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Clear your search and topicTrey Bowles explains funding options, investor fit, team assessment, sending material before meetings, and respecting the process of raising capital.
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Abby June Richards explains how strategic finance differs from accounting, why cash runway matters, and how the cash conversion cycle affects an emerging brand's financial health.
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William Hicks discusses Magic Mind's origin, ingredient diligence, direct customer feedback, the relationship between DTC and retail, and the search for an initial investor.
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John Nunziato discusses expanding beyond package design, maintaining a consistent brand presence across platforms, building healthy agency relationships, and standing apart from better-funded competitors.
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Paul Gerner shares a retailer perspective on getting noticed, assortment decisions, competition, retailer fees, and the behaviors expected from emerging brands.
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Ryan Moore explains trade-spend components, promotion planning, relationships with distributor buyers, and evaluating and adjusting promotional spending.
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Kat Weaver discusses funding routes for early-stage brands, what distinguishes successful fundraising efforts, and how founders can approach grants.
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Allison Ball explains why retail expansion needs a strategy, how buyer selling differs from DTC, what she sought as a buyer, and how to follow up professionally.
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The hosts explain how line reviews work, which sales, margin and service results to prepare, how to address problems, and why prompt follow-up matters.
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Eli Moore discusses generative AI, cleaning datasets, adapting retailer reports, and using AI tools to improve speed and efficiency across an emerging brand's work.
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Alex Gelbert discusses communicating product science, educating shoppers on Amazon, producing useful video at manageable cost, and observing consumer healthcare trends.
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Jeff Lovering joins a discussion focused on pricing and its importance to brand decisions.
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