Peanuts & Persistence- The story ...
Peanuts & Persistence- The story of ManiLife
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Building the Brands of Tomorrow by Ruth Fittock
S3 · E1
Sep 4, 2025
41:44
Episode notes

“Do things that aren’t scalable.”

ManiLife founder Stu Macdonald shares the full, gloriously unpolished story - from a makeshift kitchen and 4,000 hand-blended jars to building a cult peanut butter brand with real depth and a stubborn refusal to do things the easy way.

We talk naïveté vs strategy, scaling without losing soul, what most founders get wrong about advisors - and the underrated power of peanut butter dealers.

Keywords
Brand
Inspiration
Entrepreneurship
brand growth