May 19, 2017
Today on Positively Creative Dorothy chats with Kat Gordon,
owner of Muddy’s Bake Shop in Memphis, Tennessee. She takes
us behind the scenes of the 50+ employee, tri-location bakery
business from Mud Lab, the test kitchen club which has a lengthy
application process for creating a new recipe for the bakery to the
Muddy’s volunteer community outreach program for her employees.
Book clubs, employee retreats, art market, custom
kitchen…what does Muddy’s not do?!
“I feel like this is the secret of visioning and why visioning
works is that once you are open about what it is you want, people
want to help you.” -Kat Gordon, on working to fulfill the Muddy’s
team's 2020 vision of launching a pie in the sky!
“My business is my medium.” -Kat Gordon
“We get so caught up in the grass is always greener, but it’s
easy to just not totally appreciate the challenges for the gift
that they are.” -Kat Gordon
See more of Muddy’s:
www.muddysbakeshop.com
www.instagram.com/muddysbakeshop
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On Today’s Show:
(4:00) How Muddy’s became a company, even without a grand
opening
(11:30) Muddy’s community service program
(17:30) Memphis Indie Spring Market
(19:00) Muddy’s Book Club
(22:00) Kitchen Tours
(26:00) Muddy’s retreat
(28:00) Kat’s new teaching workshops
(35:00) Muddy’s Test Kitchen
(46:00) Custom Kitchen / Johnny’s Christening Cake
(47:00) On auditing product prices
(49:00) Her thoughts on the business’ growth
(56:00) The hiring process
(1:00:00) Mail Order Muddy’s
(1:14:00) Host a Front Porch Party!