Ep 201 - No Plan B with Dan Oliver (Dan-O's Seasoning)

What's Next with Eric Wood

Eric Wood

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5 • 714 Ratings

🗓️ 9 August 2023

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Dan Oliver is back! The Founder and Owner of Dan-O's seasoning is a Louisville based entrepreneur and changing the world one meal at a time.

Dan-O's Seasoning is one of the fastest growing companies in America. With over 6.5 million followers across social media platforms and retail offerings in over 18,000 stores, people can’t get enough of that Yum Yum Get Ya Sum!

Since their last podcast, Eric has become an investor in Dan-O's. The boys get together to discuss several topics, including:

- How much the brand has grown

- Dan-O's plan of attack on social media

- The process of creating a new recipe

- Expanding the team

-Advice to other business leaders

And much more. Follow Dan on Social media @danosseasoning and vest their website https://danosseasoning.com/

Transcript

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0:00.0	Welcome back to What's Next with Eric Wood.
0:11.8	We have Dan Oliver, the owner and founder of Dan O's seasoning back on the podcast.
0:17.4	If you didn't listen to his story on episode 84 go back and check that out but we're
0:22.3	going to have a lot of fun on this one we're going to learn a lot dan welcome back on the podcast
0:25.9	brother thank you eric it's great to be here man and now this time i come in as a business partner
0:30.7	i was so inspired by your story and your work ethic the last time i chose to invest you allowed me
0:36.7	to invest in danos it's been a fun ride these last couple of years, so I appreciate that. Absolutely, man. It's, you know, we wouldn't be where we are today if it, of course, the work ethic, right? But if it wasn't for you, you know, we were at a point where we needed some money and you were the guy that came in and you saw the vision with
0:54.9	us and so we appreciate that. Yeah, we talked about it last time. Kobe Bryant listened to him
1:01.3	talking about investing one time. He said, invest in people that are obsessed with their product
1:06.2	and they don't have a fallback plan. When I met you, you had both those criteria. You were a little
1:12.8	further along than the startup phase. It's easy to invest in a company that's already doing well,
1:17.2	has a great team, but to see what it's done up in these last couple years has been awesome.
1:22.0	And for that, the recognition you got recently, Ernst and Young, entrepreneur of the year,
1:28.7	what did that mean to you to get that? Dude, it's a very humbling. It's just awesome. What it really means, yes, it's an entrepreneur
1:38.5	of the year, but you can't just go out there and win an entrepreneur the year award without an awesome team behind you.
1:46.7	And like I said, if it wasn't for your investment and, you know, us always investing, re-investing back into our team,
1:54.9	you know, and just building this brand to be something more than just another seasoning company.
2:00.7	You know, it's almost like a lifestyle.
2:02.4	It's like we're all so passionate about what we do and we try and build that culture within the business.
2:07.7	So just the fact that like, you know, we have this awesome team and we all see the one dream,
2:13.0	the one vision, it's just, it's amazing.
2:16.4	And of course, you know, yeah, as an entrepreneur of the year,
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