Blake Sorensen

Founder & CEO, Blake's Seed Based · 1 appearance on the record.

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Blake Sorensen is the founder and CEO of Blake's Seed Based, a brand producing allergy-friendly snack bars and treats. A former Wisconsin Badgers football player with severe nut allergies, he launched the company after developing seed recipes while pursuing his MBA at Indiana University.

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2 predictions · 2 assertions · 1 opinion · 1 insight · 1 disclosure · every statement was checked. The predictions and assertions are the 4 claims: statements the public record can support or contradict. 0 are resolved, 1 is not yet assessed, and 3 name no date, number or outcome precise enough to check. Everything else (opinions, insights, what ifs, disclosures) can never be settled by the record, so it carries no assessment.

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Prediction Open · timeframe Mar 2030
Sorensen predicts in-flight nut death will force overnight airline nut bans
“I, I'm convinced that in the next five years, there'll be someone that dies on a plane from nuts, and overnight, the whole industry will be nut-free, or allergy-friendly. Like, I am so convinced in my heart that that will happen.”
Blake Sorensen Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 16:14 #49 Nuts Can Kill. Are Seeds the Answer?
Opinion
Sorensen: Allergy-friendly competitor brands lack appealing branding and nutrition
“So there's the allergy friendly players that, you know, the branding, the product, the nutrition is not appealing.”
Blake Sorensen Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 6:02 #49 Nuts Can Kill. Are Seeds the Answer?
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Sorensen projects $1M in Blake's Seed Based revenue next year
“So I think reasonably, like, this note, I think we can do a million dollars next year. Very, very confident in that, right?”
Blake Sorensen Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 18:27 #49 Nuts Can Kill. Are Seeds the Answer?
Insight
Sorensen: Angels grant more autonomy than VCs who demand board seats
“Once you get VCs involved, I'm not saying we won't do this, but they just, there's a lot of complications. They want board seats, they want warrants, they want a lot more information, and the angel investors, I think, give us more autonomy as a company to kind…”
Blake Sorensen Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 29:14 #49 Nuts Can Kill. Are Seeds the Answer?
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Blake's Seed Based has sold 20,000 snack bars to date
“To date, we've sold 20,000 bars.”
Blake Sorensen Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 3:39 #49 Nuts Can Kill. Are Seeds the Answer?
Disclosure
Blake's Seed Based raises $750k convertible note at $3M valuation cap
“So it's a three million dollar cap.”
Blake Sorensen Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 16:48 #49 Nuts Can Kill. Are Seeds the Answer?
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Sorensen: Hudson's investment fell through because the company was an LLC
“He didn't realize we were an LLC. And their fund only invests in, in C-Corps for tax purposes, so that investment fell through.”
Blake Sorensen Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 28:16 #49 Nuts Can Kill. Are Seeds the Answer?

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Statements about Blake Sorensen, by other people (3)

Opinion
Hudson: B2B buyers will not care about Sorensen's personal founder story
“I don't think your greatest asset, which is you and your story, I don't think the B to B people care.”
Charles Hudson Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 12:09 #49 Nuts Can Kill. Are Seeds the Answer?
What-if
Nadel: A brick-and-mortar retail plan would have triggered an immediate pass
“If he said he wanted to go brick and mortar retail, I'd be like, no way.”
Phil Nadel Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 21:30 #49 Nuts Can Kill. Are Seeds the Answer?
Disclosure
Hudson advises Blake's Seed Based to stay direct-to-consumer as long as possible
“My advice to him is stay D to C for as long as you possibly can.”
Charles Hudson Mar 3, 2025 ▶ 21:25 #49 Nuts Can Kill. Are Seeds the Answer?

Appearances (1)

EpisodeDateSpeaking time
#49 Nuts Can Kill. Are Seeds the Answer? Mar 3, 2025 12m
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