#345 Lizanne Falsetto (ThinkProducts)

André Vener, Quasim Riaz, Hagop Giragossian opened Dog Haus in 2010. They have created an amazing environment for everyone to enjoy some of the best comfort food in all of Pasadena/Los Angeles area. Great food, awesome music and an amazing family environment. All three of the owners stopped by and discussed the trials and tribulations one goes through when starting a business with friends. Lizanne Falsetto is founder and chief executive of ThinkProducts, the Ventura maker of the popular thinkThin brand of nutritional snack and weight-management protein bars. Over the last 12 years, Falsetto has grown her operation from a one-woman venture into a firm with 23 employees. She came by the studio to Mentor Ann Marie Michaels and Seth Shapiro. Ann Marie founded Village Green Network (formerly Real Food Media) in 2008. She began her career in 1995 in Silicon Valley working at CKS Interactive. Her partner is Two-time Emmy® Award winner Seth Shapiro, leading executive and advisor in digital media.