Cash, Community, or Customers with Jordan Buckner of Foodbevy
Entrepreneurs need to be creative and forward-thinking to build a successful and sustainable business. Although making money is the main objective of any business, entrepreneurs are focused on much more than profit margins or the bottom line.
Today's guest, Jordan Buckner, overcame many challenges while starting and running his own companies and realized that startups need help to succeed in the food and beverage space. He subsequently founded Foodbevy, a company helping aspiring entrepreneurs establish their brands in the food and beverage industry.
In our conversation, we discuss his entrepreneurial journey, how to leverage fundraising platforms effectively, three aspects that will make your entrepreneurial journey easier, and what makes his subscription box service different from the rest. We also talk about his overall mission, supporting other entrepreneurs, how the food and beverage space has changed, how to establish a relationship between the customer and brand, and much more.
Tune in and discover how entrepreneurs can contribute to society by finding innovative solutions to social issues with Jordan Buckner!
Key Points From This Episode:
Some background on Jordan and his professional career journey.
Learn about how he became interested in food as a business venture.
Jordan shares details about some of his first food startups.
Find out the reason he decided not to pursue funding opportunities.
What Jordan would do differently if he could start over.
He shares advice for building, funding, and sustaining a business.
His opinion on using fundraising platforms to acquire capital.
What inspired him to launch his own subscription box service.
How he approaches finding brands for his subscription service.
Details about Foodbevy, what motivated him to start it, and its mission.
Ways in which other entrepreneurs and communities can support each other.
Jordan reveals how he networks with and helps other founders.
Whether he has criteria for partnering with other companies.
The design and purpose of the Startup To Scale Podcast.
We discuss the future of the food and beverage industry.
Tweetables:
“My mission now is to help other founders grow their businesses and achieve success despite the chaotic nature of our industry.” — Jordan Buckner [0:02:53]
“I love working at the intersection of people, design, and technology and how all of those interplay together to create problems and solutions for the world.” — Jordan Buckner [0:07:32]
“It is just about giving founders a leg up so that not everyone has to reinvent the wheel.” — Jordan Buckner [0:39:41]
“By working together we can all go much further.” — Jordan Buckner [0:41:04]
“I am really encouraged by the founders and the passion that is out there for entrepreneurs.” — Jordan Buckner [0:56:25]
“Our industry is never stale. Pun intended.” — Jordan Buckner [0:58:32]
Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:
Check Out Products We’ve Featured…
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Beauty and Personal Care
- Sep 20, 2022 Soapbox
- Jun 23, 2021 Makes 3 Organics
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Durable Goods
- Apr 19, 2022 Dtocs
- Jan 26, 2021 ECOlunchbox
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Food and Beverage
- Apr 28, 2023 Good Food for Good
- Apr 13, 2023 Alec’s Ice Cream
- Mar 28, 2023 Redmond
- Mar 21, 2023 Read The Ingredients
- Mar 8, 2023 Forij
- Feb 23, 2023 Wild Orchard Teas
- Feb 20, 2023 Firebrand Artisan
- Feb 3, 2023 Bundle x Joy
- Feb 3, 2023 Lexington Bakes
- Dec 12, 2022 Eat The Change
- Dec 12, 2022 Humble Snacks
- Oct 22, 2022 Renewal Mill
- Oct 22, 2022 IWON Organics
- Oct 14, 2022 Bro Dough
- Oct 14, 2022 Once Upon a Farm
- Sep 20, 2022 Soom Foods
- Sep 20, 2022 Pacha
- Aug 17, 2022 Freak Flag Organics
- Jul 31, 2022 No Evil Foods
- Jun 2, 2022 Philosopher Foods
- May 20, 2022 Pulp Pantry
- May 18, 2022 Betterbrand
- Apr 19, 2022 Pass The Honey
- Apr 19, 2022 Boxed Water is Better
- Mar 18, 2022 Take Two
- Mar 18, 2022 Javazen
- Mar 18, 2022 Mid-Day Squares
- Mar 18, 2022 Ready Wise
- Dec 13, 2021 Agua Bonita
- Dec 13, 2021 Thomas Foods
- Dec 10, 2021 Farmer Direct Organic
- Dec 10, 2021 Manitoba Harvest
- Oct 27, 2021 ZEGO Foods
- Oct 13, 2021 Riff
- Sep 29, 2021 Doughp
- Jul 14, 2021 Outcast Foods
- May 19, 2021 Hippie Snacks
- Feb 24, 2021 Alter Eco
- Feb 11, 2021 Hooray Foods
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Household
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