Creating Influencer Product Businesses

May, 2020

Lighting a New Flame (Lilith Ascendant Launch)

May, 2020

Akira + Feya = ☕🕯️❤️For the last 10 months Akira Coffee co has been focused on growing our coffee brands and (spoiler alert) developing new ones. But the theory of why our business works so well isn't really because of coffee.

Akira Coffee Co agrees to acquire Feya Candle Co

February, 2020

Akira announces the acquision of most assets from the Feya Candle Co. Full press release can be found here:

Press Release

"Why?" - Building with purpose from day oneIf you're a business leader, who/what do you ultimately report to? Why do we exist? All good CEOs need to know their 1-2 sentence elevator pitch in order to be able to quickly explain their business to someone who doesn't know anything about you. Here's my most commonly used one: "At Akira Coffee Co

"Why?" - Building with purpose from day one

January, 2020

Akira Coffee Co is building a company with purpose

100 Most Influential People in Influencer MarketingThe 100 most influential people in influencer marketing in 2019.

The 100 Most Influential People In Influencer Marketing

December, 2019

CEO David Sievers was placed on the "Watchlist" for the 2019 Top 100 Most Influential People in Influencer Marketing.

BF/CM #Influencer TakeawaysOur company's 2019 BF/CM revenue was 970% higher than in 2018. While obviously wanting to say a big thank you and congrats to the team and our partners, I also wanted to share some insights on what we did to work with our influencers to drive such a massive change.

BF/CM #Influencer Takeaways

December, 2019

LinkedIn by David Sievers

Introducing My Favorite Coffee by SmoshLast week at Akira Coffee we launched My Favorite Coffee, a new high end coffee brand by Smosh! If you aren't aware of Smosh, here's a quick recap: One of the original partnered YouTube channels. At one point #1 most subscribed on YouTube.

Introducing My Favorite Coffee

October, 2019

LinkedIn by David Sievers

The Importance of Being LocalAkira Coffee and Cornhusker Bank Akira Coffee Founder & CEO, David Sievers, was recently in the Cornhusker Bank Center closing on a business line of credit and talked to bank staff about his co…

The Importance of Being Local

September, 2019

Cornhusker Bank Blog

Do more good.If you aren't today, imagine yourself as the leader of a company. You have income (never enough), expenses (always too high), employees to take care of, an uncertain future, stress from every angle, new deals coming, and as always - not enough time.

Akira Coffee Co Donates One Meal for Every Order. Learn more about how we Do More Good.

September, 2019

LinkedIn by David Sievers

How to Launch an Ecommerce Product with an Influencer. #beevomitToday we launched our newest products on our first coffee brand and I'll explain what we launched, but more importantly, pull back the curtain on how working with an influencer absolutely blows away everything you know about ecommerce metrics. Headlining the announcement today was Honey which is our

How to Launch an Ecommerce Product with an Influencer #beevomit

August, 2019

LinkedIn by David Sievers

Influence Weekly Talking Points #87: KynshipListen now (25 min) | Welcome to Talking Points, where an agency brings you inside, not just their office, but also their minds. Today’s Guest Hosts are Reed Naliboff and Taylor Lagace of Kynship. Follow along as they analyze the news from Edition #87 of Influence Weekly.

Influence Weekly Podcast

August, 2019

Influencers x Coffee

"I love this"

"They've really found success"

"If influencers ever have the opportunity to launch their own brand in comparison to promoting someone else's brand? That's awesome."

Influence Weekly The Takeaway #87Listen now (27 min) | Welcome to The Takeaway with your host Andrew Kamphey. Here’s what’s going on in Influencer Marketing. Plus, I’ll tease you with some data insights from reports I’m working on, like a Jobs analysis and opportunities in Podcast Ads. Big week here, because I also launched

The Takeaway Podcast #87

"Really cool way to do business, brand a business, and build a business."

August 5th, 2019

Influence Weekly Feature

"Interesting People"

August, 2019

Influence Weekly #87

Why I Made A Coffee Company That Partners With Social Media InfluencersI wanted to take a minute to share about the coffee company I'm running. Its been more of a side hustle until recently and I've found myself taking it more seriously as we've made progress against our goals.

Why I Made A Coffee Company That Partners With Social Media Influencers

July, 2019

LinkedIn by David Sievers

Creating Influencer Product Businesses

Lighting a New Flame (Lilith Ascendant Launch)

Akira Coffee Co agrees to acquire Feya Candle Co

"Why?"​ - Building with purpose from day one

The 100 Most Influential People In Influencer Marketing

BF/CM #Influencer Takeaways

Introducing My Favorite Coffee

The Importance of Being Local

Akira Coffee Co Donates One Meal for Every Order. Learn more about how we Do More Good.

How to Launch an Ecommerce Product with an Influencer #beevomit

Influence Weekly Podcast

The Takeaway Podcast #87

Influence Weekly Feature

Why I Made A Coffee Company That Partners With Social Media Influencers

"Why?" - Building with purpose from day one