Podcast Episode
Will Nitze: Building IQBAR to $125M+ in Sales With a 15-Person Team

About this episode
Will Nitze is the founder and CEO of IQBAR, a functional health CPG brand built around protein bars, electrolyte mixes, mushroom coffee, and more.
Expect to hear about:
– Harvard Connections: Why Will scraped Harvard's red book to send thousands of alumni his first fundraising emails.
– Value Over Premium: Why Will optimizes for units sold over revenue, and how value pricing unlocked Walmart, Costco, and Sam's Club.
– The Hub and Spoke Model: How a flat 15-person team and agency partnerships scale revenue without scaling the team.
– Marriage and Business: What it takes to run IQBAR alongside his wife Jessica, who serves as CMO.
– Built to Sell: Why hitting profitability mattered more than any milestone, and how exiting brands now must have $100M+ in sales.
Find Will on:
LinkedIn – https://www.linkedin.com/in/will-nitze/