Meredith Cochran: Helping food businesses flourish with The Shareable Life
The 10 Most Influential Business Leaders of 2021
Food is essential to life and has the power
to be our greatest tool for a better life. It has always influenced Meredith
Cochran, the founder and CEO of The Shareable Life. Her passion for food had
existed since childhood, and it has only grown with time. Starting
off her career working in the electrophysiology department for a
local hospital, she used to prepare food for herself and her co-workers to
avoid eating overly processed foods during work hours.
She shares, “With my passion for preventive
health and food as medicine, it’s no surprise that I ended up studying
traditional Chinese medicine and herbology. I created The Osso Good Co. because
I wanted to make sure that everyone had access to healing and nutrient-rich
foods. After successfully growing and expanding the business to millions
in revenue, I wanted to help other like-minded businesses do the same.
And, Shareable was born.”
Inside The Shareable Life’s Services
The Shareable Life connects the highest
quality brands to new audiences to generate authentic conversations, UGC,
boosted momentum, and trackable sales. Meredith explains her services for
different brands in detail, saying, “We send you a curated list of influencers,
movers + shakers, athletes, physicians, content creators, etc., to introduce
your brand and products. They love it and post about their experience to
their audiences, with whom they have influence. You get to use that UGC
(user-generated content) across your platforms. We all make money through
the sales generated from their posts through trackable links.”
As with
any founder, Meredith has witnessed many impediments on the path
of her business success time and again. She adds, “The key is to focus on what
you can control and to stay true to your mission and values. Although
this certainly sounds more simple than it is,
it is just about getting back up stronger than
before.”
Integrity is at the heart of The Shareable
Life, and Meredith tries to maintain it in each and
every action. She further explains, “The
Shareable Life is unique because I only represent the brands I actually believe
in. And then, we work together as one team to achieve results through authentic
conversations. I’m constantly innovating and evolving to provide the highest
quality products and services.” She also loves how competition pushes
us to create a better world where people get the best food, service, and
overall better life.
Meredith’s Contribution in the Food
Industry
America has a long history of
food manufactured with added artificial ingredients and overly
processed manufacturing and foods with barely any nutrients at
all. While this lined the pockets of the executives, people who
consumed those products were at a greater risk of fatal “modern-day” diseases
such as diabetes, obesity, etc. Boosting awareness of ingredient labels
and the process in which foods are manufactured helps us to achieve optimum
health. Her mission is to help people find the right foods to boost
overall health and longevity.
Thus throughout the lifetime of The
Osso Good Co., Meredith made sure that every bone broth was produced in small
batches and simmered low and slow to retain the most nutrients available and
maintain the integrity of the product. .It was always her mission to
source the highest quality ingredients from the highest quality sources and
make them better than homemade.
She says, “By focusing on the highest
quality ingredients sourced from the highest quality sources and produced with
integrity the way our grandmothers did, we can finally be satisfied again with
packaged food. The Shareable Life helps these companies get in front of
new audiences so we can continue to push for foods made with integrity using
the high-quality standards we are all seeking for our own families and selves.”
Meredith’s Passion to boost other brands
The future of Shareable is looking bright
as she recognizes the importance of getting in front of the right audiences to
produce authentic conversations about the best brands in the industry. She
says, “I believe that we all have an ability to influence others and the best
form of advertising is through “word of mouth”.” For her, today’s digital
experiences will pave the way for helping different
brands boost their brand awareness.
She says, “The first day of my career in the
food industry was the day I decided there had to be something better and that I
could help others to have it too.” Her biggest
achievement throughout her career has been her efforts in maintaining
and delivering each product and service with the same overall integrity
everyday.
Managing CEO and personal roles
Becoming a CEO is a very important and
critical position. Meredith defines herself as
an earnest human being. This means that she is quite serious and zealous
in intention with a clear purpose, and always ready to make necessary efforts.
She adds, “The most important role I serve as CEO is my ability to set and
maintain the vision and values of the business with each and every decision we
make.” Thus, it is her duty to ensure that everything is done with full
integrity and she is proud that till date, she has never compromised on it at
any time.
For her, balance is a big myth and everyone
should accept the fact that there will never be ample time to “do it all”.
She believes, “Balance is for tight ropes and seesaws. The moment balance
is achieved, it is instantly altered, and we have to chase it all over again.”
Further, she states, “I maintain the appearance of balance by understanding
this and continually working towards my goals.”
As for the future of the company’s
growth, she shares, “The future of The Shareable Life is focused on helping the
best brands in the industry reach new customers in an authentic way. With
the digital nature of the internet today, expansion globally has never been easier.”
Thus, over time, they will engage in building brand presence for
other brands globally.