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Todd Masonis
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The Tech Founder Who Became America’s Best Chocolate Maker
Todd Masonis makes the best chocolate in America—but he took an unexpected path to get there.Todd co-founded a startup with Sean Parker (yes, that Sean Parker from The Social Network). After selling it for over $150 million, he walked away from Silicon Valley to make chocolate in his friend’s garage.Seventeen years later, that experiment became Dandelion Chocolate—considered by many to be America’s best chocolate maker (not just a chocolatier, mind you).In this conversation, we talk about:– Building fast vs. crafting slow– What makes good chocolate truly good
2025-10-18
1h 07
Entrepreneurial Excellence Podcast
How Chocolate Stole the Heart of a Tech Millionaire
In this episode, we chat with Todd Masonis, Co-founder of Dandelion Chocolate, about his journey from tech entrepreneur to leading a craft chocolate movement. Todd shares his story of starting Plaxo, selling it to Comcast, and then diving into the world of chocolate-making with nothing but curiosity and determination. Todd talks about the lessons he’s learned, from hiring the right people to building a company culture that truly reflects his values. He explains what success means to him, not just in terms of growth, but in creating something meaningful and long-lasting. We also explore how...
2025-01-17
1h 09
Know What You See with Brian Lowery
Wine and Chocolate: Stories and Craft with Chris Gaither and Todd Masonis
Wine and chocolate may seem like simple pleasures, but for people like master sommelier Chris Gaither and Dandelion Chocolates co-founder Todd Masonis, they’re so much more. Chris sees wine as a way to bring people together to share stories and get in touch with the land and culture. Todd’s approach to chocolate focuses on traditional origins and fostering relationships with small farms. In Brian's conversations with both, we dive into how these everyday indulgences can connect us to people, places, history, and even ourselves.
2024-12-24
36 min
Shopify Masters
4 Ways to Run a DTC Company Like a Tech Startup
Todd Masonis had already sold a tech company before his chocolate-making hobby turned into a full-fledged business. Here are some of the startup learnings he’s applied to Dandelion Chocolate.To learn more about Dandelion Chocolate and show notes: https://www.shopify.com/blog/dandelion-chocolate-startup-learnings Subscribe and watch Shopify Masters on YouTube!Sign up for your FREE Shopify Trial here.
2023-06-29
25 min
Choco Zone Podcast
Chocozone Podcast: Episode 19: Todd Masonis - Dandelion Chocolate
A special guest for the Easter's week. Here we are with Todd Masonis, founder of one of the most important "bean to bar" craft chocolate. We speak about past, present and future of Dandelion Chocolate and, sure, also about the "bean to bar" world chocolate community.Music: Kevin Macelod, m00n.cloud (outro)Our Blog: http://boscolo.it/
2021-04-01
31 min
SHACK15 Conversations
021 / Coffee + Chocolate
With similar tasting notes, history and terroir, it’s no surprise that coffee and chocolate often go hand-in-hand. In this episode, we’re joined by two legendary leaders in coffee and chocolate innovation: Todd Masonis, CEO and co-founder of SF-based Dandelion Chocolate and Tim Wendelboe of Tim Wendelboe coffee in Oslo, Norway, who is SHACK15's exclusive coffee supplier. With moderator Marcus Colombano, Tim and Todd will unravel the ethos and passion behind creating high-quality products while upholding production transparency, ethical ingredient sourcing and creating deeply supportive relationships with farmers.
2021-03-18
1h 03
Time For Lunch
Chocolate!
Time For Lunch is back with the sweetest episode yet! Hannah and Harry dive into the wonderful world of chocolate. That’s right! We’re talking Willy Wonka, Hershey, PA, and all the delicious shapes this universal favorite comes in.Chocolate expert and founder of Dandelion Chocolate, Todd Masonis gives us a behind the scene look at his chocolate factory in San Francisco. Todd teaches us how chocolate goes from bean to bar and all the steps in between! Cake pioneer, Rose Levy Beranbaum shares her two-ingredient chocolate ganache recipe, perfect for filling a cake or making yumm...
2020-12-18
23 min
Feast Yr Ears
Episode 149: Just Dandy! Dandelion Chocolate
In the last 10 years Todd Masonis has taken Dandelion chocolate from producing in his garage through two factories in San Francisco. It's true bean to bar chocolate and is one of the best most carefully crafted chocolates you're likely to find anywhere in the world. Tune in to hear Harry and Todd talk about chocolate, the global economy and what's next for his now iconic brand. It's HRN's annual summer fund drive, this is when we turn to our listeners and ask that you make a donation to help ensure a bright future for food radio. Help...
2019-06-24
48 min
Product Hunt Radio
How to think about raising your first venture fund
Lee Jacobs and Brian Balfour join Ryan at AngelList HQ for this week's episode. Back in the day, Lee was one of the first syndicate leads on AngelList and later went on to join as a Partner. He previously started an education marketplace startup called Campus Dock. Ryan got to know Lee at AngelList a few years ago, when Lee was kind enough to help him craft his deck as he went out to raise his first fund. Lee is now a full-time investor with his own fund, Edelweiss, which he started with Brian Balfour, Elaine Wherry...
2019-04-24
00 min
The Slow Melt: A podcast about chocolate
Episode 3: We Eat the Seeds
Many of us have been eating chocolate since childhood, but few can recognize it in nature. In this episode, we start at the farm with the pod-shaped fruit and its bitter seeds. Those seeds start off bitter, but ultimately become sweet, gooey chocolate. In this show, we’ll explore what gives chocolate its flavor and how one of the top craft chocolate makers in the U.S. transformed that love of flavor into a career. Guests include: Emily Stone, CEO of specialty cacao supplier Uncommon Cacao, on the factors that create and enhance flavors in ch...
2017-02-24
27 min
The Slow Melt: A podcast about chocolate
Preview of Episode 3: We Eat the Seeds
Many of us have been eating chocolate since childhood, but few can recognize it in nature. In this episode, we start at the farm with the pod-shaped fruit and its bitter seeds. Those seeds start off bitter, but ultimately become sweet, gooey chocolate. In this show, we’ll explore what gives chocolate its flavor and how one of the top craft chocolate makers in the U.S. transformed that love of flavor into a career. Guests include: Emily Stone, CEO of specialty cacao supplier Uncommon Cacao, on the factors that create and enhance flavors in chocolate. Todd Masonis, founder of...
2017-02-17
01 min
The Morning After
Episode 178: Bean to Bar with Dandelion Chocolate
This week on The Morning After, Lesley Stockton sits down with Todd Masonis and Greg D'Alesandre of Dandelion Chocolate. Born in early 2010, Dandelion Chocolate is a bean-to-bar chocolate factory based in the Mission District of San Francisco, where they roast, crack, sort, winnow, grind, conch, and temper small batches of beans and then mold and package each bar by hand.
2016-07-17
00 min