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The art of letting go with Vincent and Andrew Kitirattragarn of Dang Foods
- ▶ 1:42 Guy Raz We did an episode on a brand called Dang Foods. 6 times in the scene
- ▶ 15:52 Guy Raz I'm Guy Raz, and my guests today are the founders of the Asian-inspired snack food brand, Dang Foods. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 23:08 Guy Raz That would be the end of dang. 7 times in the scene
- ▶ 26:46 Guy Raz Here's more of my conversation with Vincent and Andrew Kicharachagarn of Dang Foods. 10 times in the scene
Dang Foods: Vincent and Andrew Kitirattragarn
- ▶ 0:46 Guy Raz I'm Guy Raz, and on the show today, how Vincent Kittirachagar took a simple Thai ingredient, a toasted coconut chip, and joined up with his brother to build Dang Foods, an Asian-American snack brand now sold in thousands of stores across… 7 times in the scene
- ▶ 21:20 Vincent Kitirattragarn And put a lid on it, and put a sticker on it that said Dang, and we called it Dang because my mom's name is Dang, and when you eat it, it's, it's Dang good. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 26:10 Vincent Kitirattragarn It says dang, and it has a picture of coconuts and, um,
- ▶ 31:39 Vincent Kitirattragarn I had to decide whether or not I wanted to go full-time into DANG and really work on it or not.
- ▶ 32:38 Vincent Kitirattragarn So we designed the Dang, the first iteration of the Dang label, and it was still stickered. 7 times in the scene
- ▶ 40:40 Vincent Kitirattragarn And, you know, for, from the beginning, I knew that we had to capture people's attention with the name Dang, because, you know, the logo, we always put that front and center in a very big font. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 44:46 Guy Raz So, it's several years into dang foods, and Vincent and his brother Andrew think they have the best snack idea since Funyuns, a vacuum-fried onion pedal chip.
- ▶ 47:56 Vincent Kitirattragarn You know, up until then, we put every penny of profit back into the company because we wanted it to grow because we believed it would be worth something someday. 6 times in the scene
- ▶ 56:23 Vincent Kitirattragarn and, you know, put it under the dang brand and, you know, help work with you on seasonings.
- ▶ 56:51 Vincent Kitirattragarn The people that were buying our unsweetened coconut chip, which is just made from coconut and salt, were telling us they need more snacks like this because it's perfect for their keto diet. 6 times in the scene
- ▶ 58:56 Andrew Kitirattragarn And the thing was that Dang Bars was supposed to be, like, the biggest growth driver for our brand in twenty-twenty. 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:05:50 Guy Raz That's Andrew and Vincent Kitiratrigan, brothers and co-founders of Dang Foods.
- ▶ 1:06:26 Guy Raz The seaweed chips never took off and were discontinued, but it's all part of Dang's try-lots-of-things-out-and-fail-fast strategy.