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Rashid Ali

11 statements across 3 episodes · 2 bullish · 1 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Jan 30, 2023 by Rashid Ali · said 3 times in 1 episodes since 2024 · across every show →

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brought up most by Pete Maldonado (2), Guy Raz (1)

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Jan 30, 2023 positive
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Ali: Chomps brought 40% new consumers into jerky category at one retailer
“And I think also there's one stat, like with one of our retailers, we were bringing 40% new folks to the jerky set.”
Rashid Ali Jan 30, 2023 ▶ 1:15:17 Chomps: Pete Maldonado and Rashid Ali
Jan 30, 2023
Disclosure
Ali matched Maldonado's tiny $3,250 initial investment to co-found Chomps
“I mentioned how much had he invested and he was like, it was at 32 53,250 dollars, I think is what he had put up. So I cut a check and match that.”
Rashid Ali Jan 30, 2023 ▶ 29:19 Chomps: Pete Maldonado and Rashid Ali
Jan 30, 2023
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Ali: Chomps reached $100M+ in revenue with fewer than 40 employees
“We're just under 40 right now.”
Rashid Ali Jan 30, 2023 ▶ 1:17:53 Chomps: Pete Maldonado and Rashid Ali
Jan 30, 2023 neutral
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Ali: Trader Joe's order required 150,000 lbs of meat vs. normal 10-15k monthly
“So, so 10 to 15 was our normal click. This required us to do about a 150,000 pounds.”
Rashid Ali Jan 30, 2023 ▶ 59:43 Chomps: Pete Maldonado and Rashid Ali
Jan 30, 2023
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Ali: Chomps operates three manufacturing facilities and three packaging lines
“No, I mean, we've, we have now three separate manufacturing facilities and three packaging lines running simultaneously, and we went ahead and ordered six more.”
Rashid Ali Jan 30, 2023 ▶ 1:17:14 Chomps: Pete Maldonado and Rashid Ali
Jan 30, 2023 positive
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Ali: Uncrate feature proved Chomps had appeal beyond CrossFit and paleo
“Our consumer prior to that was, Primarily CrossFit, paleo, whole 30, like very focused. And uncrate is just like your general guy, right? Where it's like your 20 or 30 something that was just interested in it, and it showed, oh, wow, the product has a lot more…”
Rashid Ali Jan 30, 2023 ▶ 47:58 Chomps: Pete Maldonado and Rashid Ali
Jan 30, 2023 negative
Insight
Ali: D2C frozen meat shipping has no path to profitability without scale
“What we figured out was shipping frozen without scale, there's no path to profitability, and because the business was like self-funded, we had to figure out a way to make it profitable”
Rashid Ali Jan 30, 2023 ▶ 31:13 Chomps: Pete Maldonado and Rashid Ali
Jan 30, 2023
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Ali: Founder Tension at Chomps Revolved Around Going Full-Time
“A lot of the tension was around when we both would go full-time.”
Rashid Ali Jan 30, 2023 ▶ 55:09 Chomps: Pete Maldonado and Rashid Ali
Feb 19, 2026
Insight
Ali: Getting products into retail stores is easier than sustaining sales velocity
“Getting into the retailer is honestly the easiest part of the process. It's staying and performing.”
Rashid Ali Feb 19, 2026 ▶ 26:21 Advice Line with Pete Maldonado and Rashid Ali of Chomps
Feb 19, 2026 neutral
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Maldonado: Co-founder Rashid Ali stayed part-time until Chomps hit $20M revenue
“I went full-time first. I think we were doing in like the four or 500,000 range, and then Rasheed didn't come on until we were doing like twenty million. So it was a big, like, big gap.”
Pete Maldonado Feb 19, 2026 ▶ 42:10 Advice Line with Pete Maldonado and Rashid Ali of Chomps
Mar 19, 2026 neutral
Insight
Ali: Economies of scale do not automatically unlock higher gross margins
“Economies of scale don't necessarily unlock incremental gross margin. You need to challenge your bill of materials, challenge the way it's being produced, challenge everything to figure out, okay, Do I want an artisanal one-off product because of the price po…”
Rashid Ali Mar 19, 2026 ▶ 33:31 Advice Line: What’s Your Value?
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