Building a High Growth Brand in CPG with Bryan Freeman: An EOFire Classic from 2022

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🗓️ 1 August 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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From the archive: This episode was originally recorded and published in 2022. Our interviews on Entrepreneurs On Fire are meant to be evergreen, and we do our best to confirm that all offers and URL's in these archive episodes are still relevant.

Bryan Freeman led Real Good Foods from startup in 2017 to IPO in 2021, listing with a 300 dollars plus million market cap. Bryan has built and sold three other Consumer Packaged Goods brands to large publicly traded firms.

Top 3 Value Bombs

1. Stay curious and keep learning from others.

2. When investors see you’re committed, they will invest.

3. Be very intentional, be constantly look for people with new ideas and experiences.

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0:00.0	Boom. Shake the room, Fire Nation. JLD here and welcome to Entrepreneurs on Fire, brought to you by
0:08.1	High Level, the all-on-one sales and marketing platform. On today's classic episode, we'll be
0:14.3	breaking down, building a high-growth brand in CPG. To drop these value bombs, I brought to Brian
0:19.8	Freeman into EO Fire Studios.
0:21.8	Brian led Real Good Foods from startup in 2017 to an IPO in 2021, listing with a $300 million
0:28.2	market cap.
0:29.9	Brian is built and sold three other consumer packaged goods brands to large publicly traded
0:35.1	firms.
0:36.0	And today we talk about how to stay curious and keep learning from others.
0:39.2	When investors see you're committed, they will invest and be very intentional, but constantly
0:43.3	look for people with new ideas and experiences and so much more.
0:47.2	And a big thank you for sponsoring today's episode goes to Brian and our sponsors.
0:51.9	Are you ready for the ultimate all-in-one platform
0:55.0	for entrepreneurs, marketers, coaches, and agencies,
0:58.8	build funnels, automate follow-ups, manage clients,
1:01.6	and even white-label your own software,
1:04.2	say hello to our featured partner High Level
1:07.3	and visit high-levelfire.com to start your free trial today.
1:14.9	Brian, say what's up to Fire Nation and share something that you believe about becoming successful
1:22.5	that most people disagree with. Hey, what's up, Fire Nation? Great to be here today.
1:28.9	I would say that no matter how successful or how well things are going, how big your business is getting,
1:35.7	continue to ask for help and help those that are asking you for help.
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