Food52: Amanda Hesser

Food52: Amanda Hesser

In the early 1990s, as Amanda Hesser's college friends were interviewing for their first cubicle jobs, she chose a different path: one that led straight into the kitchens of Europe, where she cooked traditional recipes and learned the rhythm of the seasons from a crusty French gardener. By 24, she had landed a book deal and one of the most coveted jobs in journalism: writing about food for the New York Times. But over time she grew restless, and in 2008, gave up that dream job—and the stability that went with it—to become an entrepreneur. When her first business fizzled out, Amanda took a financial risk by pivoting again to launch a new company: Food52. Part food blog, part e-commerce site for all things kitchen and home, Food52 is now valued at roughly $100 million and achieved profitability for the first time in 2020—during the pandemic.

How I Built This Summit - information and tickets at:
http://summit.npr.org

See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Avsnitt(807)

Chomps: Pete Maldonado and Rashid Ali

Chomps: Pete Maldonado and Rashid Ali

When steaks don’t sell you shift to sticks; that’s how Chomps was born. After several failed ventures—one of which left him bankrupt—Pete Maldonado decided to take another chance on launching a busine...

30 Jan 20231h 25min

HIBT Lab! Osmo Salt: Nick DiGiovanni

HIBT Lab! Osmo Salt: Nick DiGiovanni

Do you know who holds the record for making the world’s largest chicken nugget? How about the world’s largest sushi roll?If you know Nick DiGiovanni, then you know the answer to those questions. Each ...

26 Jan 202342min

Tarte Cosmetics: Maureen Kelly

Tarte Cosmetics: Maureen Kelly

Let’s say you had a passion but thought of it only as a hobby; certainly never the seed of a billion-dollar company. Plus, you are studying for a career in something unrelated to business. That’s Maur...

23 Jan 20231h 21min

HIBT Lab! Nuro: Dave Ferguson

HIBT Lab! Nuro: Dave Ferguson

When you think about self-driving cars, you might imagine relaxing in the back seat while a vehicle carries you to your destination. But according to Dave Ferguson, nearly half of all car tips that Am...

19 Jan 202339min

Complexly: Hank and John Green

Complexly: Hank and John Green

In 2007, brothers Hank and John Green lived thousands of miles apart, so they started posting video blogs to each other on a strange new platform called YouTube. People began tuning in, and the daily ...

16 Jan 20231h 24min

ICYMI... HIBT Lab! Malala Fund and Our Place: Shiza Shahid

ICYMI... HIBT Lab! Malala Fund and Our Place: Shiza Shahid

On October 9, 2012, Shiza Shahid’s life changed forever. It was on that day that 15-year-old Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai was shot in the head by a Taliban gunman, capturing the world’s attenti...

12 Jan 202346min

Health-Ade Kombucha: Daina Trout (2020)

Health-Ade Kombucha: Daina Trout (2020)

In 2012, Daina Trout, her husband Justin, and her best friend Vanessa Dew were sitting around a kitchen table spit-balling possible business ideas. Their biggest contender seemed to be a natural produ...

9 Jan 202357min

ICYMI... HIBT Lab! The Financial Diet: Chelsea Fagan

ICYMI... HIBT Lab! The Financial Diet: Chelsea Fagan

Chelsea Fagan got her first credit card when she was a senior in high school. She quickly maxed it out, racking up debt that would burden her through her early twenties. Then, in 2014, Chelsea started...

5 Jan 202340min

Populärt inom Business & ekonomi

badfluence
framgangspodden
rss-jossan-nina
varvet
uppgang-och-fall
rss-borsens-finest
avanzapodden
bathina-en-podcast
svd-tech-brief
rss-kort-lang-analyspodden-fran-di
fill-or-kill
lastbilspodden
24fragor
borsmorgon
rss-inga-dumma-fragor-om-pengar
rss-dagen-med-di
rss-den-nya-ekonomin
dynastin
kapitalet-en-podd-om-ekonomi
tabberaset