Blake Sorensen is pitching his allergy-friendly snack bar company, Blake's Seed Based, to investors on The Pitch.
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.”
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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.”
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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?”
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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…”
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Blake's Seed Based has sold 20,000 snack bars to date
“To date, we've sold 20,000 bars.”
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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.”