This week’s edition of The Tartare Project features Windmill co-founder Michael Mayer. A consumer electronics company, Windmill is a small business headquartered in New York. Toronto and Mayer discuss his career journey in this 45-minute conversation See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
May 06, 2021•48 min•Ep. 37
This week’s episode of the Tartare Project hosted by Phil Toronto features Jacob Zuppke, President and COO of Autopets. Autopets is most known for their innovative pet care products such as the ‘Litter Robot,’ and the company aims to deliver meaningful insights through their high-grade products to assist in making better decisions for pets. Priding themselves on their development, marketing, and elite customer service, Autopets continues to rapidly grow their company as they establish themselves...
Apr 29, 2021•38 min•Ep. 36
On this week’s episode of The Tartare Project hosted by Phil Toronto, Emily Schildt, founder and CEO of Pop Up Grocer, joined the show to discuss her meteoric journey in entrepreneurship. Follow Pop-up Grocer on IG here: https://www.instagram.com/popup.grocer/ and follow Emily on IG here: https://www.instagram.com/emilyschildt/ See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....
Apr 08, 2021•35 min•Ep. 32
This week’s episode of The Tartare Project, host Phil Toronto welcomes Annabel Lawee, founder of Breeze, company that serves specialized airport food packages. You can find Annabel on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/alawee12/ You can find Breeze on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/flywithbreeze/ See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....
Apr 01, 2021•36 min•Ep. 33
The week’s episode of The Tartare Project hosted by Phil Toronto welcomes special guest Aishwarya Iyer, founder and CEO of Brightland. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .
Mar 25, 2021•30 min•Ep. 31
This week on the Tartare Project, host Phil Toronto speaks with Catharine Dockery of Vice Ventures. The two discuss the early stages of her career, some of the obstacles she faced along the way, and the development of Vice Ventures See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Mar 17, 2021•35 min•Ep. 26
This week The Tartare Project welcomes Daniel Soares of Alimentari Flaneur. The two talk about Soares’ idea to build a company focused on selling obscure produce, how his journey in real estate led him to where he is today, and more in a 30 minute conversation. You can find Daniel on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/flaneur.le/ And Alimentari Flaneur on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/alimentariflaneur/ See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Not...
Mar 11, 2021•36 min•Ep. 34
In this episode of the Tartare Project, Phil Toronto speaks with Jason Karp, investor turned co-founder and CEO of HumanCo. His brand just launched their pizza roll, wonderfully named "Snow Days," with the intention of invoking the joy and freedom of childhood's snow-induced sabbaticals. He packs an immense amount of knowledge about entrepreneurship, overall wellness and the food industry into the valuable episode. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at ...
Mar 04, 2021•32 min•Ep. 1
Sara Dietschy (rhymes with peachy) is a YouTuber based in New York City with over 550,000 subscribers on her self-titled channel where she creates and uploads tech reviews, docu-series and vlogs. Through her work, Sara explores the intersection of technology and creativity. Sara rocks the YouTube scene with her contagious zest for life and absolute obsession for tech. During college she wanted to build guitar amplifiers and pursued an electrical engineering/computer science degree for 3.5 years,...
Mar 03, 2020•56 min•Ep. 27
Ariel Arce is the 32 year-old New York entrepreneur, also known as the Champagne Empress of Greenwich Village and Nightlife Hitmaker , behind Tokyo Record Bar , Air’s Champagne Parlor , Niche Niche , and Special Club , all of which opened within the past two years on MacDougal Street . Ariel’s passions for wine, dinner parties and music shine throughout her spaces. Each has a distinctive identity and offers guests a singular experience yet share the common philosophy that going out in New York s...
Feb 25, 2020•53 min•Ep. 26
Tony Fragogiannis is the founder of Brooklyn Hot Dog Company. Tony was born and raised in New York and after graduating from St. John's University decided to move down to Atlanta and go into the hospitality business with his brother. After being in the restaurant/nightclub business for 9 years, it was time to come back to New York. Not satisfied with the current selection and varieties of hot dogs in this local markets Tony wanted to change that. In the summer of 2012 The Brooklyn Hot Dog Compan...
Feb 18, 2020•29 min•Ep. 25
Ashli is the Founder + CEO of Sunday Forever a 3 ½ year old lifestyle brand based out of NYC. Ashli describes Sunday Forever as your one-stop good vibe shop, offering a curated selection of “Nice Things" from kimono style robes to candles, sage and lighter sets, crystals and handmade protective red string bracelets. The brand has been featured in Forbes , Domino , Beauty Independent , Allure and more. Prior to starting the company Ashli worked for a major fashion and beauty retailer for over a d...
Feb 11, 2020•42 min•Ep. 24
Monfefo first began in Justine's kitchen in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York in 2013. She went from selling the first batch to her local deli to being sold across the northeast, Texas and California today. https://www.instagram.com/monfefo/ https://www.instagram.com/justinemonsul/ See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info ....
Feb 04, 2020•38 min•Ep. 22
Paul is passionate about building a business around people—and after falling in love with coffee at a convention in D.C., he never looked back. As an avid yogi, husband, and father, Paul brings an unparalleled passion and care to Birch. You can find him roasting small batches at our LIC roast house on Wednesdays and Fridays. What started as a mere desire to have a comfortable place to go and converse with friends and strangers has turned into something more than Jeremy could have imagined. His l...
Jan 28, 2020•59 min•Ep. 22
Alexandra Friedman is the co-founder of LOLA, the first lifelong brand for your body. LOLA aims to address women’s reproductive health with a commitment to product transparency and a community built on candid dialogue about all of the things we don’t openly talk about. Before founding LOLA with her co-founder Jordana, Alex led analytics at Flurry Analytics (acquired by Yahoo in August 2014) and was a consultant at Boston Consulting Group in New York. She has an MBA from Wharton Business School a...
Jan 21, 2020•31 min•Ep. 21
https://theinfatuation.com https://instagram.com/infatuation Since its inception in 2009, Stang has been the architect of The Infatuation’s editorial voice, creative vision, and marketing strategy. Today his role still encompasses all of those things, but also includes pushing the company forward into new arenas, including the creation and launch of Text Rex, EEEEEATSCON, The Infatuation’s food festival, and the company’s recent acquisition of Zagat. He was nominated for a James Beard Award in 2...
Jan 14, 2020•58 min•Ep. 20
Andrés Modak is the Co-Founder & Co-CEO of Snowe, a direct-to-consumer brand building the home brand for the next generation. Snowe creates essentials for your entire home that are irresistible as humanly possible, including bedding, bath linens, & tabletop essentials and more..Since launching 4 years ago, Snowe has amassed a cult following for their award-winning products and singular brand and been heavily lauded by The New York Times, GQ, Vogue and others. Andrés began Snowe in 2015 w...
Jan 07, 2020•47 min•Ep. 19
Emily Abbate is a freelance fitness writer and editor living in New York City. When she's not tapping words to laptop, the certified trainer, run coach, and seven-time marathoner is working on her podcast Hurdle, which talks to everyone from entrepreneurs to top CEOs and athletes about how they got through tough times—hurdles of sorts—by leaning into wellness. Tune into the Hurdle Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hurdle/id1330434098?mt=2 https://www.instagram.com/emilyabbate/ https...
Aug 13, 2019•54 min•Ep. 18
Turned off by the yoga scene in NYC, Sarah created the yoga experience she was seeking out: a no mirrors, candlelit, heated vinyasa flow set to a hip-hop playlist. She held her first pop-up class in Brooklyn in 2013 and has been opening studios across the US ever since. With 10 studios opened to date across New York & LA (and even more on deck in the coming months), Sarah has developed Y7 into a lifestyle brand that touches multiple facets of culture through fun collaborations (like Nike, Ch...
Aug 06, 2019•56 min•Ep. 17
Michael Mignano is the co-founder of Anchor, the company democratizing audio by enabling anyone to easily create, distribute, and monetize a podcast. Through Michael's leadership, Anchor has grown to power more than 40 percent of all new podcasts on the market and was acquired by Spotify in 2019 — enabling podcasters of all experience levels and walks of life to have their voices heard. Michael's work has always focused on empowering creators across a variety of mediums. Prior to founding Anchor...
Jul 30, 2019•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 16
Dee Murthy is Co-Founder of Los Angeles based Five Four Group and Young & Reckless. Five Four/MenloClub is the leading men’s fashion membership e-commerce platform with a portfolio of five brands that include: New Republic by Mark McNairy, Grand AC and Oshenta. He is also a seasoned investor and partner at Queenbridge Venture Partners and partner in popular Las Vegas shoe store, 12 AM RUN. He is a co-host with Chris ” Drama” Pfaff in a weekly lifestyle podcast Group Chat, in addition to his ...
Jul 16, 2019•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 15
Elias Weiss Friedman is the Founder and President of The Dogist. After years in corporate marketing developing a skill set in brand strategy and social media, he was unexpectedly laid off. Elias transformed what most would view as a hardship, into an opportunity. Reconnecting with his childhood passion for photography and dogs, he seized the moment and built The Dogist, one photograph at a time. With hustle, grit and an unrivaled commitment to his art, he built the social media and digital story...
Jul 09, 2019•56 min•Ep. 14
HigherDOSE is the leading brand in beauty biohacking and infrared light therapy with spa-focused services and information on “getting high naturally”. DOSE = Dopamine Oxytocin Serotonin Endorphins Katie Kaps & Lauren Berlingeri are Co-Founders and Co-CEOs of HigherDOSE. Lauren Berlingeri is dedicated to inspiring others through fitness and naturally-healthy lifestyle practices. After launching her career as an international model, Berlingeri went on to star in her own show, “Woman vs. Workou...
Jul 02, 2019•58 min•Ep. 13
Joe Holder wears a few hats as the founder of the Ocho System, a Nike Master Trainer, Head of Performance for WHOOP, Creative Director of Wellness for smartwater, co-founder of System of Service... and that's not even everything! The Ocho System is a philosophy that was formulated during Joe's time at the University of Pennsylvania which promotes productivity and progress through physical wellness, but more importantly encourages a goal of being holistically, and wholly, better. Joe and I had a ...
Jun 25, 2019•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 12
Jordan Gaspar is a Managing Partner of AccelFoods, a venture capital firm investing in consumer products. Jordan oversees deal origination, structure and investment execution, as well as heads up strategy, retailer partnerships, investor relations and general management of the fund. Jordan co-founded the fund in 2014 with the intention of offering entrepreneurs a unique perspective and approachable capital to help them build their businesses. With 36 portfolio companies and growing, AccelFoods o...
Jun 18, 2019•53 min•Ep. 11
Matty Mo is a Los Angeles-based contemporary artist and marketing entrepreneur best known for creating the conceptual art group, "The Most Famous Artist." It was really fun hearing the thinking behind some of Matty's work. Key topics we covered were the importance of being in control of the narrative you're portraying for your online persona (and that you have more power around that than you might think) as well as leveraging media as a growth hacking tool. The Most Famous Artist .com TMFA on In...
Jun 11, 2019•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 10
Marc Barros is the co-founder of Moment , the outfitter for photographers and filmmakers. He's also the founder of Hardware Workshop, a workshop series to help fellow hardware founders and the co-founder of Contour, a hands-free camera company that makes action video easy to capture and share. He does startup lessons every week at @marcbarros . We covered SO much and we had a great time. It was especially interesting hearing stories from Marc's first company, Contour, and how the lessons he took...
Jun 04, 2019•58 min•Ep. 9
John Fiorentino is an inventor and entrepreneur. He is the creator of the viral product sensations Gravity Blanket and Moon Pod which raised over $6 million dollars on crowdfunding site Kickstarter. Both products have since gone onto be multi-million dollar companies that are growing daily. This was a fun episode especially since John was super open about the ups and downs of his journey to date - everything from the importance of mentors to whether venture capital is right for everyone to his i...
May 28, 2019•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 8
Quincy Moore is the founder and creative director of Knowlita, the parent company behind lifestyle brand NYON. Based in NYC, Moore is best known for coining the slogan New York or Nowhere® and has collaborated with everyone from American Express to the New York Knicks. He lives on the Lower East Side with his fiancée, Samantha. We have a fun time on Episode 8 - a takeaway from Quincy's path to NYON is the importance of self-awareness. It's back! Original blogger. Brand collaborator. Trademark en...
May 21, 2019•43 min•Ep. 7
Chris Zarou is the President & Founder of Visionary Music Group/Visionary Records. Founded in 2010, Visionary Music Group is an artist management company and record label based out of New York, home to clients Logic, Jon Bellion, Quinn XCII, Jeremy Zucker, Chelsea Cutler, ayokay and producer, 6ix. Chris builds his artists step by step, combining consecutive small wins into tremendous accomplishments on both the commercial and live aspects of the business. We cover a ton in Episode 6 like the...
May 14, 2019•56 min•Ep. 6
