Natural Heath Products: Ingredients for Success

In this episode, we had the pleasure of having Jen Dieter on the show. Jen has 22 years of physical therapy experience and is a six-time Crossfit Games masters athlete, finishing between 9th and 5th overall from 2015-2020, and she won two major CrossFit Masters events in 2020. Listen in to hear about her journey into Crossfit and how working with Stratum helped her become an influencer for one of our brand partners, Redd Remedies. 

In this episode, Bill Grundler, Masters Athlete & Crossfit Coach, explains how our bodies, or as he calls it, "our machines," don't work like they use to, and what healthy aging looks like for all athletes. Listen in as he breaks it down to the bricks - nutrition and movement - and how supplements are the mortar that holds everything together.  

In this episode, Chris Haynes, our Senior Director of Global Sales, takes us on a walk through memory lane as he describes the evolution of the natural products industry. With 29 years of experience under his belt, he shares some insightful truths on the industry and its growth. Trust us when we say, this is an episode you don't want to miss. 

 In this episode, Caroline Beckman, CEO at Nouri, shares her passion of taking what she has learned and how she is applying it to various areas in the public sector. Hear why Caroline and others are focusing on mentoring those in the juvenile system. 

In this episode, Afif Ghannoum, CEO at BIOHM Health, shares what it takes to create a thriving ambassador program. From the importance of hiring PR firms with a hustle game to regulating influencer content, his way of storytelling will certainly inspire you to take your brand to the next level. 

In this episode, we had a fun time chatting with Richard Lin, CEO @ Thryve, about how his company got started, where health care is today, and what the future of microbiome health can do. Take a listen, and who knows, you might just be inspired to get your own toilet mascot. 

In this episode we have Kyle Phelps on and learn a bit more about his background, Ancient Nutrition, and what it looks like leading the product development charge in the natural products space today.

We all understand at this point the power of social media and how it affects brands within the natural products space. We were stoked to chat with Adam Brown from Sircle Media (if you don’t know Adam, you really should. Check him out on LinkedIn). In this episode, we had a lot of fun chatting about 1st Base + Curated in the Mix + Influencers + TikTok is Sushi.

International bestselling author Jay Samit, is a dynamic entrepreneur and intrepreneur who is widely recognized as one of the world’s leading experts on disruption and innovation. Described by Wired magazine as “having the coolest job in the industry,” he raises hundreds of millions of dollars for startups, advises Fortune 500 firms, transforms entire industries, revamps government institutions, and for three decades continues to be at the forefront of global trends.What a great experience it was to have the international best-selling author of "Disrupt You!," Jay Samit on the podcast.  In this episode  we discuss with Jay natural product industry disruption, mentoring, and the release of his new book, "Future Proofing You." 

In this episode we are speaking with Fred Hart, the Creative Director @ Interact  Boulder. Fred and Interact Boulder work with brands such as Boulder Canyon, Noble Made, Dogfish Head Brewing and a ton more. We talk package design, audience centric design, the COVID direct to consumer fire, as well as Fred offering lots of great advice for startup brands in the natural health and supplement categories. 

In this episode, we had a very inspiring and insightful regulatory conversation with Diana Morgan of Care/Of. We discuss everything from Warren G to not saying no for the sake of saying no to your other departments but being creative with finding gray areas and beyond. If you are a young regulatory professional in the natural products space or seasoned veteran, lot's of sound advice from one of the most delightfully-fresh seasoned regulatory pros in the biz.

Super pumped to have our dear friend Andrew Hebard on the show. Andrew is the founder of Natures Crops International, the manufacturers of Ahiflower. In this episode we get some really great insight into supply chain influence, how to get creative in business, advice Andrew has for the 20 something him as well as discussing a bit on Ahiflower of which we distribute for Natures Crops.

In this episode we interview Erik Bywater the founder of Knosis, an eSports natural supplement brand gettin' their game on. We learn about Knosis and discuss the eSports category, his experience on the Canadian show "Dragon's Den" (As much as we could anyway;) and get some great advice he has for entrepreneurs and new brand leaders in the natural products space.

Eric and I discuss what brands can do to avoid becoming a commodity brand and get customers excited about not just your products but your brand. We also get his take on some natural food/beverage and supplement brands that are doing this branding thing right today as well other other lil' tid-bits from this passionate, fit, and fun personality who is the founder of thedigestiblebrand.com and chief strategy officer/principle at Denver's very own LRXD.

In this episode I chat with Yadim Medore one of the God fathers of strategic branding within the nutraceutical and functional food and beverages spaces. Our discussion will be around the topic of The ROI of Trust Transparency and what that should mean to brands today. He and his company Pure Branding have assisted brands such as Gaia Herbs, Standard Process, Reserveage, and more generate amazing results oriented, meaningful, and highly targeted strategic brand support.

Micah Osborne is on the show and we discuss a few lessons he's learned in his career, allowing your team to thrive by letting them do what they do best, finding and participating in peer groups to help you grow and more.

In this Market IQ episode we have Dr. Christopher Bailey with us again from right here at Stratum Nutrition as we discuss Vegan & Vegetarian category stats as  a whole as well as review a few functional food brands and dive into how related category trends end up transitioning into the supplement space.

In this episode I speak with Ryan Mulvany ($100 million in Amazon Sales) and founder of Quiverr about why he considers himself an Amazonaholic, Amazon brands effects on others, trend tracking tools, and more. Don't miss this interview with a seasoned Amazon  CPG & PE Marketplace Strategist and the founder of Amazon's 2nd Largest Ads Partner.