Rick Biros

So that's probably, I feel like that's accurate. We'll go with like 99%.

So that's probably, I feel like that's accurate. We'll go with like 99%.

My name is Rick Byros. I know Kristen through working with her on a conference that I run and I launched called the Food Safety Consortium. In addition to the Food Safety Consortium, we also publish a digital publishing platform called foodsafetytech.com, which is... Same type of articles in our traditional trade journal, but now done online. We distribute our contents through weekly newsletters.

My name is Rick Byros. I know Kristen through working with her on a conference that I run and I launched called the Food Safety Consortium. In addition to the Food Safety Consortium, we also publish a digital publishing platform called foodsafetytech.com, which is... Same type of articles in our traditional trade journal, but now done online. We distribute our contents through weekly newsletters.

I'm the content director, founder, publisher, chief bottle washer at Innovative Publishing, which is a parent company. Another platform called MedTech Intelligence, a colleague of mine runs. And we also have Cannabis Industry Journal.

I'm the content director, founder, publisher, chief bottle washer at Innovative Publishing, which is a parent company. Another platform called MedTech Intelligence, a colleague of mine runs. And we also have Cannabis Industry Journal.

you know i guess for for many things there's some sort of stimulant or something that got it started and then things snowball so actually the legacy goes back well beyond even the launch of food saving tech a long time ago very early in my career what made the headlines was the e coli outbreak in the pacific northwest pacific yeah

you know i guess for for many things there's some sort of stimulant or something that got it started and then things snowball so actually the legacy goes back well beyond even the launch of food saving tech a long time ago very early in my career what made the headlines was the e coli outbreak in the pacific northwest pacific yeah

The year was 1993, and I at the time was working on a trade publication as the national sales manager of a trade publication that was called Food Engineering. And I don't know why, but just this Jack in the Box thing broke out and just caught my interest. Yeah. Oh, it was awful. So I could see why. Four children died.

The year was 1993, and I at the time was working on a trade publication as the national sales manager of a trade publication that was called Food Engineering. And I don't know why, but just this Jack in the Box thing broke out and just caught my interest. Yeah. Oh, it was awful. So I could see why. Four children died.

And interestingly enough, not all of them actually ingested E. coli tainted hamburger.

And interestingly enough, not all of them actually ingested E. coli tainted hamburger.

Yeah. So I just started investigating it. I started investigating it for I was working for a company that was food engineering. And I thought this could be a publication that could be, because we're looking into the idea of a food safety or a food quality publication that could be published alongside Food Engineer.

Yeah. So I just started investigating it. I started investigating it for I was working for a company that was food engineering. And I thought this could be a publication that could be, because we're looking into the idea of a food safety or a food quality publication that could be published alongside Food Engineer.

And I did a lot of research on it, came up with a business plan, ready to present it to my boss. I told him about it conceptually. He thought it was a dumb idea. Oh, jeez. and never even entertained the business. So I was disappointed to say the least.

And I did a lot of research on it, came up with a business plan, ready to present it to my boss. I told him about it conceptually. He thought it was a dumb idea. Oh, jeez. and never even entertained the business. So I was disappointed to say the least.

And I ended up just having this idea, ended up leaving my job, getting a little bit of seed capital from a relative and mortgaging the house and started a company based on a launch of a magazine called Food Qualities. I did that for 12 years, 13 years. Built it up. It was a print magazine. We ended up doing two other print magazines and ended up selling the products to John Wiley and Sons.

And I ended up just having this idea, ended up leaving my job, getting a little bit of seed capital from a relative and mortgaging the house and started a company based on a launch of a magazine called Food Qualities. I did that for 12 years, 13 years. Built it up. It was a print magazine. We ended up doing two other print magazines and ended up selling the products to John Wiley and Sons.

I worked there for two years. I decided working in a big corporate environment was not really for me. I understand that. I think it fits for some people. It just didn't. And decided to leave and left in 2009 at the height of a recession with a non-compete. Oh boy. And also feeling that print was dead and we needed to come up with a new platform.

I worked there for two years. I decided working in a big corporate environment was not really for me. I understand that. I think it fits for some people. It just didn't. And decided to leave and left in 2009 at the height of a recession with a non-compete. Oh boy. And also feeling that print was dead and we needed to come up with a new platform.