How Suzy Karadsheh turned her passion for Mediterranean food into the successful blog and e-commerce platform, The Mediterranean Dish

Suzy Karadsheh shares with us how she turned her hobby for cooking authentic Mediterranean meals into a business, pivoting to meet customers needs, and the importance of taking breaks for yourself during the work day. Describe your business in a few words? The Mediterranean Dish is the leading online resource for wholesome and approachable Mediterranean…Read More

In Conversation with Erica Liu Williams of gr8nola

Describe gr8nola in a few words? Delicious, low-sugar superfood granola. What made you take the leap to start your own business? I was working in the tech industry for about four years when I started to get the itch to do my own thing. Two things triggered this desire: 1) working in tech and being…Read More

In Conversation with Andrea Kerzner of Lekka Burger

Describe your business in a few words? Lekka Burger is a plant-powered burger restaurant I launched with acclaimed vegetarian chef Amanda Cohen in NYC. We serve delicious plant-based burgers, salads, fries and shakes out of our Tribeca location, and also ship specialty burger kits nationwide. What made you take the leap to start your own…Read More

In Conversation with Laurel Orley of Daily Crunch Snacks

Describe your business in a few words? Daily Crunch Snacks is a new, award winning, new, uniquely crunchy, sprouted nut snack that’s KETO, non-GMO certified, Vegan certified and Paleo. Through a 4 day multi-step process, our almonds are soaked in purified water, activating germination, or “sprouting,” and then dehydrated. The result: a Uniquely CrunchyTM nut…Read More