How to sell a billion dollars of snacks, with the founders of Chomps
Masters of Scale
- Published
- October 2, 2025
- Duration
- 32:10
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- Last updated
- Jun 24, 2026
Discusses Chomps co-founders Rashid Ali and Pete Maldonado had an unusual side hustle: selling meat sticks onl…
Summary
Chomps co-founders Rashid Ali and Pete Maldonado had an unusual side hustle: selling meat sticks online. The co-founders join host Jeff Berman to reveal the phone call from Trader Joe’s that changed everything, how they used lessons from failed startups, and how they built Chomps into a snack empire.Subscribe to the Masters of Scale weekly newsletter: htt…
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Chomps co-founders Rashid Ali and Pete Maldonado had an unusual side hustle: selling meat sticks online. The co-founders join host Jeff Berman to reveal the phone call from Trader Joe’s that changed everything, how they used lessons from failed startups, and how they built Chomps into a snack empire.Subscribe to the Masters of Scale weekly newsletter: https://mastersofscale.com/subscribeSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-