Amanda Klane
Co-Founder, Foundership Ventures. On 1 show, 1 appearance. The Shows tab opens the full record on each.
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Amanda Klane co-founded Yasso in 2009, pioneering commercial frozen Greek yogurt and scaling the brand until Unilever acquired it in 2023. She later co-founded Foundership Ventures to invest in emerging consumer brands, including high-protein beverage maker Slate Milk.
1shows
1appearances
11statements
2resolved
2supported
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Everything Amanda Klane said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.
Klane: Replacing fat and sugar with protein makes frozen desserts icy
“What makes ice cream so smooth and have this great mouthfeel when you eat it is fat and sugar. And we wanted to remove or reduce those items and add in protein. And so we were taking out a lot of the key components that does make ice cream so delicious. And th…”
Klane: Yasso ruined factory equipment over a 10-year period
“We ruined a few pieces of equipment and plants over the last 10 years.”
Klane: Only three to five US co-packers could manufacture extruded novelties
“Outside of your big national food companies that have their own brands, in the co-packing world, there was maybe Three to five people that actually make this.”
Klane: Yasso's initial three-flavor pilot run cost nearly $100,000
“I don't remember the exact amount, but you kind of pay for like the day that the line is shut down, not producing something that's paying them full price. So like shy of a 100,000 dollars, but enough where we needed to like figure out how do we raise a little …”
Klane: Club stores provide a massive packaging billboard effect over standard grocers
“Just because it's limited SKUs and just a massive display, you almost get this like billboard effect with your packaging that you don't necessarily get a regular grocer because you have potentially two to three SKUs on shelf in a way bigger category with more …”
Klane: Yasso Generated $5M in Year One and $18M by 2013
“Oh, we did it five million dollars our first year in business by 13. We were doing around 18.”
Klane: Frozen and dairy are among grocery's most expensive shelf spaces
“Frozen and dairy are two of the most expensive spaces in the store because they require electricity”
Klane: Pint manufacturing is easier than ice cream novelty bars
“Pint manufacturing is a bit easier than ice cream novelties, which is what we make.”
Yasso Founders Shared One Enrollment to Penn State Ice Cream School
“Yeah, we didn't actually have enough money to sign us both up for the class, so we signed up for one entry into it, and it's in the middle of Pennsylvania in the dead of winter, which is just cold and barren at that time of year, but we signed up under Drew's …”
Klane: University of Nebraska offered low-cost product R&D using students
“What we found was that the University of Nebraska had a food science program, and as part of that, they would do product development, and it ended up being an extremely affordable way to develop products because they would lean on students to help the developm…”
One line per show, most statements first. The link opens Amanda's full record on that show: the calibration, argument clarity, speaking style and every statement made there.
| Show | Role there | Eps | Statements | Record | |
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 HOW I BUILT THISLEDGER | Co-Founder, Foundership Ventures | 1 | 11 | 100% 2/2 | full record on How I Built This → |