#79 No sugar, No Dairy, No Gluten but Sweet as Honey - Laney Sisun, Honey Palette
Laney Sisun first started healing herself, then started building a company to heal others. A sufferer of Crohn\u2019s Disease, an auto immune affliction of the gut, and it\u2019s miserable. To manage it, she turned to the Specific Carbohydrate Diet which limits all sugar and fruit except honey and keeps the carbo count low. It worked. Then she began cooking and baking for herself because she was, as she confesses, a \u201cjunk food junkie\u201d and giving up the donuts, cookies, etc. was not an option. But finding a recipe took lots of experimenting to come up with the desserts that were, as her Honey Palette company says, are exciting and decadent. Also a Registered Nurse and certified AIP Health Coach, Laney saw there were few products available to the public that would help them stay on the strict diet and manage afflictions like Laney was able to do. She wasn\u2019t sure she wanted to start her own company at first, so she took a business course offered by the Oregon Entrepreneur Network, a comprehensive look at setting goals, planning strategy and of course, financing the endeavor. Also, the networking with other founders was invigorating and gave her the inspiration to give it a try. She entered pitch competitions which sharpened her vision and strategy, and built her confidence (check out her YouTube session), She won a competition that catapulted her from only selling at a local farmer\u2019s market to getting shelf space as two Oregon grocery store chains and she was in business! Her products are especially a god send for those with diabetes, who think they can\u2019t have the sweet things in life ever again without harming themselves, and Laney\u2019s absolutely gorgeous looking desserts can fill that void.\n\n"Masoni and Marshall the meaningful Marketplace" with your hosts Sarah Masoni and Sarah Marshall\n\nWe record the "the Meaningful Marketplace" inside NedSpace in the Bigfoot Podcast Studio in beautiful downtown Portland.\n\nAudio engineer, mixer and podcast editor is Allon Beausoleil\n\nShow logo was designed by Anton Kimball of Kimball Design\n\nWebsite was designed by Cameron Grimes\n\nProduction assistant is Chelsea Lancaster\n\n10% of gross revenue at Startup Radio Network goes to support women entrepreneurs in developing countries thru kiva.org/lender/markgrimes