After a short hiatus we are back! Unless we ourselves or a close family or friend experiences a severe food allergy, we are most often unaware of the difficulties of living with an allergy. This also impacts small packaged food businesses in how we protect our customers with food allergies. Listen as we learn about this issue, and how Amy Andes, Ph.D is solving for this with Banzo Butter, the first garbanzo bean based nut butter alternative.

Website : https://banzobutterbrand.com/

For our seventh podcast live at the Hatchery Chicago, we talk with Dr Huan Xia, who founded both LusOasis (keto friendly baking mixes) and is launching Alchemeat (plant based meats). She talks to us about Conscious Eating, which is a passion area for us as well!

Startup Life Podcast : Episode 06 - An update on NakiNoku, and some thoughts on innovation

Future of Food Venture Summit : https://www.chicagoventuresummit.com/2022-portfolio/

Any feedback on this podcast series, our business or the website, please reach out to us : admin (at) nakinoku.com. We'd love to hear from you!

For our fifth podcast from The Hatchery Chicago, we speak with Shelley Gupta, co-founder and CEO of Bakit Box. We talk about balancing life as an entrepreneur and how we invest into our passions so that we can build a sustainable business/life balance.

For our fourth podcast (at the Hatchery Chicago), we talk with Alina Tompert, founder and Baker in Chief of Zimt Bakery (www.zimt.com). We talk about conscious consumption, which is an aspect of sustainability.

Cool Climate Calculator : https://coolclimate.berkeley.edu/calculator

For our third podcast (again on location at the Hatchery Chicago), we speak with Earl Moore from Uncle Earl's Barbeque and Blues. We speak about legacy, but especially about taking your time, keeping at it, and failing up!

On location at the Hatchery, we speak with Olivia, founder and CEO of Kavnia Coffee, the sustainable cold drip coffee powered by women. We talk about coffee (naturally) and support networks.

You can listen to a previous podcast featuring Olivia : https://open.spotify.com/episode/1kc2aCW3C3VUm7YX8L0nR7?si=K_sazCicQ_GfPlY6yrGGKg&nd=1

Join us again next week for another episode.

For this first episode of the NakiNoku Startup Life Podcast, we speak with Merly Thomas, our co-founder, and hear about her career journey.