In the past 5 weeks, I have learned a lot about the culture of the P.S. Snacks company. Currently, we are producing out of a local food incubator, Union Kitchen. This is a commercial space where many local food startups pay to rent a space where they can produce, cook, and package the good that they are selling. It is a communal space which creates and environment of camaraderie among all of the business owners. This is created not only by the shared space, but also, all of the business owners can relate to one another through their successes as well as their challenges.

Since we are a team of only 4 people, which includes the founder, marketing manager, operations manager, and me, most decisions are made as a team. We collaborate with one another and give each other our opinions and thoughts about different challenges that come about. For example, the marketing manager and I look together at each event that requests our product/sampling/demo and see who is available to be the point of contact and on site at the actual event. Additionally, it takes multiple people within our team to figure out the best course of action to take when we have to overcome a challenge.

The challenges that come up on the day to day basis are usually delegated and addressed head on, or we work with multiple people in order to come to a solution. Successes are celebrated, and then we discuss what the next step is in the process in order to increase that success.