Interview with Austin Patry, Co-Founder of Rollin’ n Bowlin’ and Realsy
“Everyone is branding themselves proudly as a better-for-you brand and that confused us. We want to be a genuinely good-for-you brand.”On today’s episode of The Irresistible Factor, I’m sitting down with passionate foodie and health and wellness entrepreneur, Austin Patry. Austin is the Co-Founder of Rollin’ n’ Bowlin’ and Realsy. Austin, along with his business partner Sophia, found themselves rolling around TCU’s campus serving açai bowls in a food truck, which inspired their business name: Rollin’ n Bowlin’. Shortly after they got their first brick-and-mortar on TCU’s campus, and now they currently have locations on eight college campuses. During COVID, when they weren’t able to make any revenue from their on campus locations, Austin took the opportunity to expand the business and started to launch in grocery stores, DTC, and even launched a whole new product, Realsy - packaged dates filled with nut butter. Listen in as Austin shares how he entered the CPG world and scaled his new business, Realsy, with the help of SKU. He also talks about how they found investors and raised capital to support their dream of providing people with healthy and nutrient-dense foods. This is an episode you won’t want to miss! Listen to The Irresistible Factor’s Interview with Co-Founder of Rollin’ n Bowlin’ and Realsy, Austin Patry. Here’s what you won’t want to miss from our conversation:
- How Austin knew that he had a scalable business and its projections
- How the SKU Accelerator program out of Austin helped Rollin’ n Bowln’ transition to CPG
- Insight into the developmental launch of the Realsy product
- Managing the emotional rollercoaster of being an entrepreneur with his daily routine
Links mentioned in this episode: Austin Patry on Twitter Austin Patry on LinkedIn Austin Patry on Instagram Rollin’ n Bowlin’ Realsy TCU SKU Accelerator How I Built This Podcast Mid-Day Squares Mush The Irresistible Factor Podcast Sawtooth Group