I went for lunch the other day with a senior leader from the worlds’ biggest retailer and, when we asked what they look for in the brands they scale with, the answer was “founders that genuinely hear other perspectives”.
Bringing it back to first principles means to step back and ask the question ‘why’? It means creating space in the working week to think. It means starting with a blank piece of paper.
Bringing it back to first principles means to step back and ask the question ‘why’? It means creating space in the working week to think. It means starting with a blank piece of paper.
Kicking off 2022, Andy and Thea’s first Blue Plaster podcast of the year reflects on all things 2021. From their personal and professional highs to their ‘oh sh*t’ moments – be sure to listen to the highs, lows and what is in store for the future.
Learn how this brand transformed their business and renewed their competitive advantage in less than a year.
In this episode Thea and Andy are joined by Craig Jones, co-founder and MD at Cheesies, alongside Chris Gale from YF Funding to talk about Finance and Fundraising.
Jeff and Amy chose to focus on growing their sales ahead of their team in-house. Learn how they established long lasting relationships to deliver triple digit growth year on year with no additional full time employees.
When you are scaling fast in D2C, brands often face one of 2 problems: they see cracks in their customer service or find themselves significantly overspending. This D2C brand suspected they were suffering from both.
In this episode Thea and Andy are joined by the CEO of GS1 UK, Anne Godfrey to unravel the uncertainty behind the new Natasha’s Law legislation.
In this episode, join Thea and Andy as they talk all things Fundraising with Seedrs very own Scott Simpkin, the expert on F&B raising.
In this episode YF co-founder Thea and Andy are joined by Dan Sands from GS1 UK and Marieke Syed the founder of Snackzilla.
With a complex product base encountering significant growth in both online and offline channels, The Gut Stuff founders invested in removing admin and improving profitability
For our first episode back, we couldn’t help but address the elephant in the room, that is Covid-19. We take a look back over this last year, the good and the bad times and how our industry has changed.
In our latest ‘from-home’ episode, Thea and Andy begin to look forward and theorise about the world after Covid, reflecting
In the second of our ‘catch up’ episodes, Andy hears how the current world looks from the point of view
Launching an online supermarket has always been a goal for us at Young Foodies. Granted, we did not think it
By Chris Green (This article originally appeared in Speciality Food Magazine on 16 March, 2020) “I must admit from the
By Eddie Du Preez According to bv.world, lost productivity from inefficient supply chains is costing UK businesses over £1.5 billion
By Chris Green “The soaring popularity of Veganuary has led to a raft of shortages of the UK’s biggest plant-based
Dr Wills, creators of condiments with no refined sugar, additives or preservatives, wanted to streamline their business – they wanted to keep the Founders, Sales and Marketing in-house and outsource other areas for a lean business model.
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