Gunnar Lovelace Helps Us Thrive – Episode 915

: Episode 915 – Gunnar Lovelace, entrepreneur, founder and co-CEO of ThriveMarket.com tells his fascinating story of growing up poor in a commune and how that experience shaped his desire to bring healthy, carefully-sourced food to everyone for the same prices as regular food…

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GUNNAR LOVELACE

• Grew up in Ojai
  • Mom Argentinian, Dad Spanish
  • Came in on his father’s Fulbright Scholarship
  • Stayed in California with his mom
• Has a very interesting name
• His step father ran a food co-op
• Tough for his mom to make healthy choices because they were expensive
  • Always prioritized healthy options
  • She also had great spirit and tenacity
• Gunnar was inspired by his mother
• Went to college, but started his own business
• Wanted to create good company that can provide healthy, affordable food
  • Thus, Thrive Market was born!
    • Provides people with healthy food delivery for reasonable prices!
• Gunnar was faced with adversity, but crushed it and kept going because he wanted it badly enough
• Had to learn how to communicate well for entrepreneurship
• Working so many hours every day, making phone calls, figuring things out
• Thrive Market not his first business venture
• Never took no as an answer
• Ask consumers to make educated decisions regarding purchasing eco friendly food