🎙️ From Dropout to 9-Figure CPG Empire | Mike Fata on Building, Selling & Giving Back

09/10/2025 36 min
🎙️ From Dropout to 9-Figure CPG Empire | Mike Fata on Building, Selling & Giving Back

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Send us a text 📢I talk🎙️with Mike Fata, CPG Exit, Author of Grow and Investor and Mentor for many companies and individuals 👏🍷 🎇 🎉 ✨ 👏 🥂  😁 Watch the Full Episode HereProfessional Speaker, Best Selling Author, Founder and CEO, Chairman of the Board, Investor, Advisor, Ambassador, Host and Producer Mike Fata went from a 10th grade dropout weighing 300 lbs to building and selling three CPG companies for NINE FIGURES. 🤯 On this episode of Thirsty Thursdays, Mike shares his incredible entrepreneurial journey, how he founded Manitoba Harvest Hemp Foods, and the mindset that turned adversity into abundance.💥 Topics Covered:Losing 100 lbs and turning it into a businessBuilding the global leader in hemp foods 🌱Selling to private equity + exiting big 💰Mentorship, peer networks (YPO), and mass mentorship resources 📚The real grind of building a CPG brand—no shortcuts hereWhy he's all-in on helping the next generation of founders through FataFleishman.org, 60 Second Pitch, and more 🎯🔗 Resources Mentioned:→ Free mentorship tools: https://fatafleishman.org→ Mike’s book "Grow": https://mikefata.ca→ Mike on LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/mikefata🙌 Follow  ⁨@ThirstyThursdaysat3PMEST⁩   for more inspiring interviews from founders, makers, and brand builders!#entrepreneurship #cpgfounders #hemp #mentorship #thirstythursdays #mikefata #manitobaharvest #founderstory #cpgsuccess #growbook #jakekarls #60secondpitchEmbark on a transformative NOW ON YOUTUBE!!! Thank you for Listening! Join us on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter! Host Jessie Ott's Profile on LinkedIn

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