Episode 1 | Yanni Hufnagel

The Atlanta Story

The Atlanta Story podcast features meaningful stories of Atlanta’s builders, creators, and entrepreneurs. In this episode Jon Birdsong sits down with Yanni Hufnagel, Founder of Lemon Perfect. Yanni started his career in basketball. From team manager at Cornell to Assistant Coaching positions at Oklahoma, Harvard, Vanderbilt, and Nevada, Yanni is a student of building great teams, recruiting the best, and leaving it all out on the court. Five years ago a spark was ignited around the idea of building a premium, healthy, and delicious water brand. That brand, headquartered out of Atlanta, is called Lemon Perfect and can be bought nationwide.

In today’s interview, Yanni shares stories about his lessons and decisions from his basketball career that helped him build one of the fastest growing water brands in the country and much more!

The Atlanta Story is put together by the folks at Atlanta Ventures -- and we can’t wait to share some of the personalities behind the brand. Atlanta Ventures invests in entrepreneurs through community, content, and capital -- most notably through our Studio with companies like Greenzie and Intown Golf Club. We believe the best entrepreneurs learn from other great artists in different fields.