Episode 22: Justin Gold — Nut Butter Baron

King of the Ride

Ted King

Sports, Health & Fitness, Business

4.8 • 660 Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2018

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Going from making his own almond and peanut butters in his kitchen to borrowing $75k from his roommates' parents and ultimately now being found in virtually every grocery store across the country, Justin's is the modern day entrepreneurial success story. Justin's didn't succeed on dumb luck and a tasty product; he's a scrappy, tenacious, dogged hard worker with a love for the outdoors and mountain biking that it was only a matter of time before he and Ted crossed paths!

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0:00.0	So I ended up calling the squeeze pack company and I'm like, hey, look, I know you can't help me out.
0:04.6	Throw me a bone.
0:05.7	What type of equipment do you use?
0:07.8	You know, can I find it look close by?
0:10.4	Can I find one used?
0:11.8	You know, so they gave me a few manufacturing, the manufacturer's names.
0:15.5	Found a company in Jersey.
0:16.9	They did an old machine that in the 80s did ironically, hair conditioner samples that you got in the Sunday paper.
0:23.4	Oh, freaking.
0:24.1	Whoa.
0:24.9	And remember that?
0:25.8	You opened the Sunday paper and boom, there'd be like a squeeze pack of something.
0:28.8	Yeah.
0:29.5	Are you too young?
0:31.2	I want to say yes, but I think the reality is no.
0:35.0	Ask your parents about it.
0:38.8	Hey, everybody. Gobble, gobble, gobble, happy belated Thanksgiving.
0:43.6	I wish a very warm start to one in all this holiday season.
0:47.2	I am your host.
0:48.2	I am Ted King and welcome to a festive episode of King of the Ride podcast.
0:53.8	Now, I'm recording this introduction right here in the same spot where I recorded this
0:57.8	episode itself, and that is Boulder, Colorado.
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