E06: Brent Overcash and Greg Shewmaker, TeakOrigin

On this episode, Dave's guests are Brent Overcash and Greg
Shewmaker, co-founders of TeakOrigin, a Boston-based food data
company on a mission to help us all make the best possible food
decisions. TeakOrigin's proprietary Nutritional Intelligence
platform is able to measure nutrition at scale, revealing what is
inside of the fruits, vegetables and fresh foods we buy.


In a world where health is the new wealth, apps enable us to do
anything with the tap of a button, and data is the new oil, the
way we buy fruits and vegetables hasn't changed for decades. We
squeeze, sniff and scan them without having any idea of what lies
beneath their skin. Did you know that the average apple contains
over 5 gigs of data? And that the calories in one avocado can be
double those of another, and until now, there's been no way to
know the difference. TeakOrigin is changing that for shoppers,
retailers and governments, helping solve quality, pricing and
food waste problems on a global level. Greg and Brent share
learnings from their entrepreneurial journey, including how they
build teams, deal with stress and why no one should ever take a
first date to an Andrew Dice Clay or Public Enemy show.