In this episode of Art of the Kickstart, we spoke with Ryan Chung, Chief Strategy Officer and Head of International at Unlimeat. What started as a plant-based meat brand in Korea has expanded to the United States through the company’s Kickstarter campaign. The team focused on weaving their goal of reducing food waste into every aspect of Unlimeat. Listen to learn more about the brand’s rise and challenges the Unlimeat team faced while entering the plant-based food industry. Short on time? Here's what we talked about. As a pioneer of plant-based meat in Korea, Unlimeat is working to make plant-based eating more interesting, with the overall goal of reducing food waste.  Ryan and the Unlimeat team initially started with healthy juices and porridges, eventually transitioning into plant-based meats after finding inspiration in the United States. Market analysis in the United States made the Unlimeat team decide to create a jerky after all the plant-based jerkies they sampled in the United States were unsatisfactory. Prototyping the plant-based meat included studying plant proteins and yielding them with other materials. Unlimeat initially launched on a local crowdfunding platform in Korea and then transitioned to Kickstarter. Hear some diferenes between the two platforms. Links Unlimeat's Kickstarter Campaign Unlimeat's Website Note: As an Amazon Associate, Art of the Kickstart may earn a commission from qualifying purchases. Sponsors Art of the Kickstart is honored to be sponsored by ProductHype, the leading crowdfunding newsletter. Publishing weekly, ProductHype showcases five of the best, most innovative and exciting crowdfunding projects in an absurdly unique way. Their audience of more than 300,000 crowdfunding fans regularly back featured products and eagerly awaits the newsletter to learn about the new ideas that creators are bringing to market. Learn more about having your project featured in ProductHype, or join the HypeSquad today! Transcript View this episode's transcript Roy Morejon: Welcome entrepreneurs and startups to Art of the Kickstart. The show that every entrepreneur needs to listen to before you launch. I’m your host, Roy Morejon, president and founder of Enventys Partners. The world’s only turnkey product launch company. From product development and engineering to omnichannel marketing, we’ve helped our clients launch thousands of inventions, and earn more than $1 billion in sales over the past 20 years. Each week, I interview a startup success story, an inspirational entrepreneur, or a business expert in order to help you take your launch to the next level. This show would not be possible without our main sponsor, ProductHype, the weekly newsletter that goes out and shows you the best inventions that just launched. Make sure to check out producthype.co and join the HypeSquad. Now, let’s get on with the show.   Roy Morejon: Welcome to another edition of Art of the Kickstart. Today, I am super excited because I am speaking with the one and only Ryan Chung, who leads international business at Unlimeat, Korea’s number one plant-based meat brand. So, if you haven’t checked it out so far, it’s on Kickstarter, it’s active right now.