Events

Thrilled to announce the first in our video series with Foodboro Partner Kickfurther, exploring the stories behind our favorite CPG brands and how they’re taking it to the next level.

Join us this Friday for a sit down with the ladies behind Heywell to talk about how they built the brand, manage founder life + have secured inventory funding with Kickfurther. 📈🔥

We are excited to share 50% off one month of Kickfurther Pro for new customers.

Funding inventory is a challenge and traditional financing options don’t serve the unique needs of CPG companies. Kickfurther solves this problem by funding up to 100% of your inventory costs at flexible payment terms that you control. Kickfurther’s unique funding platform can fund your entire order(s) each time you need more inventory, so you can put your capital to work growing your business without adding debt or giving up equity.

Foodboro x Kickfurther Snack Sessions Episode 1 w/ heywell

to talk about the success startup CPG brand GNGR has had using the platform.

Self-Distribution 101: Growing Your CPG Startup from 0 to Millions in Revenue 

Connecting CPG Brands with the Right 3PL Partner 

Hello hello! We are thrilled to welcome you to the Foodboro community. Please join us in this founder cohort intro session to learn a bit more about each other. 

Here's a brief overview of what to expect:

5 minutes – welcome and intro to Josh (Community Manager)

10 minutes – member intros (name, brand, location, what you're looking for in the community)

15-20 minutes – goal setting worksheet + how to make the most of Foodboro 

5-10 minutes – questions + wrap up and next steps, housekeeping items 

Welcome to Foodboro! 

Join us for a conversation with Foodboro Partner 

 as we dive into the packaging trends to watch in 2023 for food & beverage brands. 

Food & Beverage Packaging Trends in 2023 

This session will focus on a modern way for founders to raise capital from everyday people. Join this virtual event to learn the impactful details of how startups can let thousands of their customers, users, & fans invest alongside VCs and angel investors. 

Raising Capital From Your Customers

 for a discussion/workshop on how startup companies can leverage marketing in the New Year. 

You're building the next big thing in food & beverage, and we are excited to be on this journey with you. Foodboro is 

with founders, investors, service partners, retailers and more, 

Join an intimate community of early stage founders making an impact through their work. Find connection, gain accountability, and accelerate your learning as a member of Propel.

Hawke has successfully grown over 3,000 brands. Hawke customizes data-driven, performance solutions to help launch, scale, and invigorate businesses of all sizes, industries, and revenue models.

Take Your Marketing to the Next Level in 2023

will share how she started and scaled Koia, plus her take on working and advising a number of CPG brands, including her latest venture in the cookies category with Joy Days. 

How To Succeed in CPG with Founder & Advisor Maya French

Join us for a conversation with strategic brand + package designer 

 on how you can commnicate with your consumers through your brand’s design.

Foodboro Forum: Using Design to Tell Your Brand's Story w/ Haylee Jordan

In this event we will be joined by Foodboro partner and product photograhy expert 

Product Photography for CPG Brands w/ Katie Ring

In this session we will explore how you can get your products in front of new customers, increase retail velocity, and capture first-party data through conversational commerce led sampling experiences.

Digital Sampling is the Future of E-Commerce w/ Sampoll

Location details: Buzz up to Floor 8 & please fill this out before you arrive: 

 as we host a panel discussion featuring NYC-based founders, angel investors, and pre-seed VCs discussing early stage startups. 

How to Raise Your First Angel/Pre-Seed Round

, media personality and founder of the experiential wellness community 

, to talk about the future of marketing for CPG brands.

The Future of Marketing is Experiential with Charles Chen of 888 Process

 In this session Tania will share the motivation behind her and her friend/business partner's (Jahan Shahryar) venture into food & beverage.

From Concept to Execution w/ Tania Sweis from Brune Kitchen

Halloween is around the corner, and for our second Snack Sessions we ask that everybody comes prepared to share their fave Halloween treat, movies, podcasts, memories, etc. 

Not able to join? We'll share a round up of each participant's fave snacks post-event!

Foodboro Frights & Bites

 founder of fast-growing chocolate brand 

, will share how she started the brand, built her own factory and has brought on a CEO and sales team to help bring the brand to shelves nationwide!

Christy Goldsby started Honey Mama’s fearlessly believing that her delicious and nourishing comfort food treats would offer vibrance, vitality and a delightful sense of WELLBEING. Honey Mama's bars are made using only five whole food, nutrient-rich ingredients. Shop the collection 

Going National! w/ Christy Goldsby of Honey Mama's

Join us for a conversation with Foodboro Partner Publicity for Good as we discuss planning PR strategy for the holiday season and 2023.

Foodboro Forum: Planning Your PR Strategy For 2023

Financials 411 for Food & Beverage Brands

Product is the backbone of any food & beverage business. Join Foodboro Partner Natalie Alibrandi of 

, a food science consulting agency, as she dives into the basics of bringing your idea to life.

How to Start a Food & Beverage Business with NALI Consulting

Not a Foodboro member? Join the community for 20% off. Use code FBJOIN20 at checkout. 

How to Design a DTC Website That Converts

Thinking of a Rebrand? Here's Where to Start

Whether you’re thinking of a rebrand or currently in the process this webinar will feature Amanda DeVries of 

 as she covers the Who, What, Why and How of redesigning your product’s packaging. 

Packaging Pulse: Rebranding 411

Drive Trial for Back-to-School Season with Social Nature

D2C Design Bootcamp: Building a Website That Works (Part 2)

Come to learn how to take care of accrual-based accounting, cash/working capital management, forecasting, financing, and equity raising.

Many early-stage founders, especially eCommerce founders, struggle with getting their finances ready for fundraising.

, will share tips on getting your financial ducks in a row for fundraising. Topics will cover accrual-based accounting, cash/working capital, forecasting, debt financing and equity raising, and other critical financial elements an investor will be looking at.

Alice has been serving in a CFO & FP&A planning capacity for startups and Fortune 500 companies in the past decade.

She raised $15M in VC funding and over $10M in alternative financing before.

She co-founded Wharton Alumnae Founders and Funders Community (WAFFA), a 501-(c) (3) organization with over 4000 members.

Ashley Nickelsen is the Founder & CEO of B.T.R. NATION, a functional snacking company that's changing the way people think about snacktime. B.T.R. NATION is on track to generate $1M in its second year in business, and they just kicked off their Republic crowdfunding campaign. Check it out here -> 

Get Your Financial Ducks In A Row: Fundraising For Food & Beverage

Benson has helped D2C digital client brands drive over $100M in revenue and currently runs D2C Capital, a portfolio of brands & services bringing ideas, capital, resources, and talent together to build iconic digitally native brands.

Previously he was the fractional CMO for SD Wheel (9-Figure D2C Brand) & Warrior Trading (8-Figure SaaS Brand) for 3 Years.

D2C Design Bootcamp: Building a Website That Works

Foodboro x UMAI Marketing - Hyper Growth Marketing Machine!

Join us as we share the winners to our first-ever Foodboro Faves Awards! Plus, join your peers in the food & beverage industry for a little virtual social mixer to connect and share our goals for 2022. 

Foodboro Faves Awards Social Hour

We will be joined by a handful of packaging design experts from within the Foodboro community to discuss our favorite food & beverage packaging, trends to know, and best practices to follow. Experts in attendence include: 

LIVE EVENT: Foodboro Packaging Pulse Roundtable

Sylva Lunch & Learn: Instagram for Community Builders 

In the spirit of Expo East, we will be hosting our FIRST EVER Foodboro Pitch Day for 

 who are seeking investment to pitch their brands to investors within the Foodboro network. 

We will open with a quick introduction followed by 5 minute pitches from each brand + 3-5 minutes of questions. Event is estimated to last around 1 hour, though it may go over. 

If you are a brand interested in pitching, or an investor interested in observing, please send an email to josh@foodboro.com

Foodboro Pitch Day 2021

Join Foodboro - the largest community of food & beverage makers - and Tastebase - a place to try up and coming brands - as we sit down and get our snack on! We'll be sharing our favorite snacks, discussing industry trends and more.

Snack Sessions with Foodboro & Tastebase

Lunch & Learn: Turn Your Brand's Story Into Sales w/ Kumar Arora

We will be joined by Adam Pollack of Rodeo CPG to discuss their new 

 course launching in August. In this event we will cover:

The perfect primer to what you will learn in the Jumpstart course. Want in? Rodeo CPG is offering Foodboro members a discounted rate on the course when they sign up (limited time only). Get more information 

Keys to a Scrappy CPG Retail Sales Strategy

We will be hosting a Zoom webinar Monday, July 19 at 4pm EST in partnership with 

. During this event you will discover how to set up a digital growth system for your CPG biz so that you can have an efficient marketing machine that gives you back your time and starts getting you results. Register for free!

Consumer Goods Growth Masterclass

Jack Mitchell, General Manager @ PopShop Live will join Juliana, Head of Content @ Foodboro, to chat about live streaming farmers markets and give us a demo of an upcoming potential opportunity for F&B makers that are a fit.  This event is for Foodboro Members.  You can join Foodboro 

Exploring Digital Farmers Markets 

Ori Zohar (co-founder of Burlap & Barrel) will join Juliana Shallcross (Head of Content, Foodboro) and Kim Biddle (Business Development Manager, Heart Creative) to talk about his companies success in S4S 2020, as well as tips and tricks for getting visitors to your site.