How I Financed It
How I Financed It brings you the real, in-depth, and vulnerable stories of founders who’ve built — and financed — their businesses. From the spark of an idea to the financing that fueled their journey, each episode reveals the strategies, successes, setbacks, and mindset shifts that drove their growth.
Hosted by Keith Kohler, your financing and mindset strategist, this show explores what it takes — and how it feels — to secure the right financing at the right time.
How I Financed It
Latest Episodes
From Data Analyst To Salvadorian Food Founder
Salvadorian pupusas in the mainstream freezer aisle sound inevitable now, but Cynthia Duran had to build that reality from scratch. For our season one finale, we sit down with the founder of Xinca Foods to unpack how a former Fortune 500 data a...
What If Fearlessness Is A Business Strategy
A student founder builds a CPG brand, bootstraps the finances, and still finds the courage to cold email 137 brokers. That’s the kind of early-stage hustle we get into with Jessica Zhu, the founder of Zen Broth, an umami seasoning brand designe...
The Business Opportunity Inside Every Church: Turning Church Space Into Neighborhood Infrastructure
Church buildings are everywhere, but most of their square footage sits unused most of the week. That’s not just a real estate problem, it’s a neighborhood problem and a massive opportunity hiding in plain sight. I sit down with Emmanuel Brown, ...
What Every CPG Founder Should Know About Private Label
Empty shelves during the pandemic created a brutal test for every CPG operator: could you find capacity, move fast, and still deliver quality? We talk with Hima Pal, co-founder of American Food Solutions, about the moment a Sam’s Club buyer cal...
How Burlap And Barrel Built Growth Without VC Money
Your spice cabinet is probably lying to you and your financing offers might be too. Keith Kohler sits down with Ori Zohar, co-founder and co-CEO of Burlap and Barrel, to trace a 10-year path from packing spices in a Queens living room to buildi...
