The Badass CEO

The consumer packaged goods industry is one of the hardest industries to breakthrough. By beating the odds, entrepreneur, Michelle Retik found her niche and has built up B.A.D. Food Co. to be the star of grain and GMO-free foods. She has been able to get into 800 retail all while being an active mother of four children during a pandemic! How did she do it? She tells us everything on this episode of Badass CEO. Tune in to hear how she raised funds for her business, and grew B.A.D. Foods during a pandemic and how she beat the food giants and got her product into hundreds of retail stores. Episode Contents Teenage Dreams Don’t Often Go As Planned Pivotting Amid a Pandemic Personal Conviction Keeps You Moving Forward Consumer Packaged Goods Is A Hard Industry to Break Into There Is Always The Financing Question Finding Solutions To Challenges Links Teenage Dreams Don’t Often Go As Planned Words from experience by Michelle Retik Mimi: Hi, welcome back to The Badass CEO, this is Mimi. Toda...

Shauna Reiter, the founder of Alaya Naturals and mother of two shares her passion for sustainable manufacturing practices. Her personal journey with autoimmune disease inspired her to create her all-natural supplement company. Reiter researched the highest quality, clean ingredients that could make a positive impact on health and nourish the body. While running a full-scale business from home, she’s able to practice being a mom at the same time. Shauna Reiter’s Episode Episode Content Founding a Business to Solve your own Health Issues Taking Your Health into Your Own Hands Practicing Sustainable Manufacturing and More Intentionality about Marketing and Distribution The Value of Having Skin in the Game The Joy of Keeping Close to Your Soul’s Purpose Reframing Challenges to Opportunities Juggling Business and Kids at Home Teaching Self-reliance to Grow Independence Developing the Entrepreneurial Spirit Links to Shauna Founding a Business to Solve your own Health Issues Creating healt...

Digitalization of the counseling industry is disrupting an industry where you’d least expect it. Naomi Allen, serial entrepreneur and mother, founded Brightline - the online platform making counseling easy and accessible for families all across the US. Allen, inspired by her family's experience and pain points came up with the solution to digitalize the counseling industry. Brightline has fundamentally disrupted its industry and created a visualization for the progress a child makes in their health journey. It is the future of healthcare - paving the way for a more self-serve approach. Episode Contents Serial Entrepreneur and Family Challenges Steps After Needs Identification Caring for Kids is Multifaceted and Complex Reinventing Insurance Models in Healthcare Flexibility in Healthcare Support Services Disrupting an Industry is a Complete OverhauI Funding Before the Doors Even Opened Tips for First Time Entrepreneurs Links Mimi Maclean: Naomi Allen started Brightline because ...