5 • 145 Ratings
🗓️ 12 January 2021
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Ashley says it best when she says, “BTR Bars are the first bars with a purpose.” In today’s episode, we talk about that purpose with Ashley Nickelsen, the Founder and Chief Snack Officer of B.T.R. Bars.
Ashley started her entrepreneurial journey experiencing a time in her life where snacking was almost pivotal to her diet. Instead of sticking to the classics, Ashley created BTR Bars to help put an end to “mindless snacking.”
Compared to most snacks with 20-30 grams of sugar, BTR Bars have “zero grams of sugar” while also adding other nutrients to help energize or relax you. Unlike most diets, BTR Bars don’t discourage anyone from snacking but instead offer you nutritious alternatives with ease.
In part 2, Ashley discusses Her Mentor experience, BTR and what it is; Ending mindless snacking; Getting into the ingredients; Spreading educational awareness about the ingredients in a BTR Bar; Building the customer experience at the point of purchase; and much more.
Join us while Ramon Vela interviews Ashley for The Story of a Brand, and listen to her share the inside story.
For more on B.T.R. Bar, visit: https://www.eatbtrbar.com/
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0:00.0 | Recorded at Attention Agency Studios. |
0:07.5 | This is not your average entrepreneur or e-commerce podcast. |
0:12.0 | And he's not your average host. |
0:14.5 | This is the story of a brand with your host Ramon Vela. |
0:21.6 | So it's, and I'm so, I'm so glad to meet a fellow snacker. |
0:26.4 | I think so our tagline is we're on a mission to end mindless snacking |
0:31.2 | and to bring new meaning to snack time. |
0:33.8 | So really celebrating snack time as something that is good for us. |
0:38.3 | But why not instead of choosing something that is, you know, sugar-laden with 20, 30 grams of sugar, |
0:44.3 | why not reach for something that has zero grams of added sugar and also has these purpose-driven superfoods |
0:50.3 | and adaptogens that can actually do something for your body and make you feel better. |
1:02.2 | This episode is brought to you by Flavor Cloud. |
1:07.0 | So who wants to deal with international shipping, customs duties, and taxes? |
1:13.2 | Flavor Cloud makes it easy for fast-growing D2C brands and 3PL partners to ship globally in just a few simple steps. So let Flavor Cloud manage it all. For more details, visit |
1:19.6 | flavorcloud.com. That's flavor cloud.com. |
1:25.0 | Hey, everyone, this is Ramon Vela, and this is another episode of the story of a brand. |
1:31.4 | Like always, I've got an amazing founder and brand that we're going to feature today. |
1:36.8 | But before I do, I have a quick announcement that I'd like to make regarding my new main sponsor. |
1:45.2 | So, well, and actually, before I get started with that, so Ashley, I'm just kind of curious |
1:51.7 | about something. |
1:53.5 | Do you remember the time or how it felt, actually, when, you know, someone helped out your brand, whether they maybe was an angel investor, |
2:03.4 | or maybe it was family and friends around, you know, when someone really helped out your brand |
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