The Food Means Business Podcast

How to Grow Your Food Brand by Building Community with Ehime Eigbe

October 25, 2023 Djenaba Johnson-Jones Episode 41
How to Grow Your Food Brand by Building Community with Ehime Eigbe
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The Food Means Business Podcast
How to Grow Your Food Brand by Building Community with Ehime Eigbe
Oct 25, 2023 Episode 41
Djenaba Johnson-Jones

Food brands don’t exist in a vacuum, right? It’s not enough to create a great product, but you’ve got to refine it, pitch it, market it, sell it. And you can’t do all of that alone. Building a community of people who care about you and your product is vital in order to survive in this industry. Let people support you and shout your praises from the rooftops. Collaboration over competition is the name of the game, and we’re all in this together.

In this episode, Ehime Eigbe, founder of Sweetkiwi frozen whipped Greek yogurt, shares how a medical issue led her to create her product, how she started her business in Nigeria and brought it to the U.S., how she grew her business through building community, and her recent experience pitching on Shark Tank.

In this episode, you’ll learn…

[00:37] Ehime’s cubicle to CEO story and how she launched Sweetkiwi

[06:14] How Ehime started her business in Nigeria first and then brought it to the U.S.

[10:32] How Ehime switched from selling in stores to having a CPG brand, and how she grew her business through community

[18:05] Ehime talks about her recent experience pitching on Shark Tank

[20:15] How entrepreneurship has changed Ehime, and what she does for self-care

Get full notes and a transcript at: https://www.thehudsonkitchen.com/podcast/ep41/

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Show Notes

Food brands don’t exist in a vacuum, right? It’s not enough to create a great product, but you’ve got to refine it, pitch it, market it, sell it. And you can’t do all of that alone. Building a community of people who care about you and your product is vital in order to survive in this industry. Let people support you and shout your praises from the rooftops. Collaboration over competition is the name of the game, and we’re all in this together.

In this episode, Ehime Eigbe, founder of Sweetkiwi frozen whipped Greek yogurt, shares how a medical issue led her to create her product, how she started her business in Nigeria and brought it to the U.S., how she grew her business through building community, and her recent experience pitching on Shark Tank.

In this episode, you’ll learn…

[00:37] Ehime’s cubicle to CEO story and how she launched Sweetkiwi

[06:14] How Ehime started her business in Nigeria first and then brought it to the U.S.

[10:32] How Ehime switched from selling in stores to having a CPG brand, and how she grew her business through community

[18:05] Ehime talks about her recent experience pitching on Shark Tank

[20:15] How entrepreneurship has changed Ehime, and what she does for self-care

Get full notes and a transcript at: https://www.thehudsonkitchen.com/podcast/ep41/

To get more Food Business Bites right in your inbox, sign up for our newsletter at thehudsonkitchen.com.