#45 - Katlin Smith - Founder, CEO of Simple Mills

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Learning Out Loud

Justin Guerra, Marlee Reiter, Chapin Zerner

50 episodes

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Learning out Loud publicizes interesting conversations between 3 UVA undergraduates and experts across entrepreneurship, self development, and other fields. Our focus is on uncovering the varying definitions of success and generating actionable next steps to get there through life skills not covered in the classroom. Hosted by Justin Guerra, Marlee Reiter, and Chapin Zerner. Edited by Ray Zerner.

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#45 - Katlin Smith - Founder, CEO of Simple Mills

Learning Out Loud

40 minutes 27 seconds

1 year ago

#45 - Katlin Smith - Founder, CEO of Simple Mills

Katlin Smith is the founder and CEO of Simple Mills, a leader in the natural foods movement. Their products include gluten free, paleo-friendly almond flours, crackers, cookies and baking mixes, and can be found in over 28,000 stores worldwide in locations like Whole Foods, Costco, Walmart and others. Katlin is a 2010 graduate of UNC and attended the University of Chicago Booth School of Business from 2013-2014.

We spoke with Katlin about:

Finding your first customers
Spending time on branding vs. on the product itself
Benefits of business school
Being a healthy fish in dirty water
Simple Mills’ partnerships with local farmers
Hiring early on
Putting in effort