Dave Zilko is an entrepreneur, investor, and author. He founded his first specialty food company over two decades ago with a $2,500 credit card loan. He was a partner at Garden Fresh Gourmet for 13 years, serving as Vice Chairman with primary responsibility for strategy and sales. He engineered the sale of Garden Fresh Gourmet, makers of the number one brand of fresh salsa in North America, to the Campbell’s Soup Company for $231 million.