Archive for October, 2008

New Employees

Posted by: Ryan on: 29 Oct, 2008

We are extremely excited to announce the addition of some very talented food industry veterans to our growing team. Greg Wiley, our new Director of Business Development, brings over twenty years of experience in the food industry including his tenure as a Director for Acosta Sales & Marketing, and National Sales Manager for Windsor Foods. [...]

We sold iBuyGourmet.com!

Posted by: Ryan on: 07 Oct, 2008

Our exit strategy for iBuyGourmet.com came early! And yes, this is a good thing for us. Here is the official press release:
Virginia-based investment firm acquires iBuyGourmet.com
Clearwater, FL – October 2008. Virginia-based K and C Enterprises recently finalized the acquisition of rapidly-growing gourmet food shopping website, www.iBuyGourmet.com for an undisclosed amount. Company officials entered discussions in [...]

Top 20 Food Entrepreneurs Under 40

Posted by: Ryan on: 07 Oct, 2008

I am honored to have received this award from Gourmet News. Read the press release here.
Read the article here
Here is my clip:
Ryan Montague, 24, owner Gourmet Business Solutions LLC, a web-based consulting and marketing company, Clearwater, Fla.
Describe how you got involved in the gourmet/specialty food/ business: I got my start in the gourmet industry when [...]

I am honored, and completely flattered to have recently been named as one of the top entrepreneurs in the food industry under age 40 by Gourmet News (in fact, I am the youngest to get the honor).
You can read the text-only version here: http://www.gourmetnews.com/index.php?p=article&id=gn200810hAvYNO
Thanks to any and all of you that may have nominated me!
To [...]

Google’s Index for Gourmet Food Since 2001

Posted by: Ryan on: 01 Oct, 2008

For Google’s birthday, they created a replication of their search engine back in 2001, which can be seen here: http://www.google.com/search2001
It is really cool because you can do searches to see exactly what sites were indexed 7 years ago. I did a search for ‘gourmet food’ which yielded 959,000 results at that time. Any guesses how [...]


 

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  • alex: Small Business owners are largely forgotten. Thats why I only focus on them. I have experience several members of my family file bankruptcy due to sma
  • Denay: Ryan, Thanks for sharing this information. There really is not a lot written for food entrepreneurs and I will certainly share this link with my st
  • Cooking with Denay: This is really interesting and I will share it with my students. More information on this topic is truly needed. Regards Denay Davis Atlanta, GA