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Taking a DTC brand to IRL stores with Gabi Lewis from Magic Spoon

Taking a DTC brand to IRL stores with Gabi Lewis from Magic Spoon

FromFound


Taking a DTC brand to IRL stores with Gabi Lewis from Magic Spoon

FromFound

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Length:
43 minutes
Released:
Jan 16, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Grab your spoon and a carton of milk because today on Found we’re talking to Magic Spoon co-founder and CEO Gabi Lewis. Magic Spoon creates cereal flavors that play on our nostalgia for Fruit Loops and Cocoa Puffs with a grown-up high-protein twist. Dom and Becca talk with Gabi about how he and his co-founder prioritized product-market fit and found investors who didn’t think cereal was dead. They also talked about:What Gabi learned from his previous startup Exo which made cricket-protein bars and how he’s changing his leadership style at Magic SpoonTransitioning from being a solely DTC brand to in-store retailer and how he’s learned to manage buyer relationships and store-to-store drama.How meticulously they develop new cereals and how they’ve incorporated customer feedback.(0:00) Welcome Gabi Lewis(1:45)  Magic Spoon TLDR(3:38) Innovating in the food industry(11:40) Managing DTC and IRL retail(24:00) Acquisitions and competition(28:15) Entrepreneurship, product development, and leadership evolution(35:32) Outro with Becca and Dom  
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Released:
Jan 16, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

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Found is a show about founders, and company-building, featuring people actually doing the work. Each week, we interview one early stage startup founder about how they took the plunge to begin with, and how they navigate everything from building product roadmaps, to raising funding from some of the world’s top investors – and to how they manage failure, too. Found is hosted by TechCrunch News Editor Darrell Etherington and Managing Editor Jordan Crook. We are produced by Maggie Stamets with editing by Kell Keller. Henry Pickavet manages TechCrunch's audio products.