Although it may seem like Chomps has been an overnight success, behind the scenes there has been a lot of hard work, risky bets, and beneficial partnerships that has helped elevate the brand. On this episode, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/petermaldonado/">Pete Maldonado</a>, the Co-founder and CEO of Chomps and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/stacey-hartnett-berger-6b2aa124/">Stacy Hartnett</a>, the Vice President, E-Commerce & Marketing at Chomps, discuss how the company was bootstrapped, and how it has scaled through both retail and online platforms. Tune in to learn:<ul><li>The beginnings of Chomps (2:00)</li><li>The timeline of success (5:45)</li><li>Lessons learned after getting into Trader Joe’s (13:30)</li><li>How and why Stacey came on board (15:00)</li><li>Creating an appetite for risky bets (21:20)</li><li>Identifying the right platforms (23:00)</li><li>Contrarian ideas or data to track (31:20)</li></ul>Mentions:<ul><li><a href="https://tim.blog/2011/09/24/how-to-create-a-million-dollar-business-this-weekend-examples-appsumo-mint-chihuahuas/">Tim Ferris/Noah Kagan blog</a></li><li><a href="https://uncrate.com/">Uncrate.com</a></li></ul>Up Next in Commerce is brought to you by Salesforce Commerce Cloud. Learn more at <a href="https://www.salesforce.com/products/commerce-cloud/overview/?sfdc-redirect=103">http://www.salesforce.com/commerce </a>Mission.org is a media studio producing content for world-class clients. Learn more at <a href="https://mission.org/">http://www.mission.org.</a>

<description>&lt;p&gt;Although it may seem like Chomps has been an overnight success, behind the scenes there has been a lot of hard work, risky bets, and beneficial partnerships that has helped elevate the brand. On this episode, &lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/petermaldonado/"&gt;Pete Maldonado&lt;/a&gt;, the Co-founder and CEO of Chomps and &lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/stacey-hartnett-berger-6b2aa124/"&gt;Stacy Hartnett&lt;/a&gt;, the Vice President, E-Commerce &amp; Marketing at Chomps, discuss how the company was bootstrapped, and how it has scaled through both retail and online platforms.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tune in to learn:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;The beginnings of Chomps (2:00)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;The timeline of success (5:45)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Lessons learned after getting into Trader Joe’s (13:30)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;How and why Stacey came on board (15:00)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Creating an appetite for risky bets (21:20)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Identifying the right platforms (23:00)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Contrarian ideas or data to track (31:20)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;Mentions:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://tim.blog/2011/09/24/how-to-create-a-million-dollar-business-this-weekend-examples-appsumo-mint-chihuahuas/"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Tim Ferris/Noah Kagan blog&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://uncrate.com/"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Uncrate.com&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Up Next in Commerce is brought to you by Salesforce Commerce Cloud. Learn more at &lt;/i&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.salesforce.com/products/commerce-cloud/overview/?sfdc-redirect=103"&gt;&lt;i&gt;http://www.salesforce.com/commerce &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Mission.org is a media studio producing content for world-class clients. Learn more at &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://mission.org/"&gt;http://www.mission.org.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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Although it may seem like Chomps has been an overnight success, behind the scenes there has been a lot of hard work, risky bets, and beneficial partnerships that has helped elevate the brand. On this episode, Pete Maldonado, the Co-founder and CEO of Chomps and Stacy Hartnett, the Vice President, E-Commerce & Marketing at Chomps, discuss how the company was bootstrapped, and how it has scaled through both retail and online platforms.

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