04: Lauren Abda - Founder and CEO of Branchfood - how to build relationships as an introvert and looking face to face at the worst case scenario to help you make hard decisions.

<p>Lauren Abda - Founder and CEO of <a href="https://www.branchfood.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Branchfood</a>, the largest community of food entrepreneurs and startups in New England, and Co-founder at <a href="https://www.branchventuregroup.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Branch Venture Group</a>, an angel network for investment in early-stage food startups.</p><p>Lauren has a Masters in Food Policy and Applied Nutrition from the Tufts Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy and a Bachelor of Science degree in Nutrition and Food Science from the University of Vermont.</p><p>Lauren has been very influential in our journey as a company with Waku, as Branch Venture Group was the first Angel Investment group that believed in our team and idea back in 2018 and they became investors of <a href="https://livewaku.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">Waku</a>.</p><p>In today’s episode we talk about her story on how she started BranchFood, she also shares tips how we can build a network and relationships as an introvert person and how to make hard decisions by looking at the worst case scenario face to face.</p><p>Hope you enjoy!</p>