062 | Alissa Barthel Teaches Us How to Ferment Our Way to Success

062 | Alissa Barthel Teaches Us How to Ferment Our Way to Success

Alissa Barthel is the founder of Punk Rawk Labs, a company that makes dairy free cheese from fermented nut milks.  PRL started as a physical therapy project after a motor vehicle collision.   What seemed like a devastating setback at the time was actually a doorway to a new business, a new perspective, and a new life.  Most importantly it was a lesson about staying open and allowing things to unfold. Sometimes life’s greatest developments come wrapped in harsh packages.

Has your business reached a point where it’s time to bring on a partner or maybe even an investor?

That’s a pretty exciting season of business! You’ve reached a point where you’re experiencing success, but in order to go even further you need to bring someone else on to grow.

Bringing on a partner can be really good for a company, or it can be really bad. The most important thing for you to do is do your due diligence and ensure your visions align.

In this episode, Alissa shares how she began Punk Rawk Labs with 2 other partners (one of them a close friend), and what led to one of the partners leaving.

If you’ve been thinking of bringing a partner into your business, don’t do anything until you listen to Alissa’s MUST LISTEN episode of Success Unfiltered!

Enjoy, and thank you for listening and tuning into Success Unfiltered!

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Special thanks goes out to Alissa Barthel for taking the time to chat with Michelle. Be sure to join us next week for our next new episode!

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Here are a few key secrets we talked about in this episode:

• Michelle introduces Alissa Barthel.
• Alissa shares what inspired her to make nut milk cheeses (it’s not the story you might expect - listen for the full story!)
• As a microbiologist, Alissa learned the techniques needed to create and develop the steps necessary to make nut milk cheese.
• Alissa believes that she has always had the mind of an entrepreneur, because she would always rub people the wrong way as a scientist.
• After Alissa was fired from working in her lab, she worked in different kitchens, trying to learn more and more about food, that she eventually used in her own business.
• Alissa shares the full story of her dramatic firing in this episode.
• Being fired taught Alissa to trust her gut and know you’ll be able to produce what you need to produce and to stop worrying about the future.
• A series of uncanny coincidences have led to a very fortunate life for Alissa, she shares those coincidences in this episode.
• As an entrepreneur you need to stay in flow because there is an endless stream of things coming at you. Alissa believes this is how you stay focused, even in the tough situations.
• Alissa’s biggest NO came when Whole Foods approached she and her partner to be in their flagship store, and they had to turn Whole Foods away - listen for the full scoop!
• Alissa shares that Punk Rawk Labs is growing and will be moving to Boulder soon.
• The biggest NO that Alissa and her partner experienced was when their third partner decided that she would need to back out of the company. It led to a whole bunch of struggles, but this experience left the company in a better spot after they worked through those struggles.
• If you are ever involved in a partnership and need to separate, Alissa shares some great insight on how to handle it professionally.
• Alissa shares what she would tell her younger self.

Connect with Alissa Barthel:

• Alissa’s Website
• Facebook
• Instagram
• YouTube
• Twitter
• Alissa’s Go Fund Me Page

P.S. Are You An Overwhelmed Solopreneur? It’s time to start bringing in the help you need and stop your business from running YOU. But where do you start? How do you know who you need to hire, and how do you hire someone with confidence and trust? I’ve got your back! Learn how to put together the DREAM team for your business with my FREE guide “Building Your All-Star Team: A Guide To Hiring The RIGHT People To Skyrocket Your Business”. Music produced by Deejay-O  www.iamdeejayo.com