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Help Is Here: Survival Strategies for Food and Farm Businesses

20 minute read Free by Edible-Alpha®

This on-demand course features FFI Director, Tera Johnson, walking you through how to use FFI’s 13-week cash flow template. We encourage you to follow along...

Article about Financial Management for businesses that are Growing and Scaling | Pre-Venture | Startups

Can Going Direct-to-Consumer Save Your Business?

10 minute read of Free article by Edible-Alpha®

Before the COVID-19 pandemic, a whopping 54% of America’s food purchases came from foodservice. Not anymore. With dine-in restaurants, food courts and cafeterias now...

Article about Business Models for businesses that are Growing and Scaling

Safeguard Your Supply Chain Against Future Upheaval

10 minute read of Free article by Edible-Alpha®

COVID-19 has exposed vulnerabilities in the food and beverage supply chain and caught many brands off-guard. To better withstand future interruptions to the flow of goods, food businesses should take action now to map out their value chain, identify risks, craft contingency plans and monitor movement closely.

Article about Business Models for businesses that are Growing and Scaling | Pre-Venture | Startups

The Potential Power of Impact Investing

10 minute read of Free article by Edible-Alpha®

After a long delay due to COVID-19, Edible-Alpha® Live! finally happened—virtually—last Wednesday to showcase the many ways impact investing can transform our food system. The event...

Driftless Provisions Slices into the Charcuterie Business

1 hour 3 minutes Free course content by Edible-Alpha®

Tera talks with Driftless Provisions’ Ryan Wagner, Justin VerMeer and Spencer Schaller about growing from a tiny startup to a premium salami brand trusted for its humane sourcing and exceptional quality.

Podcast about Operations for businesses that are Growing and Scaling

6 Entrepreneurship Lessons to Learn Now

10 minute read of Free article by Edible-Alpha®

For decades, many people who wanted to work in the food industry would try to land career jobs with big corporations. That’s not necessarily...

Article about Business Models for businesses that are Growing and Scaling

Should Your Food or Farm Business Go International?

10 minute read of Free article by Edible-Alpha®

You don’t have to be a big company to successfully sell products overseas. International opportunities abound for small food and ag businesses too. Could yours be a good candidate? Get smart strategies for growing your enterprise globally.

Article about Business Models for businesses that are Growing and Scaling

3 Food Brands Build Resiliency as FFI Fellows

10 minute read of Free article by Edible-Alpha®

These dynamic CPG brands built investible business models and solid growth strategies through the FFI Fellows Program—and so can your company. See how they’ve stayed nimble, pivoted when necessary, and thrived, and learn how you can gain the tools to do the same.

Article about Financial Management for businesses that are Growing and Scaling

Formation Documents, Raising Equity, and Protecting Recipes

30 minutes of Free audio by Edible-Alpha®

The type of entity you form and the type of legal protections you undertake matters in terms of your strategic path to grow and what kinds of money you are able to raise to support that growth. When raising equity, find legal counsel that understands what you need to do to comply with securities law and its required disclosures to investors or potential investors.

Podcast about Raising Capital for businesses that are Growing and Scaling

List of Documentation For Approaching Lenders and Investors

Free checklist by Edible-Alpha®

Much of the difficult part of raising money is putting together the requested documentation for lenders and investors. This includes everything from tax documents to sell sheets to simulated proforma financial statements with realistic assumptions about the company's growth.

Tool or Template about Raising Capital for businesses that are Growing and Scaling