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From Vegpreneur to Vegan Cuts: Noah Hyams on Building a Plant-Based Business Ecosystem

Noah Hyams runs Vegapreneur, the largest plant-based business community, and recently acquired Vegan Cuts, the long-running vegan discovery box brand. He talks with Sean A. Russell about what vegan businesses actually need to survive right now.

Vegans Explore Podcast

Episode 47 · Dec 17, 2025 · 6 min

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An Unfair Advantage Through Community

Noah describes Vegapreneur as a plant-based business hub built around events, a mentor network, and databases of influencers, retailers, journalists, and investors. The goal is giving ethically aligned businesses, whether in food, fashion, beauty, or wellness, an edge they could not build alone.

The Hardest Year Yet

Noah is candid that this has been the toughest year for vegan businesses since he started Vegapreneur in 2018, driven by a difficult macro environment and persistent misinformation about plant-based eating. His read on where the opportunity lies: fiber, positioned alongside protein, as the next differentiator for food and beverage brands.

Vegapreneur offers mentorship, events, and databases for plant-based founders
Vegan Cuts delivers monthly vegan beauty and snack discovery boxes
Noah's advice to aspiring entrepreneurs: start before you feel fully ready

Noah's closing challenge to the vegan business world is collaboration over duplication, pointing out how often founders build overlapping solutions instead of pooling resources into a bigger, shared ecosystem.