<description> &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;We are back this week with part II of last week&amp;rsquo;s episode 237 with Kai Nortey! In this episode 238 of the Food Biz Wiz podcast, you&amp;rsquo;ll continue to hear Kai and Alli discuss more about Kai&amp;rsquo;s transparent, no sugarcoat experiences as a CPG founder.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;If you missed part I in last week&amp;rsquo;s episode, we recommend that you check out that episode first! Kai Nortey is the CEO &amp;amp; Co-Founder of kub&amp;eacute;, PBC (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Public Benefit Corporation). Kub&amp;eacute; is a Black woman-owned artisanal, premium, and luxurious full-fat coconut ice cream womanfacturer and social enterprise, based in Oakland, California. They make their own clean, full-fat coconut cream from mature coconuts, then blend it with organic plant-based food ingredients.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Specifically, you&amp;rsquo;ll hear more about&amp;hellip;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;How Kai has arrived at her non-negotiables in their business&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;What the costs of taking VC from investors who aren&amp;rsquo;t aligned could be&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Why it&amp;rsquo;s worth exploring all your options and pivoting when necessary&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;And what you can do to empower yourself before investment conversations!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Wizes, you can find all the resources mentioned in this episode, plus more about Kai and kub&amp;eacute; in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.alliball.com/podcast/238"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;our full show notes here&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;! As always, we want to hear: what perspective or wisdom did you need to hear most from Kai today? DM us via LinkedIn or Instagram and let us know!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Didn&amp;rsquo;t have a chance to join my LIVE Wholesale Success System training this week on Tuesday or Thursday? Then come sign up for a time to watch my Masterclass! As we put Q1 behind us, we want to make sure that YOUR Q2 is armed with actionable strategy on how to increase YOUR sales. Check out our Masterclass for these tips, plus hear more about joining us in Retail Ready&amp;reg;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.alliball.com/masterclass"&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Click here to sign up for a time to watch our Masterclass!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; </description>

Food Biz Wiz

Allison Ball

238. Part II: Kai's Transparent Take on Building Your Biz Conscientiously

MAR 28, 202445 MIN
Food Biz Wiz

238. Part II: Kai's Transparent Take on Building Your Biz Conscientiously

MAR 28, 202445 MIN

Description

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We are back this week with part II of last week&rsquo;s episode 237 with Kai Nortey! In this episode 238 of the Food Biz Wiz podcast, you&rsquo;ll continue to hear Kai and Alli discuss more about Kai&rsquo;s transparent, no sugarcoat experiences as a CPG founder.</span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">If you missed part I in last week&rsquo;s episode, we recommend that you check out that episode first! Kai Nortey is the CEO &amp; Co-Founder of kub&eacute;, PBC (</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Public Benefit Corporation). Kub&eacute; is a Black woman-owned artisanal, premium, and luxurious full-fat coconut ice cream womanfacturer and social enterprise, based in Oakland, California. They make their own clean, full-fat coconut cream from mature coconuts, then blend it with organic plant-based food ingredients.&nbsp;</span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Specifically, you&rsquo;ll hear more about&hellip;</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How Kai has arrived at her non-negotiables in their business</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">What the costs of taking VC from investors who aren&rsquo;t aligned could be</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Why it&rsquo;s worth exploring all your options and pivoting when necessary</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">And what you can do to empower yourself before investment conversations!</span></li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Wizes, you can find all the resources mentioned in this episode, plus more about Kai and kub&eacute; in </span><a href="https://www.alliball.com/podcast/238"><span style="font-weight: 400;">our full show notes here</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">! As always, we want to hear: what perspective or wisdom did you need to hear most from Kai today? DM us via LinkedIn or Instagram and let us know!</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Didn&rsquo;t have a chance to join my LIVE Wholesale Success System training this week on Tuesday or Thursday? Then come sign up for a time to watch my Masterclass! As we put Q1 behind us, we want to make sure that YOUR Q2 is armed with actionable strategy on how to increase YOUR sales. Check out our Masterclass for these tips, plus hear more about joining us in Retail Ready&reg;.</span><a href="https://www.alliball.com/masterclass"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Click here to sign up for a time to watch our Masterclass!</span></a></p>