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In this episode I’m sharing with you a talk I gave recently to a group of vegan business owners and entrepreneurs on what to include on the ‘About’ page of… Read More

Companies that sell food products containing no animal ingredients should avoid using the labels ‘vegan’ or ‘vegetarian’ if they want to boost sales, according to Bruce Friedrich, executive director of… Read More

Why do some vegan business owners and brands get featured in the media and others don’t? Katrina Fox provided some tips during her talk at the inaugural 2018 Plant Powered… Read More

While Facebook, Instagram and other social media platforms are helpful to raise the profile of your vegan brand, you may be missing out by ignoring Reddit, writes Dale Cudmore. To… Read More

Do you have a media room on your website? If not, you could be missing out on valuable PR opportunities, so now’s the time to get one, writes Katrina Fox…. Read More

When journalists are seeking experts to quote or feature as TV or radio guests, make sure you maximize your chances of being selected. Katrina Fox offers some tips. Every day… Read More

Professional development is essential for entrepreneurs. Taking an online course is a great way to learn and add new skills to help you grow your business. But deciding which courses… Read More

In August this year, a former Burger King restaurant in Encinitas, California, was taken over by another company which continued to serve burgers, fries and shakes via the drive-thru window…. Read More

It’s no secret that vegan food products are a massive growth market. Even the US’s largest meat producer is jumping on the plant-based protein bandwagon. But the food industry isn’t the… Read More

Nearly three decades ago, Philip Wollen left his position as vice-president of Citibank in Australia after an experience that changed him forever. The merchant banker visited a client’s premises, which… Read More

This week a law came into effect in Missouri which bans the use of ‘meat’ terminology to describe any food products that haven’t come from a slaughtered animal. It means that vegan… Read More

In 2004 travel firm VegVoyages launched, offering three trips in one country. Fourteen years later, the company, which specializes in vegan adventure tours in Asia, now runs up to 23 trips a… Read More

What happens when a successful restaurant with lines of eager customers outside the door virtually every evening decides to risk the entire business by taking meat, dairy, eggs and other… Read More

Plastic straws are the enemy du jour at the moment. This heartbreaking video of a sea turtle with a straw stuck up his or her nostril has resulted in multi-national corporations pledging… Read More

More individuals and companies are looking to back vegan and plant-based enterprises than ever before, but how do you find them and pitch them? Here’s a list of vegan and… Read More

The R&D tax credit is a government program available in most developed nations that offers more than $2 billion in funding every year. If you are a new business that… Read More

Your website is acting as your best employee, online 24/7. The employee that’s advertising your business to the world. The employee that’s attracting new prospects. The employee that’s converting those… Read More

Start with the why and the how will take care of itself. That’s the advice of some business gurus. It is not quite that simple – the ‘how’ of running… Read More

In August 2014, 28-year-old Laura Way was spending up to 20 hours a day in a bathtub to try to gain relief from the excruciating pain she was experiencing due… Read More

Adrian Ling doesn’t look like your typical entrepreneur. Indeed, the managing director of Plamil Foods, the UK’s longest-running plant-based business, makes Richard Branson look conservative. Yet while his colorful and flamboyant… Read More

Eighteen months ago Abhay Rangan, a 21-year-old engineering student, was traveling 500km every week on his moped throughout Bangalore in southern India with a backpack full of plant-based milks he… Read More

If you don’t manage your time properly, stress will kick in, your physical and emotional health will suffer, and eventually you’ll burn out. Marketing maestro Stephanie Redcross from Vegan Mainstream… Read More

How you think about money impacts on how much or little of it will flow to you, writes Katrina Fox. Many ethical business owners, including vegans, have major issues around… Read More

In this episode I interview Simon Newstead, founder of Bite Society, a new vegan food product company in Melbourne, Australia. A vegan for more than 10 years, Simon’s background is… Read More

In this episode, I give you some tips on how to respond to queries and callouts from journalists who are working on stories and need expert comment or case studies…. Read More

In this episode I interview Annie Ryu, founder of The Jackfruit Company in Boulder, Colorado in the US. Annie started the company in 2011 while traveling to India as a… Read More

How do you scale up your vegan brand while still maintaining your values and integrity? This is the topic of discussion on a panel, ‘The Next Generation of Retail Brands:… Read More

Michele Simon, executive director of the Plant Based Foods Association (PBFA), leads this discussion into what vegan and plant-based food brands need to know in regards to legal rights and… Read More

Three investors and an entrepreneur discuss how plant-based brands can grow and scale, including what strategies are best depending on the size of the business and what stage it’s at…. Read More