Ep98- Growth Stories from Blue Crabs to Boston - Sean of LeanBox
The Food Startups Podcast · Hema Reddy
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Show Notes
The original title was "Growth Stories from Blue Crabs to the Bronx to Brooklyn to Boston".. full of alliteration but a bit too long.
Sean Butler has been slowly moving north through his life, adding skills and experiences.
The current stop of his journey is VP of Growth at one of the hottest startups in New England.
Sean joined LeanBox pre-revenue, and has grown with the company as it expanded from 3 to 42 employees in two years.
LeanBox delivers customized inventories of meals, salads, sandwiches, snacks, and beverages to hi-tech refrigerators at 200+ companies in New England, including Uber, Amazon, and Microsoft. Cold brewed coffee, organic snacks, cold-pressed juice and more.
The million dollar question: with software, hardware, sourcing, logistics, and more, how are they able to run multiple businesses at once? We go behind the scenes:
- Culture shock: moving from the country to the Bronx
- Witnessing a shooting .. and moving to Brooklyn
- On managing multiple businesses at once
- Unusual tactics to get your foot in a door at a startup
- Surviving their biggest mistakes in outsourcing and insourcing
- How to get your food product approved by their buying committee
- Mistakes that food startup brands make
- The unique pricing model - keeping it cheaper than Whole Foods
- "We do really well in places where you've got to drive 15 minutes just to find somewhere to eat"
- What's next for LeanBox
Selected links from the show: LeanBox Uber Boston Office Envy: LeanBox Literally Works out of a Mansion Hunts Point Market Kitchen Confidential Cultivate Ventures Eden, Maryland Chipotle Montreal