#49 Nuts Can Kill. Are Seeds the Answer?

The Pitch

Josh Muccio

Technology, Business, Investing, Entrepreneurship

4.6 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 10 October 2018

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Blake Sorensen has a deathly nut allergy — one that's led to some harrowing trips to the ER. But then he decided that enough was enough. So he started a company, Blake’s Seed Based, to make snacks safe for people like him. Will the investors get on board with his mission? Today's investors are Alexandra Stanton, Jake Chapman, Charles Hudson and Phil Nadel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:01.5	Today's founder is on a mission and it's personal.
1:05.0	Every school, every airline, every hospital should have snacks that should be accessible for everyone.
1:11.0	Without worrying about it, you know, if you're going to die if you're going to eat it.
1:14.0	Blake Sorensen is determined to solve a problem he's battled with his whole life.
1:20.0	To do it, he needs to raise 750K from investors.
1:25.0	Investors are often skeptical of food startups.
1:28.2	So today, Blake will take a run at their questions
1:31.0	about competition, distribution, and of course how the thing tastes.
1:36.2	Will he make it through the food startup gauntlet?
1:39.2	I'm Josh Muccio and from Gimlet Media, this is the pitch.
1:44.0	Our investors today?
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