{"podcast":{"title":"Scaling Your Healthy Food Product","slug":"scaling-your-healthy-food-product-7117840","podcast_index_feed_id":7117840,"rss_url":"https://feeds.libsyn.com/552902/rss","website_url":"https://sites.libsyn.com/552902","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/6/6/5/4/665416a5301fbee327a2322813b393ee/Scaling_your_healthy_food_product_3.png","author":"Jacinta Kemboi","episode_count":81,"summary":"If you are an enterepreneur or solopreneur selling healthy/ \"Better-for you\" product to the world looking to scale and commercialize, this podcast is for you. In this podcast you will learn from a food scientist with 12 years plus experience in the food industry. I have successfully helped companies develop, scale and launch their healthy food products. If you are looking to scale your healthy food product by having it listed in more healthy food stores and displayed on more grocery store chains shelves, you are in the right place. This podcast will provide you with actionable steps and tips to help you succeed. You will learn how to correctly prepare your product to scale and commercialize like a pro. Stay tuned.","last_synced_at":"2026-08-01T00:20:28.924922+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/scaling-your-healthy-food-product-7117840"},"episode":{"title":"Why Your Emerging Food Brand Should Sign Up for that Contest","slug":"why-your-emerging-food-brand-should-sign-up-for-that-contest","published_at":"2026-07-10T21:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/scaling-your-healthy-food-product-7117840/why-your-emerging-food-brand-should-sign-up-for-that-contest","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/scaling-your-healthy-food-product-7117840","url":"https://4d45ca93-f467-4a3b-be1c-e69c4a9ad88f.libsyn.com/why-your-emerging-food-brand-should-sign-up-for-that-contest","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/4d45ca93-f467-4a3b-be1c-e69c4a9ad88f/Episode_77___Why_Your_Emerging_Brand_Should_Sign_Up_for_that_Contest_-_2026-07-10_4.32PM.mp3?dest-id=4773677","summary":"You worked for months on your product. You finally got it retail-ready. You started applying to every opportunity that could get your name in front of buyers. And then… you saw a contest deadline in your industry and scrolled right past it. Here's the truth nobody tells emerging founders early enough: building a good product is not the finish line. Getting other people to notice it is. And one of the most overlooked ways to do that — sitting in plain sight, usually for free — is something founders talk themselves out of before they even try. A contest. In this episode, Jacinta breaks down why contests are one of the most underrated growth tools available to emerging brands, why a submission deadline can do more for your business than another month of \"getting ready\" ever will, and how the relationships built in a contest room often outlast the competition itself. 🎯 In This Episode: Why \"I'm not ready yet\" is the wrong reason to skip a contest — and what a deadline actually does for your business The free marketing and exposure that comes with simply entering, win or lose Why contest judges are a source of expert feedback you'd otherwise pay for The peer relationships from contest rooms that turn into collaborations, referrals, and long-term support What separates founders who use contests as a growth strategy from founders who wait until they \"deserve\" to enter ➡️ Apply to join upcoming Retail Readiness Program Cohort — Apply to Join 🌟 Enjoyed the episode? Share it with a founder who's been sitting on a contest submission — this one might be the push they need. Quick note: I carried over the same CTA links from your shelf life episode since I don't have the actual contest/registration link for this one — swap those for whichever offer you want to point to here.","meta_description":"You worked for months on your product. You finally got it retail-ready. You started applying to every opportunity that could get your name in front of buy…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":660,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/scaling-your-healthy-food-product-7117840/episodes/why-your-emerging-food-brand-should-sign-up-for-that-contest/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/scaling-your-healthy-food-product-7117840/why-your-emerging-food-brand-should-sign-up-for-that-contest.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}