We recently connected with Richie Agnew and have shared our conversation below.
Richie , looking forward to hearing all of your stories today. How did you come up with the idea for your business?
So to begin with, I’ve been in the pet trade for roughly 20 years and thought that I was destined to stay in it for a very long time to come. However in the beginning of 2024 my wife and I experienced freeze dried candy for the first time and fell in love with it. During which time I’d mentioned that it would be amazing to try to do this at home.
Fast forward to this February (my birthday to be exact) and my wonderful wife surprised me with a freeze dryer of my own and thus began the start of our newest adventures.
The birth of our second business Sweet Baby LLC…
As always, we appreciate you sharing your insights and we’ve got a few more questions for you, but before we get to all of that can you take a minute to introduce yourself and give our readers some of your back background and context?
My names Richie, and I’ve been in the pet industry for roughly 25 years. Earlier this year I had the nagging feeling that it was time to get into something that was completely different and ours.
Hence came the time we tried for the first time, and fell in love with freeze dried candy. So we decided it was an endeavor that we were interested in and really wanted to introduce people to. We oride ours on offering an exceptional candy that comes from a local Colorado home and is created with the utmost care.
We offer 20 different varieties and want each one that is tried to be as special to the person purchasing it as our first time was as well.
How about pivoting – can you share the story of a time you’ve had to pivot?
This past August both of sons started to attend school full time, kindergartens and 2nd grade and sadly my place of employment for the past 20 years was no longer to work with the schedule that was needed for our kiddos to have a parent at home during the evening and afternoons.
After discussing it with my wife we both decided it was time and in our best interest for me to go part time and focus the energy on something that was going to be better suited for our needs. Thus we decided that it was time to open up our own business that we’d be very happy with.
The freeze dried candy business was our answer.
What do you think helped you build your reputation within your market?
Since id been in the same libe of work for so long I wss lucky enough to have gathered and grown a very substantial following that I’d developed many wonderful and lengthy relationships with.
When I’d mentioned that we we’re getting into something else, completely different from the trade I’d been use to for so long they were all very willing to help us out and follow us into our newest adventure!
Contact Info:
- Website: Sweetbabyllc.myshopify.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61556510177661&mibextid=ZbWKwL
- Other: We’re a family run business that is operating under the cottage food law, so sadly we’re only allowed to sell in our beautiful state of Colorado!