Everything Dan Bastian said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.
Angie's BOOMCHICKAPOP financed the business with debt until $10 million revenue
“I mean, we financed everything on our own up until ten million. I mean, we had loans and we had a lot of debt and we went, you know, really, I think around the one million mark is when we went to a bank and got financing to build out our plant.”
Dan Bastian funded a Trader Joe's order via $100,000 mail-in credit card
“And it said, ah, call for a 100,000 dollars, and I got on the phone one night and said, can we get this 100,000 dollars wired to us, and our credit was good, and so they wired us a 100,000 dollars.”
Dan Bastian: We would take more personal time if building BOOMCHICKAPOP again
“And I think both Ange and I probably would have tried to spend more time with each other, taking a step back. For us, it really did damage to us in, in the sense of just Physically, you know, our bodies, and emotionally, and all of that, and I think, you know,…”
Sherbrooke Capital took minority stake in Angie's without altering operations
“I mean, that's what happened with us, with Sherbrooke Capital, and They took a minority position, and we ran the company no different than when we did before they came on.”
Trader Joe's initial Angie's order was 25 truckloads worth up to $500,000
“She put in an order for 25 trucks... That was What, four or 500,000 dollars worth.”
Angie's BOOMCHICKAPOP revenue reached $3 million to $4 million around 2008
“Maybe three, four million.”
Trader Joe's initial BOOMCHICKAPOP order was 25 trucks worth up to $500,000
“She put in an order for 25 trucks.
That was
What, four or 500,000 dollars worth. It was crazy.”
Angie's BOOMCHICKAPOP distributed millions of dollars to employees during 2014 buyout
“Millions.”
BOOMCHICKAPOP began with a $10,000 credit card purchase for kettle equipment
“We called them, and we bought it on a credit card like everyone else, and we bought it, we got a kettle, a tent, you know, if you go to a fair, one of those outdoor kettles, and all the equipment, a table, it probably wasn't worth eight or 10,000, but we, it w…”
The Bastians juggled multiple zero-percent credit cards to fund initial startup debt
“Yeah, but we used another credit card to pay off that credit card. There was a lot of credit cards going around at that time.”
Dan Bastian launched Angie's BOOMCHICKAPOP with a $10,000 credit card purchase
“We called them, and we bought it on a credit card like everyone else, and we bought it, we got a kettle, a tent, you know, if you go to a fair, one of those outdoor kettles, and all the equipment, a table, it probably wasn't worth eight or 10,000, but we, it w…”
Founders financed BOOMCHICKAPOP's early days by rolling zero-percent credit card balances
“Yeah, but we used another credit card to pay off that credit card. There was a lot of credit cards going around at that time.”
Angie's BOOMCHICKAPOP reached three to four million dollars in revenue by 2009
“Maybe three, four million.”
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