#009 What’s New Pop-Up Founders, Talks Christmas Dinner Ideas

Black Food Tales

Alison & Stephanie are the founders of “What’s New Pop-Up,” a platform for unique raw talent from a variety of categories including Food, Sports & Fitness, Fashion and more.

Ingredients for today’s show include things to eat during Christmas. We learn about how “What’s New Pop-Up” has grown, and we find out if your friends should support your business?

Podcast Ingredients

• An introduction to Alison & Stephanie from What’s New Pop-Up.
• What is “What’s New Pop-Up.”
• We learn about their first “Sports & Fitness “ pop-up.
• How the idea was born for “What’s New Pop-up” and how it evolved.
• How Alison and Stephanie try to keep their brand authentic.
• Dealing with feedback from friends and family.
• Why Alison and Stephanie didn’t pitch for investment.
• Getting brands on board for the pop-up.
• The different pop-up themes.
• The vision for 5 years from now.
• We learn about the team that makes everything work.
• We talk about selling tickets to strangers.
• Should your friends support your business?
• The power of activation and doing things in person.
• The power of losing.
• We explore Alison and Stephanie’s heritage.
• We talk Madesu, a Congolese dish.
• Why plantain and gizzard are so tasty.
• We explore Foods that Alison and Stephanie dont like to eat.
• The Love-hate relationship with prawns.
• The best place to eat chicken wings.
• Real vs Fake Nutella.
• Black vs White pudding.
• We talk Nigerian pepper soup.
• Is cows foot tasty?
• We explore things to eat during Christmas.
• The problem with turkey.
• Mikate & Puff Puff at Christmas?
• We find out if Alison and Stephanie like to cook?
• We talk about Mama Deluxe, a restaurant in Tottenham.
• We touch on Nigerian Restaurant’s, 805 and Mama Cass.
• We hear the famous Drake story ?

Related Links

• Instagram: whatsnewpopup
• YouTube: What’s New Pop-up
• Twitter: @WNP__
• Facebook: Whatsnewpopup

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