This week’s episode features Kimberly (Kim) Bryden.
Kim Bryden runs a small business called Cureate where they focus on shifting the dollar back into our local communities by building an empowered supply to meet a changing consumer demand. They do this through food & beverage entrepreneurship education and local procurement for institutional foodservice.
During this episode we discuss…
- Her business, Cureate, helping food and beverage entrepreneurs grow their businesses
- Mary’s first business, a gelato business, and how as a food entrepreneur she benefitted from improvisation
- The connection between starting and building a food business and improv
- Kim’s 4th grade improv class and the outfit she wore to it
- Reading the room
- Improvising to improve listening
- Shifting mindsets
- Taking a “no” somewhere with more curiosity
- Meetings with food, really good food (shoutout Zingerman’s!)
- How founders of food businesses could benefit from improvisational skills
- Building self-awareness as an entrepreneur
- How Kim adapted, as an entrepreneur, in her business
- Growing teams
- Her family’s holiday dance videos
From Kim, when asked how improv has improved her life offstage, “Stress relief, adding whimsy to my day, speaking confidence”
Connect with Kim on LinkedIn and Instagram @kimbryden. To learn more about Cureate visit cureate.co
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