In this episode of the Nick & Nick Podcast, Nick P sits down with Jake Burklund founder of Carinara, with his wife Jacque, a carrot based pasta sauce company here in Omaha. Jake shares an incredible story of how a carrot based bloody mary changed their life. He dives into what it takes to turn an idea into a product. Jake and Jacque through alot of blood, sweat and tears, boostrapped the business and turned it into a bonified product based business that is currently in 125 Hy-Vee grocery stores and will be available on Amazon very soon. In this episode Jake takes you into the trenches of what it means to grind as an entrepreneur while turning a dream into a reality.

Go to Carinara.com or Hy-Vee to find this wonderful sauce!

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• (00:00:00) - Nick & Nick: Special Guest
• (00:01:00) - Are You a Couple or Just Friends?
• (00:04:14) - Carinara: A Tomato Free Pasta Sauce
• (00:05:28) - The Bloody Mary That Changed My Life
• (00:07:31) - Where Did All the Sauce Start?
• (00:09:26) - Vegetable Sauce for Heartburn
• (00:13:18) - How a Hy Vee business entrepreneur got funded
• (00:15:24) - How a small business went from zero to Hy Vee
• (00:19:11) - How long will you be able to function out of that kitchen?
• (00:21:33) - Marathon Bloody Mary
• (00:24:22) - Carinara
• (00:25:57) - Carinara's New York Market
• (00:29:20) - Caronera Sauce: A Health Solution for All?
• (00:32:56) - Never Take Your Bloody Mary to Work