{"id":410,"date":"2022-08-06T21:31:05","date_gmt":"2022-08-06T11:31:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eos-business.sydney.edu.au\/?p=410"},"modified":"2024-08-12T08:56:58","modified_gmt":"2024-08-11T22:56:58","slug":"brock-hatton-journey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eos-business.sydney.edu.au\/?p=410","title":{"rendered":"Brock Hatton journey"},"content":{"rendered":"

www.eatlikeachief.com<\/a><\/h3>\n

Entrepreneurial journey told by two students<\/h4>\n

Story written by Alexa Cardassilaris Cardassilaris<\/h5>\n

\u201cGrowing up I had no exposure to entrepreneurship, both of my parents were public servants. My friends would tell you that I was always very entrepreneurial, but I certainly didn\u2019t feel like that at the time. I finished my tertiary studies with a degree in industrial design and had no intentions on becoming an entrepreneur in the health food industry, however, the thought of working for myself and the flexibility of owning my own business appealed to me. I always had a passion and interest in health, and I think playing football in my younger years exposed me to leading a healthy lifestyle. Being in my 20s and probably extremely na\u00efve, I wanted to pursue my own business ventures. I could see a clear gap between what [food products] people perceived as healthy and what real health actually was. I could see the opportunity to create a health food brand that had food products containing no artificial thickeners and fillers and no artificial sweeteners or sugar alcohols. This presented itself as a significant challenge, as it was extremely difficult to source manufacturers that weren\u2019t too expensive and also aligned with Chief Nutrition\u2019s mission statement. Further adding to this challenge, was finding farmers who supported regenerative agriculture.<\/p>\n

Some advice for future entrepreneurs would be to accept and come to terms with mistakes and failure, this is what allows you to stumble upon new opportunities and ventures. Don\u2019t do things alone, gain support and knowledge from others in your network who have varying skill sets to you. When looking for business partners, search for someone with the right attitude for your company, you are definitely going to have some differences but the ability to discuss aspects of business with someone else definitely makes the entrepreneurial journey less lonely and more enjoyable. Being an entrepreneur is hard work and definitely not easy, however the 60-hour weeks and sleepless nights are worthwhile when we receive reviews from our customers who really value and believe in what our brand stands for. To me, that means so much more than any sale, to know that we can positively impact someone\u2019s health whilst having a positive impact on the environment, is really gratifying. That sort of stuff is the stuff that keeps you going, and personally what I get the most out of\u201d.<\/p>\n

Story written by Barbara De Oliveira Alves<\/h5>\n

I can tell you that growing up I had no exposure to entrepreneurship; my parents were both teachers.\u00a0 But\u00a0 my\u00a0 friends\u00a0 will\u00a0 tell\u00a0 you\u00a0 that\u00a0 I\u00a0 was\u00a0 always\u00a0 very\u00a0 entrepreneurial,\u00a0 although\u00a0 I certainly didn’t feel that way at the time. With an industrial design degree, I was working for a couple of large companies where I was having an \u2018okay\u2019 time. It wasn’t great, it wasn’t really inspiring\u00a0 me\u00a0 much.\u00a0 The\u00a0 simple\u00a0 fact\u00a0 that\u00a0 I\u00a0 would\u00a0 feel\u00a0 much\u00a0 more\u00a0 comfortable\u00a0 working\u00a0 for myself was the baseline to the idea of having my own business, which would provide me the financial independence I was hoping for, and the flexibility and freedoms that I wouldn’t have if working for someone else. As I was young and extremely naive as to what it would take to run\u00a0 a\u00a0 business\u00a0 successfully,\u00a0 it\u00a0 was\u00a0 hard\u00a0 because\u00a0 there\u00a0 are\u00a0 so\u00a0 many\u00a0 things\u00a0 that\u00a0 you\u00a0 don’t understand, you just have to do it, and there’s probably nothing better than getting your own experience.\u00a0 In\u00a0 this\u00a0 journey,\u00a0 you\u00a0 realise\u00a0 that\u00a0 there\u00a0 is\u00a0 no\u00a0 downside\u00a0 when\u00a0 you\u00a0 make\u00a0 mistakes, especially\u00a0 in\u00a0 the\u00a0 beginning,\u00a0 when\u00a0 they\u00a0 are\u00a0 usually\u00a0 cheap\u00a0 but\u00a0 valuable.\u00a0 So,\u00a0 even\u00a0 if\u00a0 you\u00a0 fail, you\u2019ll learn something meaningful from it. I believe perseverance and passion are key traits to drive you through the tough challenges along the way. The hardest moments of my journey as an entrepreneur were definitely when I felt alone somehow, either by having an absent business partner or just having someone to help you make sense\u00a0 of\u00a0 the\u00a0 situations\u00a0 you\u00a0 are\u00a0 going\u00a0 through.\u00a0 The\u00a0 most\u00a0 valuable\u00a0 asset\u00a0 in\u00a0 your\u00a0 business\u00a0 is having the right people. Chief Nutrition was always a partnership because we have people that are\u00a0 truly\u00a0 invested\u00a0 in\u00a0 the\u00a0 business.\u00a0 Open\u00a0 communication,\u00a0 diverse\u00a0 backgrounds,\u00a0 and\u00a0 positive attitudes\u00a0 are\u00a0 some\u00a0 of\u00a0 the\u00a0 ingredients\u00a0 that\u00a0 contribute\u00a0 to\u00a0 build\u00a0 an\u00a0 incredible\u00a0 team.\u00a0 Our\u00a0 efforts towards\u00a0 creating\u00a0 a\u00a0 genuinely\u00a0 healthy\u00a0 and\u00a0 sustainable\u00a0 product\u00a0 reflect\u00a0 our\u00a0 desire\u00a0 to\u00a0 make\u00a0 a difference in people\u2019s health and lifestyle choices, whilst also making a positive impact on the environment. Today, I see the responses that we get from the communities that we work with, the farmers that we support, and I believe that, personally, what really keeps me going are those gratifying moments when someone says, \u2018I really value what you’re doing as a brand, just keep doing it\u2019. That is the impact that we aim to achieve, and it probably means more than any sale.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

www.eatlikeachief.com Entrepreneurial journey told by two students Story written by Alexa Cardassilaris Cardassilaris \u201cGrowing up I had no exposure to entrepreneurship, both of my parents were public servants. My friends would tell you that I was always very entrepreneurial, but I certainly didn\u2019t feel like that at the time. I finished my tertiary studies with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2021-cohort-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eos-business.sydney.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eos-business.sydney.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eos-business.sydney.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eos-business.sydney.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eos-business.sydney.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=410"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eos-business.sydney.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":564,"href":"https:\/\/eos-business.sydney.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410\/revisions\/564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eos-business.sydney.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eos-business.sydney.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eos-business.sydney.edu.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}