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Guy Raz

👤 Speaker
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How I Built This with Guy Raz
Justin’s Nut Butter: Justin Gold. He Was Waiting Tables, Then...He Reinvented Peanut Butter.

Exactly.

How I Built This with Guy Raz
Justin’s Nut Butter: Justin Gold. He Was Waiting Tables, Then...He Reinvented Peanut Butter.

Right.

How I Built This with Guy Raz
Justin’s Nut Butter: Justin Gold. He Was Waiting Tables, Then...He Reinvented Peanut Butter.

Okay.

How I Built This with Guy Raz
Justin’s Nut Butter: Justin Gold. He Was Waiting Tables, Then...He Reinvented Peanut Butter.

It makes sense.

How I Built This with Guy Raz
Justin’s Nut Butter: Justin Gold. He Was Waiting Tables, Then...He Reinvented Peanut Butter.

And it doesn't move?

How I Built This with Guy Raz
Justin’s Nut Butter: Justin Gold. He Was Waiting Tables, Then...He Reinvented Peanut Butter.

It's kind of crazy just by moving it from one aisle to a different aisle that it actually has that much of an impact.

How I Built This with Guy Raz
Justin’s Nut Butter: Justin Gold. He Was Waiting Tables, Then...He Reinvented Peanut Butter.

Like it just shows you how kind of crazy consumer behavior is, right?

How I Built This with Guy Raz
Justin’s Nut Butter: Justin Gold. He Was Waiting Tables, Then...He Reinvented Peanut Butter.

It's the same product that's just moved two aisles down or three aisles down.

How I Built This with Guy Raz
Justin’s Nut Butter: Justin Gold. He Was Waiting Tables, Then...He Reinvented Peanut Butter.

And I guess someone who helped you raise money was a guy named Lance Gentry, who you soon brought on to help manage the business, to manage Justin's.

How I Built This with Guy Raz
Justin’s Nut Butter: Justin Gold. He Was Waiting Tables, Then...He Reinvented Peanut Butter.

And I guess he had a lot of experience.

How I Built This with Guy Raz
Justin’s Nut Butter: Justin Gold. He Was Waiting Tables, Then...He Reinvented Peanut Butter.

I think he'd been a former executive at Izzy Sodas, which was another brand started in Boulder, right?

How I Built This with Guy Raz
Justin’s Nut Butter: Justin Gold. He Was Waiting Tables, Then...He Reinvented Peanut Butter.

Yes.

How I Built This with Guy Raz
Justin’s Nut Butter: Justin Gold. He Was Waiting Tables, Then...He Reinvented Peanut Butter.

So, all right, a million dollars.

How I Built This with Guy Raz
Justin’s Nut Butter: Justin Gold. He Was Waiting Tables, Then...He Reinvented Peanut Butter.

You're proving this out, right?

How I Built This with Guy Raz
Justin’s Nut Butter: Justin Gold. He Was Waiting Tables, Then...He Reinvented Peanut Butter.

At this time, you've got UNFI distributing your stuff.

How I Built This with Guy Raz
Justin’s Nut Butter: Justin Gold. He Was Waiting Tables, Then...He Reinvented Peanut Butter.

And are the packets also being distributed to 40 stores or are they just in that one Whole Foods?

How I Built This with Guy Raz
Justin’s Nut Butter: Justin Gold. He Was Waiting Tables, Then...He Reinvented Peanut Butter.

their minds yeah and they would be like oh my god if this guy remembered me the least I can do is help him yeah and it like it was so important all right so you have this goal to raise money and and you've gotten the nut butters and a lot more Whole Foods and you've got the packs and I'm not you know gonna surprise anybody here you do raise the money I think it took you about probably about a year but you raised a million dollars from angel investors and

How I Built This with Guy Raz
Justin’s Nut Butter: Justin Gold. He Was Waiting Tables, Then...He Reinvented Peanut Butter.

So now Lance joins you, right, to help you.

How I Built This with Guy Raz
Justin’s Nut Butter: Justin Gold. He Was Waiting Tables, Then...He Reinvented Peanut Butter.

And what does he what you're the CEO, I'm assuming is he does he take an operational role or more of an advisory role or what?

How I Built This with Guy Raz
Justin’s Nut Butter: Justin Gold. He Was Waiting Tables, Then...He Reinvented Peanut Butter.

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