Emily Lagasse's guest appearances

Emily Lagasse

intrepid.MEDIA

School for Startups Radio

Wear Wag Repeat Podcast

Digging Into the Pet Industry™

Jim Dewald

Robert Mallon

Ron Wallace

Rich Allen

Sunny Bonnell

Sid Mohasseb

Howard Love

Stephen Creskoff

Steve Gold

John Camillus

Shama Hyder

Mickey Connolly

Michael Alden

Geoff Wilson

Andrea Simon

OwlTail

Tyler Craig

Listen as Emily Lagasse &amp; Tyler Craig of Blustream discuss an innovative new software to help pet businesses retain customers and drive repeat purchases while decreasing returns and negative reviews. They discuss personalized SMS marketing strategies that help you to build long-lasting relationships with the pet parents who buy your products or frequent your store.   Learn more about Blustream here: https://www.blustream.ioGrab your calendar here: 2023 Pet Industry Events CalendarSubscribe to our Pet Events Newsletter:https://americanpetprofessionals.com/subscribe-here/Submit a pet event for our Pet Events Newsletter:https://americanpetprofessionals.com/peteventsnewsletter/submitpetevent/Get our 75+ Pet Podcasts Workbook &amp; Guide!Over 20 pages of content, information, checklists,  &amp; our list of 75+ Pet Podcasts.Click here to get yours!Learn more about American Pet Professionals by going to:www.AmericanPetProfessionals.comIf you haven't done so yet, please follow or subscribe to our podcast! We have many solo episodes here on the podcast with ideas, tips and information about pet businesses and the pet industry. And many more incredible pet industry professionals in future episodes. If you're not following the podcast you will miss out on valuable information. Follow now!Music: "You Can Do More" by lemonmusicstudio

Listen as Emily Lagasse &amp; Tyler Craig of Blustream discuss an innovative new software to help pet businesses retain customers and drive repeat purchases while decreasing returns and negative reviews. They discuss personalized SMS marketing strategies that help you to build long-lasting relationships with the pet parents who buy your products or frequent your store.    Learn more about Blustream here: <a href="https://www.blustream.io/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.blustream.io</a> Grab your calendar here: <a href="https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/su/bI8xuQA/2023PetIndustryEventsCal" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">2023 Pet Industry Events Calendar</a>Subscribe to our Pet Events Newsletter:<a href="https://americanpetprofessionals.com/subscribe-here/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://americanpetprofessionals.com/subscribe-here/</a>Submit a pet event for our Pet Events Newsletter:<a href="https://americanpetprofessionals.com/peteventsnewsletter/submitpetevent/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://americanpetprofessionals.com/peteventsnewsletter/submitpetevent/</a> Get our 75+ Pet Podcasts Workbook &amp; Guide!Over 20 pages of content, information, checklists,  &amp; our list of 75+ Pet Podcasts.<a href="https://stan.store/americanpetpros/americanpetpros_store/page/96193" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Click here to get yours!</a> Learn more about American Pet Professionals by going to:<a href="https://americanpetprofessionals.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.AmericanPetProfessionals.com</a> If you haven't done so yet, please follow or subscribe to our podcast! We have many solo episodes here on the podcast with ideas, tips and information about pet businesses and the pet industry. And many more incredible pet industry professionals in future episodes. If you're not following the podcast you will miss out on valuable information. Follow now! Music: "You Can Do More" by lemonmusicstudio

#29: Strategies for Customer Retention With Emily Lagasse & Tyler Craig of Blustream

Joined on the show today by Emily Lagasse, the Founder + CEO of Fedwell Pet Foods. Our pets deserve better food, yes. But learn how one entrepreneur built a business from scratch to solve a very common problem....Discussion guide from my conversation with Emily Lagasse:1. The inspiration behind starting Fedwell Pet Foods.2. Challenges with manufacturing and getting the product made, and how she's dealing with that.3. She shares her unique distribution model, and how she will scale the business when the time comes. And what you can learn from how she will accomplish that.4. She walks us through her current product line, but shares where things can go from here: foods for new animals, and adding new proteins, such as crickets. Yes...crickets!5. How do you build trust with a new market, in a very competitive market, on a very sensitive subject (what people feed their fur babies)...6. What are the biggest challenges building a business like this? And can you share some key lessons for those trying to do something similar?7. Any guidance for finding and recruiting manufacturing for any type of product?8. How do you deal with the strict testing of product, especially when everyone in your market is concerned, from finicky owners to veterinarians?9. How do you scale a business such as this, without compromising quality and your principles?###About Emily Lagasse:Emily is the founder and CEO of Fedwell Pet Foods, a Boston-based company offering the only 100% natural pet food on the market. Fedwell products are based on Emily’s home- cooked recipes that she used to heal her African dog, Fenway, after he got sick upon their return from Peace Corps service in Togo. Every bag of Fedwell contains recognizable ingredients anyone would be proud to serve their whole family.Emily was the grand prize winner at the 2013 Female Entrepreneurship Challenge, earning over $30K in cash and non-cash prizes. Emily was also a semi-finalist at Babson’s BETA challenge in 2014, and in 2015 Fedwell was named one of Inc Magazine’s coolest college startups. Fedwell concluded a successful Kickstarter campaign in 2014, with over 200 backers, raising over $20,000. Fedwell is currently carried in specialty pet stores in Massachusetts and is being featured on the PBS show StartUp, which draws 15 million viewers annually. (Episode 308, Wake up and smell the dog food, airs on Boston’s WGBH on November 22nd at 12:30pm.) Emily is a native of Boston, attended Ohio State University for her undergraduate degree in Marketing and Transportation Logistics and is a recent MBA graduate from Babson college. In her spare time Emily plays in a volleyball league, enjoys outdoor activities with her dog, and teaches life skills to youth aging out of the foster care system.###

Joined on the show today by Emily Lagasse, the Founder + CEO of Fedwell Pet Foods. Our pets deserve better food, yes. But learn how one entrepreneur built a business from scratch to solve a very common problem.... Discussion guide from my conversation with Emily Lagasse: 1. The inspiration behind starting Fedwell Pet Foods. 2. Challenges with manufacturing and getting the product made, and how she's dealing with that. 3. She shares her unique distribution model, and how she will scale the business when the time comes. And what you can learn from how she will accomplish that. 4. She walks us through her current product line, but shares where things can go from here: foods for new animals, and adding new proteins, such as crickets. Yes...crickets! 5. How do you build trust with a new market, in a very competitive market, on a very sensitive subject (what people feed their fur babies)... 6. What are the biggest challenges building a business like this? And can you share some key lessons for those trying to do something similar? 7. Any guidance for finding and recruiting manufacturing for any type of product? 8. How do you deal with the strict testing of product, especially when everyone in your market is concerned, from finicky owners to veterinarians? 9. How do you scale a business such as this, without compromising quality and your principles? ### About Emily Lagasse: Emily is the founder and CEO of Fedwell Pet Foods, a Boston-based company offering the only 100% natural pet food on the market. Fedwell products are based on Emily’s home- cooked recipes that she used to heal her African dog, Fenway, after he got sick upon their return from Peace Corps service in Togo. Every bag of Fedwell contains recognizable ingredients anyone would be proud to serve their whole family. Emily was the grand prize winner at the 2013 Female Entrepreneurship Challenge, earning over $30K in cash and non-cash prizes. Emily was also a semi-finalist at Babson’s BETA challenge in 2014, and in 2015 Fedwell was named one of Inc Magazine’s coolest college startups. Fedwell concluded a successful Kickstarter campaign in 2014, with over 200 backers, raising over $20,000. Fedwell is currently carried in specialty pet stores in Massachusetts and is being featured on the PBS show StartUp, which draws 15 million viewers annually. (Episode 308, Wake up and smell the dog food, airs on Boston’s WGBH on November 22nd at 12:30pm.) Emily is a native of Boston, attended Ohio State University for her undergraduate degree in Marketing and Transportation Logistics and is a recent MBA graduate from Babson college. In her spare time Emily plays in a volleyball league, enjoys outdoor activities with her dog, and teaches life skills to youth aging out of the foster care system. ###

Emily Lagasse: Our pets deserve better food

Bryan Weinstein

April 11, 2016  Fedwells Emily Lagasse &amp; Franchiser Bryan Weinstein

04.11 Fedwells Emily Lagasse & Franchiser Bryan Weinstein