Meet Jordan Buckner of Foodbevy, Our LinkedIn Webinar Panelist
Jordan Buckner, whose Foodbevy company helps food and beverage companies build successful businesses, was a natural choice to lead the panel discussion at Naturally Chicago’s November 16 webinar, Boosting Your Business on LinkedIn.
During his earlier career as an entrepreneur, Buckner already utilized LinkedIn so prolifically that he was selected by LinkedIn to participate in its inaugural Creator Accelerator Program
Buckner was engaged in business consulting as early as a decade ago, even as he pursued a master’s degree in business administration from University of Illiinois (his undergraduate degree from University of Michigan was in architecture).
In 2016, he founded Tea Squares, a social mission driven company based on Chicago’s South Side, which made tea-infused snacks with small-batch organic tea, pepitas, and puffed millet along with other energy rich ingredients.
His precocious business acumen earned Buckner and his company a place in the third cohort (2016-17) of the Good Food Accelerator created by FamilyFarmed (now known as the Good Food Catalyst), and recipient of one of Crain’s Chicago Business’ 30 Under 30 awards in 2018. He has been a member of Naturally Chicago’s Board of Directors since its inception in May 2019.
With years of entrepreneurial experience under his belt, Buckner in April 2020 launched Foodbevy, which Buckner says is on a mission to help food and beverage companies build successful businesses. Foodbevy does this by creating a pipeline for companies to grow from startup to scale and by reducing the resource and network gaps.
Among the assets Foodbevy provides to early-stage companies are a vendor directory with a network of 4000+ retail buyers, investors, co-manufacturers, and more; a brand directory to help emerging brands get discovered by investors and journalists; expert webinars; and how to guides.
We look forward to Buckner guiding our webinar’s audience on how to best boost their businesses in LinkedIn.
Jordan Buckner appeared on a panelist of rising-star entrepreneurs — moderated by former Whole Foods Market Co-CEO Walter Robb — at Naturally Chicago’s first major event on May 23, 2019. Photo by Bob Benenson.