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Nicole Bernard Dawes

10 statements across 1 episodes · 4 bullish · 3 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Aug 31, 2026 by Nicole Bernard Dawes · across every show →

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Aug 31, 2026 positive
Insight
Dawes: Founders should master product velocity before accepting outside investment
“What I think is the most important thing before you bring in any kind of investor is that you know your products. You know your best-selling products. You know you understand your velocity. Like, you know exactly what your product potential is, and so funding …”
Nicole Bernard Dawes Aug 31, 2026 ▶ 1:10:54 Late July Snacks: Nicole Bernard Dawes. Crackers and Cookies were Failing… Tortilla Chips Saved Them
Aug 31, 2026 neutral
Opinion
Dawes: Average consumers care little about organic sparkling water flavors
“But, you know, I don't think the average consumer cares nearly as much as I do about organic flavors and their sparkling water.”
Nicole Bernard Dawes Aug 31, 2026 ▶ 1:09:49 Late July Snacks: Nicole Bernard Dawes. Crackers and Cookies were Failing… Tortilla Chips Saved Them
Aug 31, 2026
Insight
Dawes: Founders must provide early angel investors a path to exit
“And I think when you sign up to be an entrepreneur, you sign up. You don't necessarily get to bring those other people along with you, and that includes your family and friends or any early angel investors you have. You know, you have to be realistic about, ev…”
Nicole Bernard Dawes Aug 31, 2026 ▶ 59:47 Late July Snacks: Nicole Bernard Dawes. Crackers and Cookies were Failing… Tortilla Chips Saved Them
Aug 31, 2026 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Dawes: Bank defaulted Late July's equipment loan after father's death
“So we had this large equipment loan, and at the time, you know, interest rates were so low that most banks were, like, kind of upside down in some of these, and we had a death of a member clause in our loan agreement, and we were an LLC, and my dad was a membe…”
Nicole Bernard Dawes Aug 31, 2026 ▶ 38:08 Late July Snacks: Nicole Bernard Dawes. Crackers and Cookies were Failing… Tortilla Chips Saved Them
Aug 31, 2026
Insight
Nicole Bernard Dawes: Success requires category dominance or entering massive categories
“And I always feel like there's two ways to be successful. You can be a big part of a small category, or you have to be a smaller part of an enormous category.”
Nicole Bernard Dawes Aug 31, 2026 ▶ 45:19 Late July Snacks: Nicole Bernard Dawes. Crackers and Cookies were Failing… Tortilla Chips Saved Them
Aug 31, 2026 positive
Insight
Nicole Bernard Dawes: Organic Food Movement Only Grows via Superior Taste
“The only way to help the organic food movement grow was to make delicious tasting products that people would like back into finding out about how They were made.”
Nicole Bernard Dawes Aug 31, 2026 ▶ 31:03 Late July Snacks: Nicole Bernard Dawes. Crackers and Cookies were Failing… Tortilla Chips Saved Them
Aug 31, 2026 positive
Insight
Dawes: Founders taking on company debt must get key man insurance
“And, I mean, I tell everyone I talk to, like, if you get debt, get key man insurance.”
Nicole Bernard Dawes Aug 31, 2026 ▶ 39:02 Late July Snacks: Nicole Bernard Dawes. Crackers and Cookies were Failing… Tortilla Chips Saved Them
Aug 31, 2026 negative
Insight
Dawes: Food brands struggle expanding across different grocery store categories
“No, it's very hard. It's a completely different part of the store. Sometimes it's different buyers. I mean, and usually it's very difficult for a brand to go into two different categories like that.”
Nicole Bernard Dawes Aug 31, 2026 ▶ 49:43 Late July Snacks: Nicole Bernard Dawes. Crackers and Cookies were Failing… Tortilla Chips Saved Them
Aug 31, 2026 positive
Disclosure
Dawes: My career goal is making organic foods taste like conventional snacks
“I have built my entire career out of making organic and natural products, healthy organic natural products, taste like conventional ones.”
Nicole Bernard Dawes Aug 31, 2026 ▶ 28:21 Late July Snacks: Nicole Bernard Dawes. Crackers and Cookies were Failing… Tortilla Chips Saved Them
Aug 31, 2026 negative
Opinion
Dawes: Early health food brands chose to make bad-tasting products
“Because I saw what my dad did, you know, I knew it was possible. You know, I knew that this was something, so it's like, to me, it was like businesses were making a choice to make these bad-tasting products.”
Nicole Bernard Dawes Aug 31, 2026 ▶ 8:28 Late July Snacks: Nicole Bernard Dawes. Crackers and Cookies were Failing… Tortilla Chips Saved Them
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