{"podcast":{"title":"Ecommerce Conversations","slug":"ecommerce-conversations-963613","podcast_index_feed_id":963613,"rss_url":"https://rss.buzzsprout.com/1995667.rss","website_url":"https://www.practicalecommerce.com/tag/podcasts","image_url":"https://storage.buzzsprout.com/srxg8w1mhya5utiagezo6tpdn7gx?.jpg","author":"Practical Ecommerce","episode_count":587,"summary":"Ecommerce Conversations is the long-running weekly podcast from Practical Ecommerce, hosted by ecommerce entrepreneur Eric Bandholz. •• Listen in as Eric interviews in-the-trenches founders and executives who address the essentials of launching, growing, and sustaining an online business. Hear their successes, mistakes, and plans — addressing customer acquisition, web traffic, marketing tactics, on-site conversion, shipping, favorite tools, funding, obstacles, and much more. •• New episodes every Friday. Subscribe to the podcast here, and then read a condensed transcript at https://www.PracticalEcommerce.com/tag/podcasts.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ecommerce-conversations-963613"},"episode":{"title":"Protein Bar Founder Thrives in a Crowded Field (Encore)","slug":"protein-bar-founder-thrives-in-a-crowded-field-encore","published_at":"2026-01-02T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ecommerce-conversations-963613/protein-bar-founder-thrives-in-a-crowded-field-encore","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ecommerce-conversations-963613","url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/1995667/episodes/18442746-protein-bar-founder-thrives-in-a-crowded-field-encore.mp3","audio_url":"https://www.buzzsprout.com/1995667/episodes/18442746-protein-bar-founder-thrives-in-a-crowded-field-encore.mp3","summary":"Please enjoy this repeat of a popular episode first aired in January 24, 2025. According to Will Nitze, founder and CEO of IQBAR, success in a competitive market requires finding its uncompetitive niches. He did that with his flagship protein bar, which is plant-based, low-sugar, and plainly labeled. That was seven years ago when he launched the company with a $75,000 Kickstarter campaign. Fast forward to 2025, and IQBAR also makes IQMIX (hydration) and IQJOE (coffee). All promote brain he...","meta_description":"Please enjoy this repeat of a popular episode first aired in January 24, 2025. According to Will Nitze, founder and CEO of IQBAR, success in a competitive…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2160,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ecommerce-conversations-963613/episodes/protein-bar-founder-thrives-in-a-crowded-field-encore/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ecommerce-conversations-963613/protein-bar-founder-thrives-in-a-crowded-field-encore.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}