<description>&lt;div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW15815546 BCX0"&gt; &lt;p class="Paragraph SCXW15815546 BCX0"&gt;&lt;span class= "TextRun SCXW15815546 BCX0" lang="EN-CA" xml:lang="EN-CA" data-contrast="auto"&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW15815546 BCX0"&gt;Few founders exemplify resilience like Mike Fata, co-founder of Manitoba Harvest. Growing up in a single-parent, low-income household, Fata dropped out of school in grade 10, struggled with health issues, and found himself weighing 300 pounds by age 18. A life-changing commitment to health led him to discover hemp as a nutritional powerhouse, sparking his path to founding Manitoba Harvest and building it into one of North America’s leading hemp food companies.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class= "EOP SCXW15815546 BCX0" data-ccp-props= "{"134233117":true,"134233118":true}"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW15815546 BCX0"&gt; &lt;p class="Paragraph SCXW15815546 BCX0"&gt;&lt;span class= "TextRun SCXW15815546 BCX0" lang="EN-CA" xml:lang="EN-CA" data-contrast="auto"&gt;&lt;span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW15815546 BCX0"&gt;In his interview on Built to Sell Radio, Mike dives into the journey that saw him go from construction worker to the sale of Manitoba Harvest to Tilray for $419 million.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/div&gt;</description>

Built to Sell Radio

John Warrillow

Ep 467 From High School Dropout to $419M Exit: Mike Fata’s Journey with Manitoba Harvest

NOV 8, 202452 MIN
Built to Sell Radio

Ep 467 From High School Dropout to $419M Exit: Mike Fata’s Journey with Manitoba Harvest

NOV 8, 202452 MIN

Description

Few founders exemplify resilience like Mike Fata, co-founder of Manitoba Harvest. Growing up in a single-parent, low-income household, Fata dropped out of school in grade 10, struggled with health issues, and found himself weighing 300 pounds by age 18. A life-changing commitment to health led him to discover hemp as a nutritional powerhouse, sparking his path to founding Manitoba Harvest and building it into one of North America’s leading hemp food companies. 

In his interview on Built to Sell Radio, Mike dives into the journey that saw him go from construction worker to the sale of Manitoba Harvest to Tilray for $419 million.