Today’s episode is a special recording of our first LinkedIn LIVE podcast episode where we announced the winners of the third annual Startup CPG Shelfies Awards! Thank you to those of you who joined live - we had so much fun! You’ll hear the voices of Startup CPG’s founder Daniel Scharff, Patricia Menegoto, Startup CPG’s Head of Marketing & Community, Jenna Movsowitz, Startup CPG’s Spotlight Magazine Managing Editor, and of course my voice. Plus, special guests presenting the branding award Kirk Visola and Andy Kurtts. If you are listening to this before October 5th, you still have time to sign up for our in-person celebrations in New York City and Los Angeles, which I’ll link in the show notes or that can be found on Startup CPG’s Eventbrite page. Also, make sure to check out the special edition of the Spotlight Magazine that highlights all of the incredible finalists and winners (and that you can build your own shopping list from). Thanks for joining us in celebrating our incredible Shelfies applicants, finalists, and winners! And thank you to Floret for sponsoring this year’s awards!

Episode Links:

• Shelfies Award sponsor Floret
• Special Shelfies Edition of the Startup CPG magazine
• NYC Shelfies Party
• LA Shelfies Party
• Winners mentioned: Viv - Viv Cup, Pedestrian Project - Walker’s Cream, Journ - Kauai Color Corrector, Funk It Wellness - Cycle Bites, All Phenoms - Defense blend, Exeer - Mint Soother, Kinship Milk Tea - Earl Grey Milk tea, Whist - Lychee, Absurd Snacks - Rockin’ Rosemary Sea Salt, Better Sour - Pomegranate Tangy, Goddess Mousse - Vegan Raspberry Chocolate Mousse, House of Kajaana - Cauliflower Tikka Masala, NoBull - Original, Seeductive Foods - Marinated Feta, Full of Beans Kitchen - Pancake & Waffle Mix, One Trick Pony - Kinda Crunchy Peanut Butter, Desert Dust - Original Desert Dust, Sideyard Shrubs - Strawberry-Infused Vinegar, Begin Health - Growing Up Prebiotics, Open Eye - Masala Chai, Petaluma - Roasted Peanut Butter & Sweet Potato Baked Food, Geez Louise

This episode was sponsored by Settle. Go to https://www.settle.com/gostartupcpg
This episode was sponsored by Graphite Financial. Go to graphitefinancial.com/cpg

Settle Links:

• Settle website
• Take the Settle Bill Pay for a spin here

Graphite Financial Links

• Graphite Financial website
• Download a free financial model template, chart of accounts template, and more here
• Listen to our episode with Graphite founder, Paul Bianco, episode #96 here.

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• Episode music by Super Fantastics