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For many food entrepreneurs, navigating the basics of building a business and then finding service providers, freelance talent and like-minded investors can feel daunting. In 2011,[...]
It was 6 years ago I was first introduced to the world of PR. I picked up an internship at Ruder Finn Interactive where I continued to freelance for about a year. At the time, Twit[...]
Most articles about “finding the perfect cofounder” sound the same They’ll tell you where to look to find cofounders, they’ll talk about finding experience that fill in gaps in the[...]
UPDATE: Since launching this survey, we’ve heard from 500+ of you that marketing, business planning and fundraising are your top challenges, and we’ve listened. On April 15, we’ll [...]
How much time do you spend worrying about your competitors? Do you get stressed whenever they come out with something new? Do you get jealous whenever you see them get press? Do yo[...]
As a director of concept for a large restaurant / bakery-cafe chain, it’s my job to follow trends. In 2013, boutique health trends like gluten-free, fermentation and paleo ga[...]
From new investment funds to accelerator programs to crowdfunding platforms, 26 new private food and agriculture funding sources launched over the past year. We’ve compiled t[...]
There’s a big problem in the startup world today: The perception around seed stage fundraising. Perhaps it’s the new ”American dream” of scaling like Zuckerberg or selling like Sys[...]
Guest post by David Spinks, co-founder and CEO of Feast. The views expressed here are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the views of Food+Tech Connect. Since starting [...]
Guest post by David Spinks, co-founder and CEO of Feast. The views expressed here are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the views of Food+Tech Connect. It’s true. I’m [...]
The restaurant industry has typically focused on executing menu consistency and promotion to get customers in the door. Though it is plausibly the most important piece of their bus[...]
Guest post by David Spinks, co-founder and CEO of Feast. The views expressed here are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the views of Food+Tech Connect. Accelerators ar[...]
Guest post by Naithan Jones, founder and CEO of AgLocal. The views expressed here are solely those of the author, and do not reflect the views of Food+Tech Connect. 1. Gear Your Mi[...]
More than just the quality of food or level of service, restaurant survival is about dollars and cents at the end of the day. While the commonly quoted 90 percent failure rate is a[...]
The daily tasks of operating a food retail business or restaurant can be daunting, even for the most efficient multi-taskers. Too often, startups and legacy operators find themsel[...]
Accelerator programs have been bolstering startups for nearly a decade. In terms of food and health, companies like Kitchit, Foodspotting and Mile High Organics participated in 500[...]
Over the years I’ve been lucky and unlucky to work at, own, develop and acquire many restaurant concepts. Some have succeeded, some have failed miserably. I’ve both been a part of [...]
FTC shares our recent fails and invites food and health startups to share their own stories of failure and lessons learned in our new "Fail Friday" series. [...]
[This interview is part of a monthly series of interviews with leading food and technology investors. Be sure to check out last month’s interview with Ali Partovi.] Physic Ve[...]
A heavy-hitting group of investors including Dave McClure, Ilya Fushman, William Rosenzweig, Aki Sano and Tom Cole came together at “The New Food Chain: Investing in Food Sta[...]
Up until a couple of weeks ago, the largest event I had ever organized were dinner parties for 10 in my apartment. Then the Food+Tech Hackathon came along. With 12 days of lead ti[...]
Last week I launched a Massive Brainstorm around the question: how can we use social media tools like Twitter, Foursquare, & Facebook to affect the 2012 Farm Bill? I received t[...]
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