Transcript: Saturday September 28th 2024
I'm Fil Martino. Regan Tessis, a naturopathic doctor, and Amy Torch, a registered dietitian, are the founders of HeLa Nutrition, a Toronto-based company that sells organic plant protein powder. Torch says they launched in November of 2023. “Regan and I, we are sister-in-laws and we're both healthcare professionals, so we're constantly talking to each other about clean products, recommendations for our clients and friends, and we never felt that we can choose a protein powder that we felt confident, and that checked off all the boxes. So it was actually one Friday night dinner with a whole extended family. We always talk about different products. Is this good? Would you recommend it? And when the question of protein powders came up and a few, you know, names were dropped, Regan and I basically looked at each other and we were like, why aren't we creating our own protein powder?” And so HeLa Nutrition was born. “HeLa Nutrition Organic Plant Protein Powder is super clean, it's free from all the unnecessary additives”. Tessis says starting a business was fun. “We were just very excited to be developing our own product that we could very easily recommend to family, friends, clients, that we would be happy about letting them know how great it is because we feel strongly that the ingredients are of the highest quality. So currently we have our own Shopify online website, and we're currently also available at a few retail locations, Coco Market in Toronto, as well as The Hut, Smoothie, and Juice Bar. And we just launched as well on Well.ca. We are hoping to expand, you know, across North America for now onto different retail sites, and then who knows?”So what's their advice to anyone else hoping to start up a new business? Torch says “never give up, just to be patient and persistent. Like it might feel like you're not making progress at times, and there's so many challenges and obstacles like closed doors and unanswered emails. You'll hear a lot of no's along the way, but it's crucial to push through and persevere”. Regan Tessis , and Amy Torch are the founders of HeLa Nutrition. At the Business Centre, I'm Fil Martino.
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