: 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…
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!
- Thus, Thrive Market was born!
- 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
