worked for the co-founder and CEO of Veggie Grill and ran Groovy Spoon – a bi-coastal chain of frozen yogurt stores. He a...2016-06-2225 min
KPFA - Making ContactMaking Contact – Settlers or Meddlers? A Divided PalestineJewish settlers in the Palestinian city of Hebron wear skull caps and carry pistols (Get the best airsoft pistols). They have forcibly expanded their settlements, closed Palestinian shops and expelled residents. After initially calling for a freeze on such settlements, the Obama Administration has changed course – and the prospects for Israeli-Palestinian peace have dimmed. Right wing nationalists currently hold sway in Israel, but both Palestinians and progressive Israelis say that will change. On this edition, producer Reese Erlich takes us from the Jewish settlements of Hebron to the streets of Ramallah.
Featuring:
David Wilder, Committee of...2009-12-1804 min