Learn How to Scale a Brand at Summer School 🚀

We’re hosting video chats through mid September to help brands in our community launch, scale, and adapt to new ways of building an impactful brand. We’ll also have sessions about leadership, managing remote teams, and mental wellness, because taking care of yourself means you’re taking care of your team too.

Indie CPG Summer School video chats will be lead and co-hosted with founders, operators, agencies, vendors, technology companies, and consumer investors with knowledge to share.

What Kind of Brands Will Be in Class? 🍎

We created Summer School video chats to support the 600+ brands across our Indie CPG and CPP communities. Our communities represent pre-launch, emerging, and established indie brands building the future of food, beverages, beauty, wellness, personal care, pets, baby, and home goods products.

All of our Summer School programming is 100% free to participate in, and the programming will be unstructured - you can join one or all chats. Each group call will have around 10-30 brands participating.

Where Do I Enroll? ✏️

Our video chats in 2021 are now complete. See you next summer!


Confirmed Teachers & Speakers

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🍌 Hannah and Mollie, co-founders of Must Love, are hosting a roundtable chat for frozen brands to meet.

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💸 Cessna Mac, Principal at Amberstone Ventures, will be co-hosting a chat about how to raise a Series A.

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🍜 Kevin Lee, co-founder of Immi, will be leading a chat about planning for the first six months of a brand after launch.

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🛍 Mia Medina, founder of Gather Brands, is hosting a grocery retail Q&A for women owned brands.

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🛒 Daniel Quiñones, founder of Front Page Retail, is leading a chat about consumer driven merchandising.

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🥑 Ali Bonar, co-founder of Kween granola butter, will be co-hosting a chat about collaborating with influencers.

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💰 Nate Rosen and the team at Settle will be leading a chat about cash flow management and inventory financing.

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💊 Jenne Moore, co-founder of Sourse, will be hosting a chat for wellness brands (like vitamins, food, bev) to meet.

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🏙 Justin Symons, Group Media Director at PJX Media, will be leading a chat about Out of Home advertising.

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📱Harvey Hodd, co-founder of Blueprint, on how to use SMS to spark engaging conversations with your customers.

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🍴Matt Cotton, founder of Rooted Food Sales, on new opportunities to drive sales through the world of foodservice.

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⚡️ Cody and Julian Levine, co-founders of Twice toothpaste, will be hosting a chat for personal care brands to meet.

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🍫 Jake Karls, co-founder of Mid-day Squares, will be co-hosting a roundtable about International Expansion.

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🍋 Courtnie Alvear-Beceiro, Director Of Brand Marketing at Haven's Kitchen, is leading a chat about retail marketing.

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Taylor Cook, founder of Tiny Bodega, will be leading a chat for Black owned food and beverage brands to meet.

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🥤Steven Vigilante and Eli Weiss at OLIPOP will be hosting a chat on growth marketing and customer experience.

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💛 Lynn and Edita, co-founders of Hella Social Impact are leading a chat about building an antiracist brand inside & out.

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🤑 Tiffin, founder of Aisle, is leading a chat about coupons, SMS, and how Aisle is the first cash back platform for Gen Z.

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💎 Sara Du, co-founder of Alloy, on Shopify automations to save time, scale logistics, and increase revenue.

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📈 Jordan Weitz, Associate at Monogram Capital, will be leading a chat about cohort analyses and revenue projections.

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🍸 CC DesRosiers, co-founder of Troop, will be leading a chat for cocktail, beer, wine, spirits, and seltzer brands to meet.

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🎁 Nicole Baqai and the team at Gorgias will be leading a chat about customer service for eCommerce orders.

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🍄 Matt Feldman, founder & CEO of Moku Foods, will be co-hosting a chat for plant based brands to meet.

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🏝 Amrit Richmond, co-organizer of Indie CPG, will be co-hosting chats about M&A, consumer insights, and fundraising.

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🚢 Lillian and John, co-founders of ShelfLife, will be leading a chat about supply chains, ingredients, and inflation.

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🚙 Brian and John at Sonoma Brands are leading a chat about embracing online grocery and last mile platforms.

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🌎 Lauren Gropper, founder & CEO of Repurpose compostables, is leading a chat about sustainability & transparency.

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🌿 Felicity Chen, co-founder of Potli, will be leading a chat for brands infused with cannabis and hemp to meet.

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🍎 Shray Joshi, Head of Digital & Growth at Health-Ade, is leading a chat about DTC strategy for food and beverages.

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🍦Avery and Spencer, co-founders of Marco Sweets & Spices, will be leading a chat about CPG branding and design.

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🥕 Kaitlin Mogentale, founder of Pulp Pantry, will be leading a chat for brands using (or interested in) upcycled foods.

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🎯 Cameron McCarthy, CEO at WeStock, is leading a chat about engaging your customers to drive retail strategy & trial.

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📦 Chris Moe, President at Cartograph, will be leading a chat about the Amazon ecosystem for food and beverage brands.

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📸 Adam Brown, President at Sircle Media, will be leading a chat about content creation for use on social media.

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🌍 Alexander Harik, co-founder & CEO of Zesty Z, will be hosting a chat for brands bringing global flavors to America.