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Ep 374: Eric Ji Sun Wu's Evolution from Gainful's Personalized Nutrition, to Sobo's Asian American Comfort Foods

Jan 29, 2024

Eric Ji Sun Wu, Founder of Gainful, discusses his journey from personalized nutrition to starting Sobo Foods. Topics include navigating the retail landscape, building a resonating brand, product quality, and customer experience. They also explore personalization in sports nutrition, partnering with Target, food sustainability, and the goals for Sobo Foods as an Asian American comfort food brand.

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Quick takeaways

Eric Ji Sun Wu successfully navigated the retail landscape and built a resonating brand in the personalized nutrition space, leading to Gainful's 8-figure growth and innovative partnership with Target.

Eric Ji Sun Wu's new venture, Sobo Foods, aims to revolutionize the frozen dumpling market by offering authentic flavors, health consciousness, and nutritional density, challenging stereotypes surrounding Asian cuisine.

Deep dives

Revisiting Gainful and the Entrepreneur's Journey

The podcast episode focuses on Eric G. Sun Wu, the founder of personalized nutrition startup Gainful. It explores his journey from the growth of Gainful to his new venture in the CPG space, Sobo Foods. The episode delves into navigating the retail landscape, building a resonating brand, and the importance of product quality and customer experience.

Introduction

2min

Ad for Motion and Updates on Gainful and a New Business

3min

The Decision to Step Away

4min

Personalization in Sports Nutrition and Retail

7min

Pitching and Partnering with Target

2min

Expanding Personalized Nutrition and Food Sustainability

22min

Dumplings, Sauce, and Goals for the Brand

2min

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Hello and welcome to DTC Podcast, I'm Eric Dyck. Today's podcast revisits one of our favorite guests, Eric Ji Sun Wu, who founded and grew his Personalized Nutrition startup Gainful to 8 figures, helping them navigate multiple funding rounds and innovative retail partnership with Target, where they pioneered in-store personalization.

This podcast goes deep to the heart of the entrepreneurs journey as we follow Eric from the height of Gainful's crazy growth, to the sandobx for creating Eric's new venture in the CPG space as he builds Sobo Foods, to bring health consciousness and authentic flavors to the typically bland and low quality dumplings you might find in your grocer's freezer.

Expect a deep dive into the intricacies of navigating the retail landscape, the art of building a brand that resonates with consumers, and the critical importance of product quality and customer experience.

Expect a tasty dumpling...on with the show...

Timestamps:

0:00 - Introduction to Eric Ji Sun Wu's Journey

2:15 - The Growth and Success of Gainful

4:30 - Transitioning to Sobo Foods and Embracing Sustainability

6:45 - Customer-Centric Approach in Business

9:00 - Innovations in Health and Nutrition Startups

11:15 - Adapting to Retail Challenges and Opportunities in Sobo Foods

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