Walter Kinzie of Kinzie Foods on Entrepreneurship, Purpose, Resilience
Braving Business: Tales of Entrepreneurial Resilience and Courage in the Face of Adversity
Tal J Zlotnitsky
4.9 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 2 June 2025
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
Today, we have the pleasure of welcoming a truly visionary guest, Walter Kinzie, the founder of Kinzie Foods. Walter's journey is a testament to the power of resilience and innovation, and we're thrilled to have him share his story with us.
About Walter Kinzie
Walter Kinzie is Founder at Kinzie Foods. Incredible products, made with love.
Topics Covered
• Walter's journey as an entrepreneur.
• The pivotal moment in Walter's career and how it shaped the path forward.
• Walter's journey from the start began with a significant challenge—a life-threatening kidney transplant and then professional concerts to raise money for others.
• Personal qualities that have contributed to Walter's success.
• How Walter founded and developed Kinzie Foods.
• Navigating business challenges and building resilience in the industry.
• Leadership philosophy and management approach in a competitive market.
Connect with Walter Kinzie
• [Website](https://kinziefoods.com)
• [LinkedIn](https://linkedin.com/in/walter-kinzie)
Contact Us
• [Braving Business Podcast](https://www.bravingbusiness.com) - Co-hosted by Tal Zlotnitsky & PJ Benoit
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This episode of the Braving Business podcast is sponsored by, well, me. |
| 0:04.8 | I'm PJ Binwana. I've been in the domestic and international logistics space for over 30 years. |
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| 0:26.0 | For more details, please go to shipwithpj.com. That's shipwithpj.com. Reach out to me there, |
| 0:33.7 | mention you found me on this podcast for a special surprise. And one last quick thing, |
| 0:38.2 | if you enjoy this episode, please stay on after the show to learn more about the Braving Business |
| 0:42.7 | podcast and other great episodes for you to discover. And now, let's get the show started. Well, hello there. |
| 1:02.6 | Good, man. |
| 1:04.3 | How are you doing? |
| 1:05.3 | Man, I'm great. |
| 1:06.7 | I'm great. |
| 1:07.2 | It's good to see you. |
| 1:08.0 | It's good seeing you too. |
| 1:09.0 | It's good seeing you too. |
| 1:09.6 | I understand that you were in my |
| 1:11.4 | beautiful city of Chicago recently. Yeah, we did a show over the weekend in Andersonville. Oh, nice. |
| 1:19.4 | And I got to tell you, we did another show at the end of April, and it was a three-day show, and it was bananas. We sold a ton of product. |
| 1:28.6 | And this show in Andersonville last weekend was a two-day show. |
| 1:32.2 | And so just out of like an abundance of caution, |
| 1:35.1 | I brought 100% of what we sold a few weeks ago at the three-day show for this two-day show. |
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