Lindsay Leopold: Clean Cookies & Career Pivots: Building a Food Brand with Purpose

Join Molly Baker and our guest for a candid conversation on career pivots, building in CPG, and rethinking what it means to create “better” food. Drawing on her experience across Martha Stewart, restaurant kitchens, and product innovation, she shares what it takes to go from idea to shelf, navigate the realities of fundraising, and build a brand rooted in both quality and purpose. Together, they explore the rise of clean ingredients and regenerative agriculture, the challenges of scaling a physical product, and why separating yourself from your ideas is key to long-term success. From persistence and networking to trusting your instincts and embracing trial and error, this episode offers an honest look at what it really takes to build something meaningful from the ground up.