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May 5
1 min

Work with Key Partners

“Work with Key Partners…” This was the summation of the advice that came from Jamie Valenti-Jordan of Catapult Commercialization Services...

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G. Steven Cleere

Apr 29
1 min

Never Give Up

In building her wonderful brand Outer Aisle, a food brand, Jeanne David faced a whole host of challenges. Prior to launch, there were...

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G. Steven Cleere

Apr 22
1 min

Stay Authentic

How can smaller brands compete – and win against the CPG giants? Well, thankfully, it happens quite a bit – and I talked with Chris Kirby...

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G. Steven Cleere

Apr 14
1 min

Don’t Be Afraid of Failure

With the full-on force of the pandemic, a lot of us had to ‘pivot’ to keep our companies growing. Some of you thrived, some of you...

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G. Steven Cleere

Apr 7
1 min

Focus

So much of being a CPG Brand Founder is being able to juggle a lot of balls at once. Salesperson, Head of Production, Team Lead – not to...

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G. Steven Cleere

Apr 1
1 min

Product

Once in a while, when you ask for some counsel, you get the obvious – but then you remember how many entrepreneurs can ‘forget’ the...

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G. Steven Cleere

Mar 24
1 min

Always Follow-up

There are so many great words of wisdom that I’ve heard from successful founders while doing the show. Sometimes you get surprised as I...

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G. Steven Cleere

Mar 17
1 min

Have Self Awareness

Early in the show’s days, I had the chance to interview one of the many great foodie entrepreneurs out of the Austin, Texas market, Hema...

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G. Steven Cleere

Mar 10
1 min

Patience

Once in a while, you get a really different piece of advice from a fellow Founder – not what you expected during the interview or from...

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G. Steven Cleere

Mar 3
1 min

Innovation Comes Out of the Swamp!

One of the more funny shows we produced was with a very sharp Hans Schatz of CULT Artisan Beverage Company. Hans had a lot of background...

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G. Steven Cleere

Feb 24
1 min

Think and Act Long Term

One of my high-energy shows was my interview with Ryne O'Donnell of the beverage company: Sol ti. He has a unique perspective in that he...

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G. Steven Cleere

Feb 19
1 min

A Sweet Words To Grow By

We had the chance to have two great guests at once when Cynthia Tice, Founder of Lily's Sweets was on the show with her CEO, Jane Strode...

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From Single Mom to Successful Entrepreneur

G. Steven Cleere

Feb 10
1 min

From Single Mom to Successful Entrepreneur

When we did the show with Kara Romanik of Mamie's Pies, I almost guessed what her ‘word’ was going to be: Relationships So much of Kara’s...

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Words To Grow By - The Best of 2019 - from the NexxtLevel Brands Podcast

Kitchen -2-Shelf

Jan 7, 2020
1 min

Words To Grow By - The Best of 2019 - from the NexxtLevel Brands Podcast

Welcome to the first NexxtLevel Brands Podcast of 2020 – and while it’s not technically a new decade, it really feels like it is and...

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