We've interviewed thousands of successful founders at Starter Story and asked what advice they would give to entrepreneurs who are just getting started.

Here's the best advice we discovered for starting a gluten-free bakery:

#1: David Downing, founder of ChipMonk Baking:

We chatted with with David, founder of ChipMonk Baking ($90K/month). In our interview, David says:

We learned how important earned media exposure can be, so we are always actively reaching out to influencers, bloggers, YouTubers, and traditional media to see if they’d be interested in sharing our story.

Additionally:

Know your numbers and be very conservative with financial forecasts. Make sure you understand your profitability metrics and plan for times where your sales goals will not be met due to unseen circumstances.

Further:

Know that you are in this for the long haul. If you’re not willing to spend years on this project, you may want to reconsider. Entrepreneurship isn’t for everyone, and that’s okay.

Read the full interview ➜

#2: David Downing, founder of ChipMonk Baking:

We chatted with with David, founder of ChipMonk Baking ($90K/month). In our interview, David says:

For our website, we’ve seen double digit year-over-year growth as we’ve built-out an email list of over 13K subscribers and a SMS / text messaging list of over 3K subscribers.

Additionally:

As a leader, you need to have more inner strength than anyone on your team, and you can develop that by adopting good habits.

Read the full interview ➜

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Starting A Gluten Free Bakery: Everything You Need To Know

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