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Cameroon Cocoa: What Makes it Special

Did you know that Cameroon is one of the highest cocoa producing countries in the world? Do you wonder what makes Cameroon cocoa special and what life is like for cocoa farmers in Cameroon? Join us...

Meet Cristina Castellanos Stephens & Vera Geling

Vera is one of the driving forces behind Into Choco, a Dutch-based startup building a transparency and communications tool for craft chocolate businesses. Cristina’s in charge of communications at ...

Branding Through Transparency

Branding through Transparency: How to tell your story and find the balance between the claims you make and the stories that make you and your brand unique. During this webinar you will learn tips a...

Meet Donna Wise

Donna L. Wise has built her career in sales, marketing and strategy development across multiple industries. Donna is adept at assessing growth potential and formulating strategies to drive measurab...

Shipping 101 for Chocopreneurs

Chocopreneurs are busy keeping up on the latest industry news, providing great customer service and focusing on perfecting their craft. They don’t have time to also develop and maintain expertise i...

Meet Lauren Adler

Lauren Adler is a pioneer in the craft chocolate industry with over a decade of experience introducing consumers to fine chocolate. She was the founder of Seattle retail store Chocolopolis and she ...

How to Build a Customer Community

What is a customer community you ask...A customer community is defined as places or platforms for customers, experts, partners, and others to discuss a product, marketplace, post reviews, brainstor...

Meet Rodney North

Rodney North is a business management and marketing consultant, with afocus on small-scale, food-based businesses, cooperatives and socialenterprises. Formerly he was the marketing director for the...

Empowering Chocopreneurs© - La Rifa

Empowering Chocopreneurs© - La Rifa Co-written by Monica & Daniel Eduardo Rezza, Monica Lozzano & Fausto Reyes We are a project focused on the transformation of cacao to chocolate. We start...

Marketing Basics for Small-Scale Producers

A key factor in the success of any business is marketing. Without marketing even if you have the best products most of your potential customers will ever know. Good marketing helps customers to get...