Eating Glass

Will Nitze (IQBAR) + Joe Lemay (Rocketbook)

Welcome to Eating Glass! It's a podcast where we ask startup founders the questions no one else will. Our goal? Reveal what it's actually like to start, scale, and exit a company. Hosted by Joe Lemay, who bootstrapped his reusable notebook company Rocketbook to a $50M exit and Will Nitze, Founder/CEO at IQBAR, a nutrition company he's taken to $40M+ in annual revenue.

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Eating Glass

Episodes (13)

Jul 31, 2024 Tom First (Nantucket Nectars & Culture Pop) | Juicing a $100M Beverage Brand
Jul 24, 2024 Mike Beckham (Simple Modern) | Missionary turned $225M drink-ware mogul
Jun 26, 2024 Peter Rahal (RXBAR & David Protein) | The $600M Man Gets Back Into Bars

Eating Glass

Jul 31, 2024
1½ hours
65 MB

We delve into the journey of Tom First, founder of Nantucket Nectars & Culture Pop. Discover the challenges and triumphs of building a beloved brand, the importance of authenticity in product development, and the lessons learned from navigating the beverage industry. Tom shares his experiences from the early days of creating a juice company that redefined the market to the strategic decisions that led to its success. Learn about the critical moments that shaped Nantucket Nectars, the philosophy behind making a product to be proud of, and the personal and professional dynamics of co-founding a business. Tom also discusses his...

Eating Glass

Tom First (Nantucket Nectars & Culture Pop) | Juicing a $100M Beverage Brand

Will Nitze (IQBAR) + Joe Lemay (Rocketbook)

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