Jeni Britton | Founder of Jeni's and Floura, on the Cost of Being a Woman with Ambition | The Breadwinners Podcast

About this episode

Jeni Britton discusses her journey as a woman with ambition, exploring personal experiences and beliefs that shaped her life and career.

Jeni Britton built Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams from a $30,000 SBA loan into a $175 million company. She is doing it again with Floura, her next-generation fiber company turning produce trimmings like watermelon rinds and apple cores into nutrient-dense bars. This episode is not a business case study. Alexis Contos sits down with Jeni for an interior conversation about the person underneath both companies. The near-death experience at age seven that made her feel invincible for the rest of her life. The family that broke apart violently when she was fourteen. Why she does not believe in free will anymore. The ninety-eight-year-old version of herself she talks to most days. What she has refused to give up for any company, in any season. This is a conversation about belief. About vision. About what it costs to be a woman who is ambitious, and what it costs to keep pretending you are not. What you will hear: The near-death experience at age seven that shaped every decision after it Why Jeni had to "pretend to be less ambitious" to build something big How she thinks about intuition, vision, and listening to her future self What her definition of 'financial freedom' actually buys a…

People in this episode

Host: Alexis Contos

Guest: Jeni Britton

Topics covered

• ambition
• personal growth
• motherhood
• business journey
• belief systems

Keywords

• Jeni Britton
• ambition
• motherhood
• business
• personal growth
• belief
• financial freedom

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams, Floura

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