91. How Modest Coffee Ended up $200k in Debt From a Failed Distribution Deal

Marcus and Jenni are the co-founders of Modest Coffee and recently experienced the worst of what could happen when a distributor partnership goes bad. What started as a huge win for with a Walmart launch, ended with KeHE returning $250,000 worth of product and the company $200,000 in debt. Listen to learn what happened, their top lessons learned, and how the internet saved their business.

Link to full story from Modest Coffee: https://www.modest.coffee/2022/12/how-we-got-grifted/

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