Episode 222: The Mushroom Chocolate Bar That Doesn’t Taste Like a Forest Floor
About this episode
The episode features Graham Bailey and Lee Ribeiro discussing their chocolate company Mana Bars and the intersection of wellness and entrepreneurship.
Somewhere between Willy Wonka, Silicon Valley wellness culture, and two entrepreneurs stubborn enough to spend a year making mushrooms taste luxurious, Episode 222 of Biz-Souls was born. Well, Welcome back, Kotter and Room 222. In this delightfully smooth episode, hosts Rona Lewis and Jeffrey Hansler sit down with Graham Bailey and Lee Ribeiro, the masterminds behind Mana Bars (https://manabars.com) - a California-based functional chocolate company turning adaptogens, nootropics, and wellness mushrooms into something shockingly rare: Chocolate that actually tastes like chocolate. Not dirt. Not regret. Not “wellness” disguised as dessert. Real, silky, craveable chocolate. The episode kicks off with dreams of Formula One racing, Olympic swimming, music careers, and entrepreneurship before veering gloriously into cognitive-enhancing cacao, calming mushroom blends, and the kind of startup chaos every founder secretly recognizes. There’s packaging talk, Expo West war stories, manufacturing realities, influencer culture, and enough entrepreneurial wisdom to fuel at least three LinkedIn gurus and one exhausted MBA student. What makes Graham and Lee compelling isn’t just the product…
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