Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchSpirits From Whey: How Milk Becomes a Distilled Spirit in About a Week
Season 1 Episode 20
Takeaways
Make what you love, because it is easier to sell and talk about, and Alise's best-selling brie came from that.Ask specialty shop buyers what…17 hours ago
Alise Sjostrom on Building a Cheese Business That Brings the Whole Community Along
Season 1 Episode 19
Takeaways
Community is part of the business plan: Alise sees her marketing as bringing people along for the ride, and David says the same is true for …1 week ago
How to Start a Food Business on Your Family's Farm: Alise Sjostrom's Redhead Creamery Story [Part 1]
Season 1 Episode 18
Takeaways
Starting a food business on family land works best when you do something different with what the farm already produces.Food marketing and st…2 weeks ago
How to Handle Bunnies, Doubters, and Grumblers: Community Building Lessons From Tracy Ore
Season 1 Episode 17
Takeaways
Think big and share the load. Tracy Ore wants to essentially take over the block around the St. Cloud State University Community Garden, and…3 weeks ago
Garden Lady: How 20 Years of Showing Up Earned a Professor a Place in Her Community with Tracy Ore
Season 1 Episode 16
Takeaways
Big ideas can take years, so keep saying them out loud. Tracy Ore talked about creating a tomato unique to St. Cloud State from 2010 until a…4 weeks ago
Stay Long Enough to Name Its Problems: Community Building Lessons From a Community Garden with Tracy Ore
Season 1 Episode 15
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PBS Doc on Grace Lee Boggs: https://www.pbs.org/video/pov-american-revolutionary-meet-grace-lee-boggs/
Grace Lee Boggs children…
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Inside Bruno Press 2.0: Why Mary Bruno Stopped Chasing What People Want
Season 1 Episode 14
Takeaways
Sometimes the biggest business turning point isn't a new product, it's dropping the instinct to chase what you think people want and making …1 month, 1 week ago
Mary Bruno's Ice Cream Story: A Fourth of July Tradition Bigger Than Christmas
Season 1 Episode 13
Takeaways
The ice cream memories that stick aren't the fancy ones. They're the specific, slightly ordinary ones, like a hand-cranked churn on the Four…1 month, 2 weeks ago
Doritos on Ice Cream? The Six-Year-Old Flavor Memory Bruno Press Owner Mary Bruno Can't Shake
Season 1 Episode 12
Takeaways
The best ice cream flavors, whether it's a six-year-old's Doritos-topped vanilla or a Ritz cracker flavor that won a national contest, usual…1 month, 3 weeks ago
Should Ice Cream Shops Do Samples? A Hot Take From Two Small Business Owners
Season 1 Episode 11
Takeaways
David and Donella both wrestle with finding the right event size. Too big and you lose the craft and the community, too small and it is not …2 months ago