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Most memorable chocolate experience:
Starting a chocolate company. Check it out at www.BrownieShotz.com
My favorite chocolate is:
Prairie Fire Brownie Shotz

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Brownie Shotz, adventures in starting a chocolate business, con't.

Thanks guys for reading and commenting on my posts. It means a lot to me. I heard this morning on the news that the US lost another 80,000 jobs in March. That’s added to the 50,000 lost in February. Wow! That’s a lot of jobs. So now it’s more important than ever to start a new business. Any business is good. The food business is good but tricky. But if you hit a winning formula, you have a block buster. It seems you might have a bit of an edge… Continue

Posted on April 4th, 2008 at 3:21pm — 2 Comments (Add)

The adventures of starting Brownie Shotz continues

One thing I’ve learned about a start up business is that there is a disconnect between production and sales. You either have too much product and can’t sell it or you have too many sales and can’t fill them. It can be very nerve racking but I think it’s fairly par for the course. Especially when you’re manufacturing a brand new product like I am with Brownie Shotz. If you’re buying your product, the same thing holds true. How much do you buy so that your… Continue

Posted on March 26th, 2008 at 11:21pm — 2 Comments (Add)

Brownie Shotz, adventures in starting a chocolate business, con't.

Terrific! Someone out there has encouraged me to continue my story (thanks Carol) so that’s enough for me. Well, after the first blush of starting a new business wore off a bit, it came time to figure out how to really make Brownie Shotz a going concern. For the first few months, I kept baking brownies in my kitchen, refining my product as I went along. I made a few sales but it was very evident from the start I’d need help, especially in the enrobing p… Continue

Posted on March 23rd, 2008 at 10:07pm — 2 Comments (Add)

Brownie Shotz, adventures in starting a chocolate business

Yesterday was the first anniversary of Brownie Shotz and I wanted to mark the occasion somehow. I thought I would relate my adventures thus far. (I wanted to do this yesterday but I got too busy). So anyhow, one year ago (the first day of spring) I had dinner with a friend and one of her clients. The client (whom I hadn't met before) had started a potato chip business several months earlier. As he related the story of how he started, I became more and mo… Continue

Posted on March 21st, 2008 at 1:01pm — 1 Comment (Add)

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At 6:08pm on April 5th, 2008, Chocoflyer said…
Jim, have you ever tried rocky road brownies? With walnuts in them and then tosted marshmallow on top sprinkled with nuts? Or Marshmallow and caramel? or Amaretto marshmallow caramel? MMMMMM maybe some new flavors to try?
At 11:12am on March 19th, 2008, Clay Gordon said…
Jim:

Welcome to The Chocolate Life! Do you know the guys at Culinate? I've blogged about chocolate for them and it would be a great venue to promote what you're doing. Also - if you're ever coming out to NYC, I've got a great group of people you can present to. Good Luck!
 
 

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