My name’s Tony. I sought out to start a manufactured food business, but found the lack of resources on how to do it constraining. Too much industry knowledge required networking and having the right connections. This guide is an attempt to change that - to provide a lay of the land and make food-based entrepreneurship more accessible to all.
I’m a recent graduate of masters programs at the Yale School of Management and Yale School of the Environment and co-founded Mesa Foods.
Acknowledgements
Many thanks to everyone who has supported me, connected me with others in the know, and who continues to answer my emails. This guide would not be possible without you. Thank you also to the Yale Center for Business and Environment and their amazing team. Special thanks to:
Meryl Breidbart
Max Dworin, Onda
Tagan Engel, The Table Underground
Vincent Stanley, Patagonia
…and many more
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