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Financial Management For Food Businesses

Refining Your Processes and Building Great Financial Packages For Your Food Business

45 minutes of Free audio by Edible-Alpha®

The more you have the ability to analyze what went right or wrong, the more useful your financial model and plan are to making business decisions. Being able to have both an accurate history and a record of making realistic projections that were met can give entrepreneurs credibility with lenders, investors and the business' board of directors.

Podcast about Operations for businesses that are Pre-Venture | Startups | Growing and Scaling

Your Food Business’ Capital Needs Change Over Time

10 minute Free read by Edible-Alpha®

Getting proper financing for growing food businesses is one of the most challenging obstacles food business owners face, due in large part to the high bar for fundraising and financial communication when growing a food business. And, there are often many sources of capital that need to be brought together to adequately fund the growth of these food businesses.

Article about Raising Capital for businesses that are Growing and Scaling

What is Intellectual Property, Anyway?

5 minute Free read by Pie Shell

Patents, branding, and copyright... If you want to protect something, or to stop someone from doing the same thing that you’re doing in your food business, the only way to do that in the United States (and abroad) is through IP law. An IP attorney will help you ensure that no one has made it before, branded it in a similar way to yours, or created it before you did.

Books or Guide about Legal for businesses that are Pre-Venture | Startups

How an Online Strategy Can Supercharge Small Brands

10 minute Free read by Edible-Alpha®

Historically, getting products into brick-and-mortar grocery stores was the best way to for food entrepreneurs and farmers to reach consumers. This is still a...

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

Huddle Notes from April 13th, 2020

10 minute read of Free article by Edible-Alpha®

The huddles this week focused on funding updates and emerging supply chain problems. In addition, participants shared a terrific list of resources that consultants and companies will find really valuable. We’ve included all of these at the end of this summary.

The Inside Scoop on Selling Online Today

1 hour 33 mins of Free podcast by Edible-Alpha®

In Edible-Alpha® podcast #66, Tera sits down with Matthew Starr, founder of Rally Energy, a caffeinated mint and cough lozenge brand based in Madison,...

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

Brix Cider Pivots to Food Hub to Withstand Pandemic

49 minutes 56 seconds Free course content by Edible-Alpha®

Brix Cider co-founder Marie Raboin talks with Tera about transitioning from taproom to food hub to continue supporting local farmers, feed the community and keep the lights on through the COVID-19 pandemic.

Podcast about Business Models for businesses that are Growing and Scaling

The Nuts and Bolts (and Benefits) of Scenario Planning

53 minutes 39 seconds Free course content by Edible-Alpha®

Scenario planning expert Eric DeLuca joins Tera to discuss this critical tool for scaling food and farm businesses. By mapping out plausible future stories, entrepreneurs can brace themselves for uncertainty and navigate disruption successfully.

Podcast about Business Models for businesses that are Growing and Scaling

How to Make More Money Farming

10 minute read of Free article by Edible-Alpha®

Raising livestock or poultry is hard work. Making money at it might be even harder. Along with spending long, grueling hours planting pastures, fixing...

Your Best R&D Is Totally Free

10 minute read of Free article by Edible-Alpha®

Most food and ag entrepreneurs start really small, selling their products mainly, or even exclusively, at farmers markets, community festivals, and other local events....

Article about Sales and Marketing for businesses that are Growing and Scaling | Startups | Pre-Venture