Girl On Purpose With Vivian Tenorio

I have always loved bread pudding but was never able to find it served just right. I wanted something special, something unique, something so good you could taste the emotion that went into it. After years of fruitless searching, I turned on my own oven and got to down to the business of starting my own business. With the guidance of friends and family I soon found myself with a steady supply of wonderful, unique recipes. Schulzies bread pudding is the perfect interpretation of this timeless dessert. It’s rich and creamy, baked with love, and served chilled.   On Today's show Sarah will share: - What’s Your Personal Mission Statement Bake Love - Biggest Business Mistake My dreams get ahead of reality. It’s great to be passionate, but the passion needs at least a small dose of reality in the mix. - How Do You Handle Business Stress and Uncertainty Yoga. And trusting my talented team. - Greatest Business Decision That Changed Everything Opening my first store in Venice. You realize that it’s a huge leap between

Chris Woehrle is the co-founder and CEO of Kings County Jerky Co., a Brooklyn-based business  specializing in all natural, 10% grass-fed beef jerky. He co-founded the company in 2010, leaving his career as an art director to pursue a twin for passion for food and entrepreneurship. What began as a weekend booth at the local flea market is now a national business, with products available in specialty food stores across the country, including most recently, Williams-Sonoma. The company has been featured in The New York Times, Bon Appetit, Real Simple, and Men’s Journal, as well as on the Cooking Channel, ABC News, and NPR.   On Today's show Chris will share: - Personal Mission Statement Be the best at what you do, and always strive to be better. Question everything you do, always be learning how to improve, and always be open to change. - Biggest Business Mistake Trying to do everything ourselves. A a result, we overspent on a facility we quickly outgrew, and squandered a huge headstart in the market by thinking

I, Jessica, am 28 years old and was born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada. I attended the University of Florida which is where I met Sabrina. We both majored in Business Marketing. After school I moved to NY where I worked in non-profit marketing doing mostly social media for international development agencies. Sabrina was also living in NY working as a buyer for Macy’s. We remained friends after college which leads us to The Jam Stand. Jam Stand was started in 2011 by both Sabrina and myself. At the time it was just a hobby with no clear direction. We were making jam for fun and dabbled with the idea of selling it at farmers markets on the weekends. From there the company grew to online sales and then to stores.  The Jam Stand now has distribution for over 100 stores nationwide with distribution in the NE as well as the SW.     On Today's show Jessica will share: - What’s  Your Personal Mission Statement         Make products that are both delicious and promote creativity. We want our jams to have a personali

Prior to founding Canada Enterprises LLC Reuben Canada was a patent attorney at Woodcock Washburn. Reuben found his entrepreneurial calling when he focused his energy into bringing something he created in his kitchen that expresses his impression of what exceptional tastes like. Reuben received a B.S. in electrical engineering from Swarthmore College and his J.D. from Howard University.   On Today's show Reuben will share: - What’s Your Personal Mission Statement Better life through better choices - Biggest Business Mistake Not taking full responsibility sooner - How Do You Handle Business Stress and Uncertainty Always remember that this is an opportunity and be grateful for the challenges - Greatest Business Decision That Changed Everything Complete angel round of financing - Best Book For The Entrepreneurial Mindset Unlabel by Mark Ecko - Plus much more...

Julie Busha launched the Slawsa brand to the market in 2011 with rave reviews and retailer confidence that saw placement in over 5,100 stores in the US and Canada within two years. Prior to becoming an entrepreneur and landing a coveted spot on Season 5 of ABC's Shark Tank, Busha spent her entire professional career in the world of sport marketing. She worked with many Fortune 500 clients, starting with IMG and most recently leading the marketing efforts for an agency owned by NASCAR driver, Bobby Labonte - a company she was recruited to build in 2007. She is proud to have worked with General Mills for nearly a decade. Busha graduated with three departmental honors as Academic All-American and Order of Omega from Winthrop University and has since been published through various media outlets. She resides with her husband Brett and two weimaraners in Cramerton, North Carolina. More information about Slawsa, including a store locator, can be found at www.slawsa.com.   On Today's show Julie will share: - What’s Y

Kara's Cupcakes is the vision of executive pastry chef, Kara Haspel Lind.  A somewhat rebellious child, Kara's sweet tooth is almost legendary in her family.  The daughter of a dentist, Kara's love for sweet treats was discouraged by her parents.  She learned early in childhood to hide candy and other sweets throughout her family home. This appreciation of sweets is among Kara's earliest and strongest memories.  As an advertising sales executive and passionate home baker, Kara realized the importance of following her dreams and enrolled in Tante Marie pastry school.  With the goal of furthering her baking skill set, she diligently embraced this program. A small word of mouth cupcake catering business soon was born.  It quickly became so popular that demand for her cupcakes exceeded her ability to fill the orders.  Before long, the first Kara's Cupcakes bakery and retail store opened in San Francisco, followed by a retail outlet in historic Ghirardelli Square. Today, a mom and entrepreneur with eight busy bake

Loren Brill started Sweet Loren’s after overcoming Hodgkin’s lyphoma at the age of 22. She started studying nutrition and took cooking classes, and soon cut out all highly refined ingredients. Without delicious cookies and brownies in the marketplace that were made of ingredients that she wanted in her body, she realized that she would have to make her own, and soon, Sweet Loren’s was born. Loren is a graduate of Columbia University’s Columbia Community Business Program (’12), University of Southern California’s Annenberg School of Communication (’06), she completed the Master Class in Cooking at the New School, and is a certified Hatha Yoga instructor. She loves yoga, running, cycling, painting, traveling, the beach, dinners with friends, and has an insatiable sweet tooth.     On Today's show Loren will share: -What’s Your Personal Mission Statement My personal mission is to improve the baking industry by creating enlightened alternatives to conventional baked goods. I believe that your body is your temple—b

Irene Costello – Corporate Executive Turned Culinary Maven After 20 years in the world of financial services, Irene broke out to develop her passion for cooking. She earned a Master's of Liberal Arts in Gastronomy and a certificate in Culinary Arts from Boston University and a certificate in Wine Studies from the Wine and Spirits Education Trust. Irene joined forces with Joan MacIsaac at Ruby Chard in 2005 bringing a unique combination of culinary and business experience. Irene earned her undergraduate degree from Georgetown University. Joan MacIsaac – Acclaimed Chef and Culinary Instructor With more than 20 years professional culinary experience, Joan is a well-known chef in the Boston area. She worked six years in the restaurant industry, culminating as executive chef at Dahlia Lounge in Seattle before returning to Boston to start her own business. She created Ruby Chard Catering in 1996 and later expanded the business to include cooking classes. Joan partnered with Irene in 2005 delving into corporate team

Katie Lee was born and raised in Saint Louis, MO. Katie has also lived in Florence Italy with her mother and professional artist Belinda Lee. Katie's time in Florence Italy shaped her vision for food and style and was one of the driving forces in her successful concept. Katie then worked for 7 years for her Aunt Zoe (Robinson) Pidgeon, local restaurateur and owner of many successful restaurants including Cafe Zoe, Zoe's Pan-Asian Cafe, Il Fratellini, Les Freres, and BOBO Noodle House. Katie Lee was the Creator/Founder and Executive Chef at age 25 of Katie's Pizzeria in Clayton, MO. Katie's Pizzeria will be open 6 years in Feb 2013. First year Revenues exceeded expectations, especially in a down market. Katie is now the owner and executive chef of Katie’s Pizza & Pasta Osteria in St. Louis, MO, with business partner and fiancé Ted Collier. Katie's Pizza & Pasta has been open 90 days and was funded in part by a successful Kickstarter.com campaign that raised $42,000. Katie’s Pizza & Pasta showcases

As Founder and Chief Love Officer at Love Grown Foods, Maddy D’Amato not only spreads the LOVE far and wide, but also oversees many essential areas of the business. From managing domestic and international sales strategy, to overseeing packaging design, each day in Maddy’s life is different from the last. But one thing remains constant – her passion and enthusiasm for people and for Love Grown Foods is unyielding.  It was this enthusiasm that propelled Love Grown Foods to break into one of the most competitive and saturated categories in the grocery store: cereal. In five years, Love Grown Foods’ distribution has gone from one store in Colorado to over 7,500+ stores throughout the US and Canada. Love Grown Foods is a Denver-based, natural food company on a mission to create healthy, delicious, and affordable products, while educating kids on the importance of fueling their bodies right.     On Today's show Maddy will share: - What are your top 3 business tips for aspiring entrepreneurs Be passionate. Be pers

Diana Hardeman starting making ice cream out of her tiny New York kitchenette in the summer of 2009. She wanted a better pint and began crafting ice cream that dreams are made of - innovative flavors with only the finest and freshest local ingredients. She immediately gained a cult following and launched MilkMade's ice cream of the month subscription service at the end of 2009. Diana and the Milkmaids hand-source, hand-craft, and hand-pack every pint before hand-delivering them each month to their loyal members. MilkMade Ice Cream currently serves Manhattan and Brooklyn, and will soon launch its mail order membership service. On Today’s show Diana will share: - What’s Your Personal Mission Statement Wow that is a loaded question. It’s easy to create a mission statement for a business – but one statement that defines my life will take some thought. My initial response is -- to make every day better than the last. For myself and everyone I touch – my family, my friends, colleagues, our MilkMade customers, even

Homesweet Homegrown was started by Robyn Jasko, founder of Grow Indie, and author of Homesweet Homegrown: How to Grow, Make and Store your Own Food No Matter Where You Live, and her husband and partner in crime, Paul David, and her 8 month old son, Ajax. All natural, vegan and GMO-free, Homesweet Homegrown is the first hot sauce to use chia seeds as a natural thickener and preservative without the use of gums. All of the peppers in Homesweet Homegrown sauces are grown without the use of pesticides in nearby Kutztown, PA. and feature organic ingredients. They recently partnered with Victory Brewing Company to include Victory Storm King Stout in their line of Punch Drunk Sauce. More about us: In 2012, Robyn and her husband Paul, along with her Illustrator Jenn Biggs (also of Philly) trekked around the country via Amtrak for an cross country book tour but before they left, Robyn planted way too many pepper plants. They returned to a bumper crop, all begging to be made into hot sauce. So they started making hot s

Jennifer has 21 years of decorated experience leveraging the power of strategic design. Most recently leading design as Global Brand Design Director for leading Brands at Kimberly Clark. Jennifer’s unique visionary leadership enabled her brands to engage and penetrate meaningful connections with consumers by utilizing design as a business tool and leveraging global synergies while learning from regional (local) markets. Jennifer now uses her global experience to look through the lens as Co-founder of FlapJacked Protein Pancakes, where her acute sensitivity to consumers needs and desires drive the opportunity for her daily breakfast passion. Career Highlights: Jennifer has spoken in industries top design conferences; named an inventor on over a dozen patents; named "Brand Inventor of the Year, 2011" by Brand Packaging Magazine; earned Global Pentawards; earned several Effie’s in Advertising; has been recognized and published in CA, Print, HOW, GDUSA, Advertising Age, and many other publications.  On Today’s

Heath Hall is President and Co-Founder of Pork Barrel BBQ. A BBQ lover by birth, Mr. Hall learned the finer points of low and slow cooking as a kid watching his Dad work his magic on the many grills and smokers in their family’s backyard. As President of Pork Barrel BBQ, Mr. Hall oversees the day to day operations of America’s fastest growing barbecue company, which sells Pork Barrel BBQ products across America and operates a Pork Barrel BBQ Restaurant in Alexandria, Virginia that Food & Wine Magazine named one of America’s top new BBQ restaurants in 2012. He is the creator of the company’s national award winning line of BBQ sauces and spice rub, including Pork Barrel BBQ Original BBQ Sauce which was named by Men’s Health Magazine as the nation’s best BBQ Sauce and Cook’s Illustrated Magazine as America’s Supreme BBQ Sauce. He is head pitmaster of the Pork Barrel BBQ Competition BBQ Team which has won numerous competitions including the 2011 Safeway National Capital Barbecue Battle in Washington, DC and t

Jen Groover has been tagged by SUCCESS Magazine as a “One-Woman Brand”, a “Creativity and Innovation Guru”, and a leading “Serial Entrepreneur” by Entrepreneur Magazine. Jen Groover’s name has quickly become synonymous with innovation, entrepreneurship and evolution. She has gone from guest hosting television spots, to inking deals with some of the industry’s biggest heavyweights. Jen recently made history at the New York Stock Exchange, as member of the first all-female group to ring the opening bell, representing women’s leadership and economic independence. Her influence and leadership has aligned her with amazing brands, such as USANA Health Sciences, Avon, Verizon and SkyMall, for which she acts as a spokeswoman. Her success skyrocketed with the creation of the Butler Bag, the world’s first compartmentalized handbag, and has not stopped since. Jen spring-boarded the Butler Bag’s success into an entire lifestyle brand, found at a variety of price points and well known retailers, which led to the creation

Rachel Hofstetter is the author of “Cooking Up a Business” (Penguin, 2013). She was so inspired by the entrepreneurs she wrote about that she left her food editor career to launch guesterly, a software platform that enables anyone to create a playbill for life’s special events. Today, you can find her sharing guesterly with the world by day — and recipe testing at night! On Today’s show Rachel will share: - What are your top 3 business tips for aspiring entrepreneurs? Pick something that makes your life easy as it grows (ie, non-perishable granola instead of pesto) Test, test, test your product with real users and customers Bring your enthusiasm! - What has been your biggest business mistake? Not going on a vacation before we started!! But seriously, nothing feels like a mistake. There are learning opportunities, but we’re grateful for the aha moments they provide, and then we move on. Starting a business is about learning constantly. - What do you think is the difference between people who talk about starti

When my daughter was six, we went to a petting zoo. At the dinner table, she made the connection between the chicken on her plate and the animals that she had held. It was then that she made the decision to become a vegetarian . There clearly was a lack of healthy vegetarian snacks in grocery stores, so we decided to create one of our own. Our requirements were stiff. We would only use real ingredients, organic fruits and healthy nuts untouched by harmful herbicides and pesticides. No refined sugars, no chemicals, no genetically-modified stuff. We wanted ingredients rich in antioxidants, vitamins, and omega-3 fats. Most importantly, it had to taste amazing. On Today’s show Veronica will share: - How and why she started her business - How she found manufacturing after a year of having no luck - How changing her packaging increased sales by 20-30% - Why social media is so important for her business -How she works with bloggers to help spread the word - Plus much more...

Revolutionizing the nut butter category, Danielle has developed and implemented the strategic rollout of the NuttZo™ brand, as well as, managed NuttZo™’s rapid growth period in which sales grew from $23K to $778K in less than 5 years. Danielle has more than 20+ years of sales and marketing experience. Previously, Danielle held the position as Senior Account Manager and Director of New Business where she managed over $1.75 million dollars in advertising sales; growing her account list from $50,000 to $1M in less than 5 years. Danielle is also the Founder of Project Left Behind; a project-based 501-c3 non-profit that supports the educational endeavors and health/nutrition needs of orphaned children worldwide.  She is an avid runner, traveler and yogini and resides with her family in San Diego, CA.   On Today’s show Danielle will share: - How and why she started her business - How she got her product on the Dr. Oz Show - Her first experience dropping off samples at Whole Foods Market - Why she started her non-pr

Susan Petersen started making baby moccasins in 2009 after becoming frustrated by the lack of well-designed baby shoes. Using her second child, Gus, as a mocc-tester, and a bag of scrap leather she picked up at a yard sale, she began experimenting with designs. Working at her kitchen table, on a shoestring budget, Susan persisted through some disastrous attempts until she had created a pair of moccasins that not only looked adorable on Gus’ chubby little feet, but stayed on his feet as well.   On Today’s show Susan will share: - How and why she started her business - How she got her moccasins into the hands of Kourtney Kardashian - Her experience on ABC's Shark Tank and her tips for those thinking about going on the show - Greatest business decision that changed everything - Her secrets for growing her instagram following - Top 3 tips for aspiring entrepreneurs - Plus much more...

Guy Kawasaki is the former chief evangelist of Apple and special advisor to the Motorola business unit of Google. He is the author of APE, What the Plus!, Enchantment, and nine other books. Kawasaki has a BA from Stanford University and an MBA from UCLA as well as an honorary doctorate from Babson College. On Today’s show Guy will share:- His biggest business mistake- His greatest business decision- What he learned from Steve Jobs- He shares about his book What the Plus! Google+ for the Rest of Us- His best social media tips- A day in the life of Guy Kawasaki -  Guy at home- Plus much more...Useful links:http://www.viviantenorio.com/020-guy-kawasaki-founder-of-alltop-author-speaker-investor-and-business-advisorCOPYRIGHT © 2014  VIVIAN PRODUCTIONS LLC