#014 - Chemical engineering to oat-based cheese with Sarah Qian
Description
Sarah is the founder of Compassion Creamery, an oat-based cream cheese startup.
In this episode we discuss
- Sarah’s journey from studying chemical engineering to founding Compassion Creamery
- The challenges she has faced in scaling up her operations
- The ways physical-based startups differ from software-based startups
- Sarah’s advice for other engineers interested in startups
- How engineers can contribute to alternative proteins and solving challenges in food systems change
Full show notes: http://engineeredforimpact.show/sarah
Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/PatVUAn1_Z4
Timestamps
(00:00:07 ) Intro
(00:01:07 ) Sarah
(00:03:14 ) Sarah's journey
(00:13:53 ) Compassion creamery
(00:15:56 ) Solving hard problems
(00:27:16 ) Sarah's day to day
(00:31:47 ) Australian Alternative Protein landscape
(00:38:15 ) How engineers can contribute to alternative proteins
(00:43:30 ) Advice for other engineers
(00:56:34 ) Valuable engineering skills
(01:00:47 ) "Should I start a startup?"
(01:06:11 ) Resource suggestions
(01:07:47 ) What do you wish you had invented?
(01:13:03 ) Outro
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