There is a lot to learn to successfully grow a financially viable food business. It can be confusing to know where to start.
Our live immersion and on-demand deep-dive trainings provide the essential knowledge and individual business-level feedback you need to successfully grow your business and raise capital.
Attendees of our Immersion Trainings get exclusive access to everything in Edible-Alpha® Learning Center’s extensive resource library for one year through our Unlimited Learner Pass. Scholarship funds are available, learn more here.
FFI MVP Series Workshop: Quality, Food Safety, & ERP
In this workshop, you will learn how to manage your operations to deliver the best quality and maintaining FSMA regulatory compliance, while delivering business profitability.
Raising Equity (June 2023)
VirtualRaising Equity is designed to help companies make their business model investible, start assembling their financial package request, and develop a game plan to successfully raise debt and equity.
Food Brand Financial Management Boot Camp (May/June 2023)
Boot Camp equips you with everything you need to profitably grow your business and raise money. Experts from the Food Finance Institute will lead training sessions, diving deep into the four topics for each day of Boot Camp. Plus, they and other consultants will work with you individually so you have everything you need to profitably grow your food-focused business and raise money.
FFI MVP Series Workshop: Risk & Legal Management
In this workshop, you will learn why risk (and risk management) is important to business growth. Businesses without risk are not businesses, they are non-profits. Or stated another way: to achieve above average returns requires taking on business risk (wisely).
FFI MVP Series Workshop: Developing a High-Performance Organization
In this workshop, you will learn to build your business team from the founder’s point of view.
Farm Financial Management Boot Camp (August 2023)
Modeled off of FFI's successful Food Business Financial Management Boot Camp, Farm Boot Camp will address situations and scenarios unique to diversified farm businesses. Boot Camps are multi-day events limited to ten businesses or less that combine networking, learning, focused work time, individual consulting, and business pitches.
Food Brand Financial Management Boot Camp (August 2023)
Boot Camp equips you with everything you need to profitably grow your business and raise money. Experts from the Food Finance Institute will lead training sessions, diving deep into the four topics for each day of Boot Camp. Plus, they and other consultants will work with you individually so you have everything you need to profitably grow your food-focused business and raise money.
FFI MVP Series Workshop: Sources & Uses of Capital
In this workshop you will learn how to develop your financial, sources & uses of capital and financing strategy.
Deep Dive Training
Deep Dive: Co-Packing: Mindset, Decisions, & Pitfalls
39 minutes of Paid course content by Edible-Alpha®
On-Demand Course about Operations for businesses that are Growing and Scaling
Deep Dive: Accounting & Finance 101
1 hour 12 minutes of Paid course content by Edible-Alpha®
On-Demand Course about Financial Management for businesses that are Growing and Scaling | Startups | Pre-Venture
Deep Dive: How and When to Use Debt to Finance a Farm Business
1 hour 20 minutes of Paid course content by Edible-Alpha®
Food Finance Institute Farm Outreach Specialist, Andy Larson walks you through how debt, when utilized properly, can be a fundamental tool to benefit your farm business.
Unlimited Learner Pass holders or purchasers of the course – navigate to the course here
On-Demand Course about Financial Management for businesses that are Startups | Growing and Scaling
Deep Dive: Walk Through of Farm Financial Statements – Balance Sheet
54 minutes of Paid course content by Edible-Alpha®
Food Finance Institute Farm Outreach Specialist, Andy Larson walks you through what a balance sheet is, how to use it, and how it is different for farms versus non-farm businesses.
Unlimited Learner Pass holders or purchasers of the course – navigate to the course here
On-Demand Course about Financial Management for businesses that are Growing and Scaling | Startups
Deep Dive: Walk Through of Farm Financial Statements – Income Statement
45 minutes of Paid course content by Edible-Alpha®
Food Finance Institute Farm Outreach Specialist, Andy Larson walks you through what an income statement is, how to use it, and how it is different for farms versus non-farm businesses.
Unlimited Learner Pass holders or purchasers of the course – navigate to the course here
On-Demand Course about Financial Management for businesses that are Growing and Scaling | Startups
Deep Dive: Financing Your Value-Added Farm Series – Getting Capital Ready
2 hours of Paid course content by Edible-Alpha®
Unlimited Learner Pass holders or purchasers of the course – navigate to the course here
On-Demand Course about Raising Capital for businesses that are Growing and Scaling | Startups
Deep Dive: Building a Valuable Food Brand
50 minutes of Paid training by Edible-Alpha®
On-Demand Course about Sales and Marketing for businesses that are Growing and Scaling | Startups
Deep Dive: Getting Your Food Products Online
1 hour of Paid course content by Edible-Alpha®
Unlimited Learner Pass holders or purchasers of the course – navigate to the course here
On-Demand Course about Sales and Marketing for businesses that are Startups | Growing and Scaling
Deep Dive: 13-Week Rolling Cash Flow – Forecasting & Debt
1 hour of Paid course content by Edible-Alpha®
Unlimited Learner Pass holders or purchasers of the course – navigate to the course here
On-Demand Course about Financial Management for businesses that are Startups | Growing and Scaling
Deep Dive: What Your Food Business Financial Statements Are Telling You
2 hours of Paid course content by Edible-Alpha®
Unlimited Learner Pass holders or purchasers of the course – navigate to the course here
On-Demand Course about Financial Management for businesses that are Startups | Growing and Scaling