What's in your hands?
Questions:
(1) Do you have a special sauce that leaves everyone raving every time you make it?
(2) Do you like pickling fresh veggies from your home garden to share with neighbors and friends?
(3) Are you naturally creative in the kitchen, whipping up delicious dips and dishes from whatever is in your cupboard?
(4) Do you have a signature tea, juice, or cocktail mixer that brings joy to every gathering?
(5) Have you ever thought about selling that amazing dip or spread, but felt overwhelmed by the process of starting your own food business?
If you answered yes to any of these, then the What’s in Your Hands Bootcamp on April 7th, 8th, and 9th is for you. I’ll guide you step-by-step through everything you need to know to turn your kitchen passion into profit. You’ll walk away with a clear, simple roadmap to confidently launch your food business and start making money from mixing what you love.
(1) No, you don't need a second job. You just need to start selling this special delicious dip, sauce, dressing, spread, juice, mixer, and whatever it is. You know what it is.
(2) Yes, you might feel stuck, but you are not stuck. You just need to start building your legacy by sharing your food creations and confections with more people.
(3) Yes, you have everything it takes to be successful selling what's in your hands and that food you need to know how to make inside and out.
During the three days, we're going to dive through the launch of your food business and the process it takes without any gimmicks, manipulation of information. We don't have time or money to waste., and we're going to cut through all the unnecessary steps and processes.
At the end of the three-day bootcamp, you will know the following:
(1) How to pick a name for your company?
(2) How to create your LLC?
(3) How to open a business bank account?
(4) How to get a Tax Identification Number (TIN) for your business?
(5) How to register your business with the state you live in?
(6) How to get licensed as a food producer in your state?
(7) How can you produce your food products in the comfort of your own home?
(8) If producing at a commercial kitchen for you?
(9) Tips to run your first production successfully?
(10) How to shop for ingredients and save money?
(11) What container to use for your products?
(12) How to work with a food laboratory to get your products tasted?
(13) How much to sell your food products and how much money to charge to create enough margins to fuel the business?
(14) Your differentiation strategy to maintain an edge over your direct or indirect competitors.
(15) How to normalize paying yourself from the get-go?
(16) Who are your first customers?
(17) How to raise capital for your first run of production?
(19) How to take your food products from the neighborhood to your community?
(20) Money, money, money - How to maintain a great cash flow for your business- You are in business to SOLVE a problem and make MONEY in the process.
(21) The exact process to follow for your food idea?
(22) How to market your food product on a budget?
Schedule:
Day 1
Monday, April 7th: 3:00-6:00
You Matter.
The first hour and a half, we will cover YOU, YOUR mental health, and walk you through what it takes to get ready mentally to be successful at running a food business.
The second half of the first day together, we'll cover the process to follow to write down your recipe and formalize it. We will also cover nutritional info for your product and how to get your label ready to be printed.
DAY 2
Tuesday, April 8th
the basics of what is needed to launch your business: Name choice, social media, creating your LLC, Tax Identification Number (TIN), opening your business bank account
DAY 3
Wednesday, April 9th
It's all about the money.
We will cover Cost of Goods Sold (COGS), profit margins, bookkeeping, taxes, paying your employees.
If not TODAY, when? What recipe is in your hands? Let’s turn it into your next big success!