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Meet Season 4's Host - Startup CPG's Founder Daniel Scharff

The Startup CPG Podcast · 30 Nov 2023 · 30m · Episode 1

What this episode covers

Daniel Scharff, founder of Startup CPG, is introduced as the new host of The Startup CPG Podcast for Season 4, succeeding Jessi Freitag. Scharff discusses his background in CPG, including launching a beverage brand and his role at Mars Chocolate, and explains how he built the Startup CPG Slack community to over 16,000 members to help early-stage brands. The conversation covers the value of the community, Scharff's upcoming interview lineup featuring founders like Matt from Chlorophyll Water, and Freitag's transition to focusing on CPG operations consulting and Notion implementation.

Most relevant to

companies scaling up

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
Startup CPG, Mars Chocolate
Products
Chlorophyll Water, Miles Comfort Food
Tools
Notion
Also
Shark Tank, Wharton

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