38 min
Ep119- How to Change the World via Food with Tim West The Food Startups Podcast
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Recognized as one of Zagat’s 30 under 30 in 2013, Tim West is a Slow Food chef turned Social Entrepreneur. He is a Culinary Institute of America (CIA) graduate and grandson of Arch West, the inventor of Doritos®.
Tim cut his teeth in the the kitchens at The St. Regis Hotel in New York and the Facebook headquarters in California before entering the world of entrepreneurship.
Tim co-created The Food Hackathon + Forum as a business plan competition and alternative educational experience to encourage entrepreneurs to work on more meaningful problems and to expose corporate teams to a more collaborative and inspiring working methodology.
We had a great conversation about the future of food and how to get involved:
How Tim became a chef His family's past food experience Definition of "Slow Food" What is wrong with food today? Tim's realization "that he can feed more people with a cell phone and a computer than a chef knife and a flame." True cost accounting How do we change the food system? What is a "hackathon" and why is it important? The Startup Bus Competition How to win business plan competitions The art of the pitch What Tim learned from his time at Facebook Thoughts on "digital discipline"
Selected links from the show:
Food Hackathon
Tim West - iFTF Profile
Learning From A Banana Tycoon
Tim's Ted Talks: Cultivate Innovation and Hacking: Food for Thought
Camp Grounded - Summer Camp for Adults
A Taste of Generation Yum
StartupBus
Guy Kawasaki - The Only 10 Slides You Need in Your Pitch
Tim West - AboutMe
Terra Madre
Future Food Institute
Recognized as one of Zagat’s 30 under 30 in 2013, Tim West is a Slow Food chef turned Social Entrepreneur. He is a Culinary Institute of America (CIA) graduate and grandson of Arch West, the inventor of Doritos®.
Tim cut his teeth in the the kitchens at The St. Regis Hotel in New York and the Facebook headquarters in California before entering the world of entrepreneurship.
Tim co-created The Food Hackathon + Forum as a business plan competition and alternative educational experience to encourage entrepreneurs to work on more meaningful problems and to expose corporate teams to a more collaborative and inspiring working methodology.
We had a great conversation about the future of food and how to get involved:
How Tim became a chef His family's past food experience Definition of "Slow Food" What is wrong with food today? Tim's realization "that he can feed more people with a cell phone and a computer than a chef knife and a flame." True cost accounting How do we change the food system? What is a "hackathon" and why is it important? The Startup Bus Competition How to win business plan competitions The art of the pitch What Tim learned from his time at Facebook Thoughts on "digital discipline"
Selected links from the show:
Food Hackathon
Tim West - iFTF Profile
Learning From A Banana Tycoon
Tim's Ted Talks: Cultivate Innovation and Hacking: Food for Thought
Camp Grounded - Summer Camp for Adults
A Taste of Generation Yum
StartupBus
Guy Kawasaki - The Only 10 Slides You Need in Your Pitch
Tim West - AboutMe
Terra Madre
Future Food Institute
38 min