Your Peer Group for Serious CPG Founders
Most people in CPG are figuring it out alone. This is the room where that changes.
Apply Now →Founders & Operators of
Most people in CPG are figuring it out alone. This is the room where that changes.
Apply Now →Founders & Operators of
Most founders are making their biggest decisions in a vacuum — no one around them truly gets what it's like. CPG FastTrack puts you in a tight, curated group of founders at a similar stage: similar challenges, similar stakes. Real accountability, real honesty, and people who've stared down the same problems you're facing right now.
Not ex-consultants or career advisors. Our coaches have raised capital, negotiated with buyers, survived bad co-packers, and scaled DTC brands to exits — and they'll tell you exactly what they'd do differently.
Not a generic entrepreneur network. Every session, resource, and connection is built around the specific challenges of taking a CPG brand from idea to shelf to scale.
Warm intros to buyers, investors, co-packers, and fellow founders — pre-vetted and contextual. The kind of relationships that change the trajectory of your brand.
Members from
Get placed into a curated small group of founders at a similar stage — navigating the same distribution, team-building, and capital challenges. Tight groups, real accountability, no BS.
A private network of founders who actually show up. No agency pitches, no lurking — just founders sharing what's working, what failed, and the moves they wish they'd made sooner.
Live Q&As with founders who've raised, scaled, and exited real brands. Ask the question you can't google — not a canned keynote, but a real conversation with someone who's been exactly where you are.
Your own CPG operating partner. Scheduled sessions with coaches who've built and scaled real brands — bring your real challenges, not sanitized talking points.
The right intro at the right time changes everything. We connect you with buyers, investors, co-packers, and fellow founders — warm, pre-vetted, and actually relevant to where your brand is right now.
Facilitated by Lisa Barnett
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Not consultants who've read the playbook. Founders who wrote it — and who'll share every mistake they made along the way.
of combined CPG operating experience across our coaches and facilitators
in funding raised by the brands our coaches have built and scaled
CPG customers reached through brands led by our coaching team
combined social media followers across our coaching team
How she used CPG FastTrack to crack retail from scratch
Peer Group — Founders at similar early-retail stage
1:1 coaching + warm intro to buyer + sell sheet feedback
CPG Founder
Early-stage brand · First retail account
How he used CPG FastTrack to nail his pitch and find the right investors
Peer Group — Founders actively raising in CPG
Pitch feedback + investor intros + founder coaching
CPG Founder
Seed-stage brand · Fundraising
How she used CPG FastTrack to crack mass retail
Peer Group — Executives at 7–8 figure retail brands
1:1 coaching + retailer introductions + playbooks
VP of Sales
Established brand · Walmart & Target
How they used CPG FastTrack to fix their paid media strategy
Peer Group — DTC and ecommerce founders in CPG
Peer benchmarking + agency intros + performance playbooks
Ecommerce Director
DTC-first brand · Meta & Google
How she used CPG FastTrack to vet her manufacturing partnership
Peer Group — Founders navigating early manufacturing
Peer deal review + co-packer intros + contract red flags
CPG Founder
Early-stage brand · Co-manufacturing
Three tiers. One mission — help you build faster. Pick the level of support that matches where you are.
Like-minded founders, expert insights, and exclusive resources that get your CPG brand in gear.
No revenue requirements
Apply Now →As a Community member, you'll get
Bi-weekly peer roundtables. Live expert firesides. Real connection and coaching to accelerate your brand.
For 6–7 figure brands
Apply Now →Everything in Community, plus
Custom engagement built specifically for your business. Our most hands-on track. Exclusively for founders we deeply believe in. Limited seats.
For 7–8 figure brands
Apply Now →Everything in Growth, plus
Every coach has built and scaled a real CPG brand — and they'll get to know yours.
Lisa Barnett
Co-Founder, Former President & CMO, Little Spoon
Strategy · Marketing · BrandingInc 5000 Awardee · Forbes 30 Under 30 · Time's Best Invention of the Year
Dave Colina
Founder & CEO, O2 Hydration
Leadership · Partnerships · GrowthInc 5000 Awardee · 2020 Best Beverage Marketing Campaign of the Year
Markus Karjalainen
Former CMO, Founding Team, Four Sigmatic
Ecommerce · Brand MarketingPioneered adaptogens in the US · Top-selling coffee products on Amazon
Jason Feifer
Editor in Chief, Entrepreneur Magazine
Media · Storytelling · BrandAuthor of "Build for Tomorrow" · LinkedIn Top Voice in Entrepreneurship
Matt Gartland
Co-Founder & CEO, SPI Media
Leadership · Strategy · CommunityFormer Fortune 50 executive · Serial entrepreneur in DTC, SaaS & Creator Economy
Matt Adelmann
Former VP, The Genesis Company
Retail · $500M at Target20+ years in food & beverage · Scaled brands across Target, Walmart, and Amazon
Kim Gamez
Founder & CEO, Soberish; Investor, Speaker
Social Media · Ecommerce0 to 8 figures in under 3 years through social-first growth
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Here's who gets the most out of CPG FastTrack.
You've launched your product and have some traction, but you're figuring out distribution, marketing, and operations largely on your own. You need a room where people actually get what that's like.
You're past $1M and facing a new set of problems — retail expansion, team building, co-packing, capital. The decisions are bigger and the stakes are higher. You need people who've been here before.
You've built one brand and you're thinking about what's next — a second line, a new channel, an exit. CPG FastTrack gives you the strategic sounding board and network to make the right moves.
Sessions are built around what CPG founders and operators are actually dealing with right now.
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