Companies that are growing and scaling have established revenue sources and customers but still need to accelerate their growth to be profitable in a sustainable manner. Our content helps these businesses learn the ins and outs of managing growth, raising growth capital and optimizing their business model for growth.
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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
Farm Credit and Value-Added Agriculture
1 hour & 5 minutes of Free audio by Edible-Alpha®
The farm credit system includes many lending organizations around the country and is a great source of financing, including for non-traditional farmers like CSAs and value-added on-farm processors. These institutions also sometimes provide educational opportunities around financial literacy, financial statements and what it takes to successfully repay a loan
Podcast about Raising Capital for businesses that are Growing and Scaling
Running the Gauntlet: Leveraging Legal Rights and Regs in Craft Beer Startups
45 minutes of Free audio by Edible-Alpha®
Distribution rights matter a great deal for breweries and distilleries. Talking with a lawyer who has training and experience in the matter is the best way to protect the financial future of your beer brand. Whether or not you are a brewery vs. a brewpub matters a great deal to regulators.
Podcast about Operations for businesses that are Growing and Scaling
New National Brands Drive CPG Innovation, Inspire M&A
5 minute Free read by Edible-Alpha®
Financing food businesses is getting more complicated, with national brands/CPG producers having to raise millions to support their growth. However, large, established food companies are often slow to innovate and this provides an opportunity for those companies to make a strategic investment in up-and coming brands.
Article about Business Models for businesses that are Growing and Scaling
The Locavore’s Dilemma
5 minutes of Free video by Edible-Alpha®
The limited amount of people in many communities who are able and willing to buy purely local products creates the "locavore's dilemma." This underscores the importance of using market research data to inform how big the market size is and what people are actually purchasing and where.
Video about Sales and Marketing for businesses that are Growing and Scaling
SBA 504 Loans with Diane Byler of WBD
35 minutes of Free audio by Edible-Alpha®
An SBA 504 loan is a special product that can only be offered by a Certified Development Company (CDC) like WBD in partnership with a local lender. The 504 loan is designed to help small businesses grow and create jobs by financing fixed assets like real estate and equipment through low, fixed rates and lower down payments (10%).
Podcast about Raising Capital for businesses that are Growing and Scaling
Amazon’s Acquisition of Whole Foods Disrupts Distribution And Presents Opportunities
20 minute Free read by Edible-Alpha®
There are many reasons why selling food online is difficult. When cognitive neuroscientist track our brain activity as it relates to food, they find that the pleasure centers of our brains light up when we eat and even when we shop. This acquisition opens the possibility that consumers can benefit without degrading their shopping experience.
Article about Business Models for businesses that are Growing and Scaling
Direct Sales of Farm Food – USDA 2015 Local Food Marketing Practices Survey
44 pages of Free report content + lots of excel data by USDA
From the USDA 2015 Local Food Marketing Practices Survey: In 2015, farmers produced and sold $8.7 billion of edible food commodities directly to consumers, retailers, institutions, and a variety of local food intermediaries such as distributors and wholesalers that market and sell locally branded products.
Books or Guide about Operations for businesses that are Growing and Scaling
Your Place Can Shape Your Business Model Path
10 minute Free read by Edible-Alpha®
Different business models have paths i.e. divergent roads that entrepreneurs can choose to follow to achieve their business goals. Choosing one means saying no to another, at least initially, as each path has different scale requirements and requires different levels and sources of capitalization.
Article about Business Models for businesses that are Growing and Scaling
How You Know It’s The Right Time To Pivot
10 minute Free read by Edible-Alpha®
Decisions to pivot should be based on a food business' target consumer's preferences, category growth (or decline) and other general market trends. Many traditional food and beverage companies have been slow to respond to changing consumer preferences, loosing market share and profits in the process.
Article about Operations for businesses that are Growing and Scaling