Ep. 5 Nick Saltarelli on Why Building A Factory Was The Only Way Ecommerce Building Blocks

Jason talks to Nick Saltarelli about what it was like to start the fastest growing chocolate brand in North America, what building a factory from the ground up in the 21st century looks like, and why Nick thinks manufacturing is the next great opportunity for ecom entrepreneurs who are really serious about their product.

In this episode of Ecommerce Building Blocks with Jason Wong, Jason introduces us to the world of manufacturing with his guest, Nick Saltarelli, the coFounder of Mid Day Squares. When Nick and his now wife and brother-in-law were dreaming up a business they had no idea they would get so deep into consumer packaged goods that they would end up starting their own factory. They wanted to create a food product that lived up to the hype and couldn’t compromise on ingredients or composition, so they had to build it from scratch themselves, leveraging to get investors by keeping retail prices down and making their first million from the manufacturing hub they built in their apartment. Nick thinks the time is nigh for young entrepreneurs to take back manufacturing for North America, he gives some solid tips for truly hustling, and he gives some solid relationship advice too!

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https://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-saltarelli-063a5965/

Mid-Day Squares: https://www.middaysquares.com/

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