episode 025: Zach Berman & Ryan Slater

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07/13/2021

Childhood friends & co-founders of The Juice Truck, Ryan Slater and Zach Berman have been in each other's lives since they were eleven. Their friendship has taken them from school days and high school days to a year-long trip around the world, before starting their successful Juice Truck brand together.

Both Zach and Ryan grew up in Steveston - their meet cute was on a soccer field, and their bond was instantaneous. Hustlers at a young age, they got their first taste of entrepreneurship selling skateboard stickers to their classmates. After university, they worked and saved money for a year-long trip around the world, starting their journey in Kathmandu. It was in Nepal where they discovered seabuckthorn and the genesis of the Juice Truck came to be.    

In this conversation, we explore their growing up and what they were like as kids and teens, the shenanigans they got up to together, their soul-changing adventures and experiences in Nepal, India & Sri Lanka, what they appreciate the most about each other, new things to expect from the Juice Truck, and much more. 

links from the episode

The Juice Truck
Annapurna
Manang, Nepal
Sea Buckthorn
University of Victoria
Emily Carr University
Nooru Mahal
A Little More Good
Small Business BC


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