Silicon Valley Exec Les Magsalay-Zeller Latest Venture Pooki’s Mahi, Etailer of Award-Winning 100% Kona Coffee Pods, Wins Top Spot in San Francisco Coffee Scene
San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) June 28, 2015 -- Etailer and private label manufacturing startup of award-winning 100% Kona coffee pods Pooki’s Mahi announced today it has been award San Francisco’s 2015 Award in the Coffee category by the San Francisco Award Program.
Every year the San Francisco Award Program honors achievements and accomplishments of local businesses throughout the San Francisco area. Pooki’s Mahi was recognized for having shown the ability to use best practices in New Product Introduction to consistently launch products to market. Pooki’s Mahi comprehensive marketing efforts included launching four business channels and a new product line. This involved integrating partners and activities in the entertainment industry (TV and movie), social media channels and replacing the marketing org so it is revenue and product marketing driven. The overall launch plan drove market communications, community outreach and industry events to expand the brand.
Various sources of information were gathered and analyzed to choose the winners in each category. The 2015 San Francisco Award Program focuses on quality, not quantity. Winners are determined based on the information gathered both internally by the San Francisco Award Program and data provided by third parties.
“I’m very honored to receive the 2015 Food & Dining (San Francisco) award and proud that Silicon Valley recognizes my new venture using my NPI, PLM and operations excellence expertise from high tech to launch low-tech products. Thanks to my executive advisors, product and supply chain partners for their continued support,” says Leslie Magsalay-Zeller, Founder/CEO of Pooki’s Mahi.
She enthusiastically continues, “I’ve founded Pooki’s Mahi to bring hard to find, highly valued, and award-winning 100% Kona coffee pods to customers at an affordable price, quickly and efficiently. We ideate and innovate with our product partners, suppliers by using key customer insights to drive decisions. Our NPI expertise from the high tech industry influences new product launches as well as End-Of-Life of existing ones. As experts at bringing new products to market, our product lines are always expanding. The multiple awards won to date validate our business model and strategy. Pooki’s Mahi is preparing for a funding roadshow in the future.”
Pooki’s Mahi’s exceptional market success resulted from a well-orchestrated NPI and Go-To-Market Launch strategy. It generates competitive advantages and long-term value.
Pooki’s Mahi’s Founder/CEO, Leslie O. Magsalay-Zeller started her career in high technology. Les has successfully led multiple products and business launches for Fortune 500 companies and played key roles in exiting startups. Her expertise in New Product Introductions, a framework for consistently introducing products to market using a Product Life Cycle Management process are key to Pooki’s Mahi’s rise to success. This is evident in Pooki’s Mahi’s key wins.
Pooki’s Mahi’s Key Wins in 2015:
1. Revenues in Q1 2015 were 2X of Q4 2014. Q2 2015 revenues will be slightly higher than Q1 2015.
2. Pooki’s Mahi’s new sustainable 100% Kona coffee pods product line was 95% sold out at the time of launch.
3. B2B weekly orders increased 10X in 2015 from 2014.
4. Pooki’s Mahi will be featured in several future premier TV and movie projects (many not yet released).
5. Entered Canada through a top marketplace.
6. 100% Kona coffee Decaf pods landed #6 Best Sellers (Coffee) overall on a top marketplace.
7. Launched four channels: etail, wholesale/disty, branded, coffee subscription
8. Launched Customer Success Center
9. Order Defect Rate (ODR) of .01% beat a marketplace target of <1%
10. On Time Delivery (OTD) of 99.5% beats a marketplace target of 95%
11. Late Shipment Rate of 0.00% exceeds the marketplace goal of <4%
Pooki’s Mahi is built on three core expertise: New Product Introductions (NPI), Operations Excellence (OpEx), and Product Life Cycle Management (PLM). The 2015 key wins would not be possible with significant investments in technology and supply chain ecosystem. Pooki’s Mahi Go-To-Market strategies support the core principles.
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About San Francisco Award Program:
The San Francisco Award Program is an annual awards program honoring the achievements and accomplishments of local businesses throughout the San Francisco area. Recognition is given to those companies that have shown the ability to use their best practices and implemented programs to generate competitive advantages and long-term value.
The San Francisco Award Program was established to recognize the best of local businesses in our community. Our organization works exclusively with local business owners, trade groups, professional associations and other business advertising and marketing groups. Our mission is to recognize the small business community’s contributions to the U.S. economy.
About Pooki’s Mahi:
Pooki’s Mahi is a Silicon Valley-based private label manufacturer offering exotic 100% Kona coffees pods, award-winning teas, and other specialty food products at reasonable prices. Since its online launch in 2013, Pooki’s Mahi products have been a favorite of customers, charities, celebrities and athletes and have been featured at red carpet events including Celebrity Gift Suites and Celebrity Poker tournaments. The products have been endorsed by many celebrities and athletes and seen on several television shows.
For more information on Pooki’s Mahi selection of 100% Kona coffees, award-winning teas, wholesale or to participate in the private label pilot, visit http://www.pookismahi.com. To keep up with Pooki’s Mahi news an access special offers, join our email list and follow us on Facebook and Twitter (@pookismahi). Pooki’s Mahi has a zero tolerance stop cyber-bullying policy.
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