248 – All About Cottage Food Laws with Denay Davis of Foodpreneur Institute
Denay created the Foodpreneur Institute as an online resource center to educate, train and support Cottage Food Operators and home food processors. She describes herself as a food addict (literally and figuratively), a home-based baker and small business advocate. She’s a passionate food crafter, creating unique products that can be taken to market; a pie…
244 – What If Your Product Category is Already Taken with Sam Holmes of Holmes Sweet Home
Holmes Sweet Home is a confections company that crafts gourmet nut brittles and caramel sauces. Sam started experimenting with sugar cooking in her 5th grade science class. Enamored by how simple table sugar can be transformed into so many treats, she continued to hone her skills over the next 25 years. After leading sales teams…
237 – How to Use Influencer Marketing to Increase Sales with Sarah and Noelle of Berra Bites
Two sisters in business together! Combining Sarah’s culinary education, and Noelle’s business background, the two put their minds together to create Berra Bites, which are dark chocolate covered fruit centers made with 100% pureed and pressed fruit. Their goal is to create dark chocolate covered fruit bites that are different than the typical fruit and…
233 – People Don’t Buy Products – They Buy You with Annie of NaturalAnnie Essentials
Annya (Annie) was born and raised on the beautiful island of Jamaica. Accordingly, she is no stranger to the nourishing, healing power of oils and herbs and has always been a creative soul, with an eye for all things bright ‘n’ bold. When her first daughter, Tiffany was born with Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus, she…
229 – Learning from a Handmade Critter Business with Kenny and Jenifer Kudulis of kudu-lah
kudu-lah, established in 2007, is a husband and wife duo originally based in Brooklyn. Harnessing the power of awesome, Kenny and Jenifer Kudulis, bring you “critters”, their original monster-like characters that are inspired by folks seen traveling through the NYC Subways. Kenny sketches, paints and names all of the characters while Jenifer creates their individual…