the Joshua Schall Audio Experience

On the latest episode of the special edition "COVID-19 Effect" Pivotal interviews, we have a candid discussion with Chris Walton, Co-Founder/Co-CEO of several businesses including the fast-growing retail blog OmniTalk. He is also a senior contributor to Forbes and admittedly my favorite business writer because we share a commonality in our style and thoughts. Prior to starting his entrepreneurial...

On this special "COVID-19 Effect" edition of our Pivotal interview series, we have a candid discussion with Chris Wagner, Founder/CEO of several business including Raze Energy, NutraKey, and G POP Foods. Because of the diversity of the portfolio of businesses, it gives Chris a unique perspective across many different food, beverage, and nutritional supplement CPG product categories that all sell i...

Pivotal is an interview-style segment that tackles topics in consumer packaged goods (CPG) and fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) from the business leaders that live it EVERY DAY! This episode, we have a candid discussion with Adam Brown, Founder/CEO of Sircle Media, a leading social media strategy and content creation agency that has a deep client roster of "better for you" CPG brands.  &nbsp...

Simply Good Foods Company, which owns "health and fitness snacking" brands Quest Nutrition, Atkins Nutritionals, and Simply Protein recently reported its earnings on 4/6/2020. If you are interested in the financial performance breakdown, check out the linked YouTube channel that includes presentation slides. Alternatively, this podcast episode will focus on how Quest Nutrition and Atkins Nutrition...

On this "COVID-19 Effect" special Pivotal interview, we have a candid discussion with my longtime friend and personal high performance coach Colby Knepp.    In this episode we talk about:  How "COVID-19 Effect" has created changes in his high performance coaching business How no one is coming to save us except ourselves, so it's time to own this situation  How to rebuild positi...

The struggling supplement retailer GNC recently released its delayed 2019Q4 earnings report. In this podcast, I breakdown the top-level financial data, but more importantly I cover an additional COVID-19 business update press release that GNC submitted on 4/6/2020. I will add commentary to what is happening in the COVID-19 retailing environment and around differing interpretations of the definitio...

Pivotal is an interview-style segment that tackles topics in consumer packaged goods (CPG) and fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) from the business leaders that live it EVERY DAY! This episode, we have a candid talk with Rich White, Founder and CEO of Sportika Export, the leading sports nutrition exporter in the U.S. On this special "COVID-19 Effect" episode, Rich shares about... COVID-19 Effect on...

Pivotal is an interview-style segment that tackles topics in consumer packaged goods (CPG) and fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) from the business leaders that live it EVERY DAY! This episode, we have a candid talk with Aaron Hinde, President & Co-Founder of LifeAid Beverage Co., about how the uncertainty surrounding the coronavirus pandemic has affected his multiple INC. 5000 List member beve...

Is COVID-19 affecting a high-growth e-commerce business that serves the college student community? I set out to answer that question. I had a candid conversation with Russell Saks, CEO & Co-Founder of Campus Protein, about how the uncertainty surrounding the coronavirus pandemic has affected his business, which is located in New York City. We also discuss how the "extended college summer break...

On 3/28/2020, I interviewed Aaron Singerman (CEO of Redcon1) about how his sports nutrition company had partnered with on-demand delivery apps, such as Grubhub, Postmates, and Uber Eats to provide another fulfillment option for customers. While their HQ and Redcon1 gym are "pick-up points" as well., the strategy really has legs when you consider that 1000s of Redcon1 retailers can add themselves a...

Pivotal is an interview-style segment that tackles topics in consumer packaged goods (CPG) and fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) from the business leaders that live it EVERY DAY! This episode, we talk to Michael Noe, the owner of 406 Nutrition and Invictus Marketing, about what he is doing to help give value to brick and mortar supplement stores during this time of uncertainty with the coronavirus...

Is COVID-19 affecting even the fastest growing businesses in the world? I set out to answer that question.  I had a candid conversation with Aaron Singerman, CEO of Redcon1, about how his company was performing against the challenging business environment of COVID-19. Being that Redcon1 will likely be at the top 1% of INC Magazine's fastest growing private company list for 2020, I thought Aar...

Formula For, is a podcast that unpacks the early stories of CPG entrepreneurs, to reveal the list of ingredients that ultimately led them to the revered products they built. On this never before launched episode that was taped on 7/18/2018, we talk to Brendan Ahern, which is currently CEO and Co-Founder of Ronnie Coleman Signature Series (RCSS). RCSS is a privately held, born global, premium sport...

On 3/16/2020, the nutrition supplement retailer GNC submitted a  "Notice of Late Filing" to the SEC. For those that aren't aware of what these notices mean, they are requested by publicly-traded to have the SEC grant them longer to submit audited financial statements. When they are filed, it is rarely for a good reason.  In this podcast, I breakdown how certain clauses in the debt load o...

Pivotal is an interview-style segment that tackles topics in consumer packaged goods (CPG) and fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) from the business leaders that live it EVERY DAY! This episode, we talk to Tyler Parsons, Director of Sales at Defyned Brands, about what he is doing to help give value directly to brick and mortar supplement retail stores during this time of uncertainty with the coronav...

Formula For, is a podcast that unpacks the early stories of CPG entrepreneurs, to reveal the list of ingredients that ultimately led them to the revered products they built.  On this never before launched episode, that was taped on 6/25/2018, we talk to Marc Lobliner, which is currently Chief Marketing Officer of TigerFitness.com, a multiple INC. 500/5000 company, as well as Owner/CEO of one of th...

Is the grass really greener on the other side? Mandatory in-office workers are about to find out during the COVID-19 pandemic.  Be honest, you’ve had a tinge of jealously towards the estimated under 5% of us “work from home” professionals, right? I mean we get to work from the pool, coffee shops, and even travel the world without the constraints of micro-managers wanting us to use those big b...

Can you imagine spending almost $4 billion to gain access to the hottest beverage club in the U.S.? That is what essentially PepsiCo did when they acquired Rockstar Energy.  One of the lead PepsiCo strategy executives said on Linkedin, “This is one of the largest and most transformational deals PepsiCo ever made and it will dramatically accelerate our growth trajectory for years to come.” Why...

"A Rising Tide Lifts All Boats..." When I started making consistent business content about four and a half years ago, I wanted to give "legs" to the valuable insights that were being shared between myself and others in conference rooms. I felt that non-NDA information was being held too close to the chest, especially in functional CPG categories like sports nutrition. Because of that, I have made...

Coldstone Creamery ice cream flavored whey protein, Warheads flavored pre-workout, Swedish Fish flavored BCAAs, and the list continues to grow with sports nutrition brands using authentically licensed flavors in their products, but is that differentiation strategy about to get tougher soon? Recently, Post Holdings and Dymatize Nutrition (which Post Holdings owns through BellRing Brands) launched a...

I would like to welcome you to the Joshua Schall Audio Experience. The first official upload will focus around what this podcast is about, why I decided to launch it, and when will I launch new episodes of this podcast. Additionally, I will share a bit about myself at the end for those that aren't familiar with me or my story. Truth is, this podcast has been hyped up since I started creating YouTu...