Doug: I believe we should have independent food companies.

Doug: There are thousands of founders who don’t want to sell their businesses in 3-5 years.

Kavita: I feel like an accidental entrepreneur who had a lifelong obsession with spices and botanicals.

Kavita: We lose more than one-third of our world’s entire food supply to spoilage.

Every investor is looking at risk and return, and they all look at it differently.

Private equity and venture capital are playing a portfolio strategy; family offices have a different strategy: no exit required.

It’s shocking how little track record is needed to get the tide to turn.

A family will look at things like a bank.

We’ve been fortunate to have tremendous grassroots traction; we’re still 100% privately owned.

We relied heavily on retail partners to help us out; the market right now is really conducive to that, everyone wants innovation.

The Internet is an incredibly powerful tool for raising cash really quickly (Shopify example).

It’s not immediately a barrier if you can’t raise tons of funding.

How to bring on a co-founder and share your vision.

Questions to ask potential funders.

Advice for types of multiples.