Roseville Rising Food Founders: Session 3 – 4pm-6pm

Applications will open in April 2026. To be notified, submit your interest at https://gfn.ad/RRFF.

Roseville Rising Food Founders is a 10 week program - designed and delivered by GFN and fully sponsored by the City of Roseville - to support the growth and resilience of regional food service entrepreneurs. In this third cohort, we are excited to continue activating and supporting food service entrepreneurs who seek to intentionally scale or launch their businesses within 12 months of program completion. The program will be hosted at the Roseville Venture Lab, with a community pop-up event in October expected to draw over 150 attendees, with proceeds going directly to founders.

Prior program graduates include:

Restaurant owners

Packaged foods

Caterers

Cottage Food Operators

Food trucks / mobile food facilities

Private chefs

Themes and topics covered during the program include, but are not limited to:

Embracing the entrepreneur's mindset to adapt to change

Zeroing in your unique value proposition to differentiate and thrive in a crowded industry

Optimizing menu offerings and food costs to improve margins

Testing and validating creative growth and marketing strategies

Developing leadership skills and prioritizing mental wellbeing to build stronger teams to reduce churn

Applications will open in April 2026. To be notified, please submit your interest at https://gfn.ad/RRFF.