Justin Woolverton

9 statements across 1 episodes · 0 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Apr 17, 2023 by Justin Woolverton · across every show →

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Apr 17, 2023
Disclosure
Burnout drove Woolverton to refuse a multi-year earnout when selling Halo Top
“That was one of my conditions, because like I said, one of the reasons I wanted to sell was that I was just flat out burnt out, and so one of the conditions was, I'm not doing a thing. I mean, I was willing to stay on for three to six months to transition to t…”
Justin Woolverton Apr 17, 2023 ▶ 1:06:47 Halo Top Ice Cream: Justin Woolverton
Apr 17, 2023
What-if
Severe burnout forced Woolverton to sell Halo Top instead of competing
“If I were refreshed, I probably would have just held onto the company and kind of relished the challenge of getting through all these competitors and having a competitive market, but I was just burnt out, to be perfectly honest, and I was like, I cannot deal w…”
Justin Woolverton Apr 17, 2023 ▶ 1:05:10 Halo Top Ice Cream: Justin Woolverton
Apr 17, 2023
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Woolverton personally placed Halo Top in 25 stores before securing a distributor
“I think I got into about just like, 20, 25 stores on my own, and then I got into a certain chain that was big enough that they then forced their distributor to take me on.”
Justin Woolverton Apr 17, 2023 ▶ 31:20 Halo Top Ice Cream: Justin Woolverton
Apr 17, 2023
Disclosure
Halo Top intentionally targeted Greek yogurt fans rather than ice cream purists
“Our main target was, I always just basically said soccer moms. The type of people who liked Greek yogurt, you know, more or less. It wasn't ice cream Gourmet people who tended to be the people who hated on top the most.”
Justin Woolverton Apr 17, 2023 ▶ 46:10 Halo Top Ice Cream: Justin Woolverton
Apr 17, 2023 neutral
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Woolverton held $300,000 in student debt despite a $200,000 legal salary
“Well, that's actually the issue was my student debt was so high at 300,000 that even though I was making, you know, clearing 200,000 a year, I was still living like a law student.”
Justin Woolverton Apr 17, 2023 ▶ 8:41 Halo Top Ice Cream: Justin Woolverton
Apr 17, 2023
Disclosure
Woolverton experimented with adding vodka to prevent Halo Top from freezing solid
“I actually at one point experimented putting a little bit of vodka into Halo Top. I'm not kidding. I'm not kidding.”
Justin Woolverton Apr 17, 2023 ▶ 25:37 Halo Top Ice Cream: Justin Woolverton
Apr 17, 2023
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Retaining 100% control allowed Woolverton to sell Halo Top without board approval
“I did have a hundred percent control, so when it came time to the sale, there, it was extremely easy. I mean, if we like the terms. Yeah, I, but just with a signature, you know, you could kind of, there was no board to run it past or anything like that.”
Justin Woolverton Apr 17, 2023 ▶ 1:05:39 Halo Top Ice Cream: Justin Woolverton
Apr 17, 2023 neutral
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Woolverton financed early Halo Top with $300,000 in credit card debt
“I was funding it through my legal salary and through about 300,000 in credit card lines, credit card debt.”
Justin Woolverton Apr 17, 2023 ▶ 41:00 Halo Top Ice Cream: Justin Woolverton
Apr 17, 2023
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Woolverton incorporated Halo Top just three days after buying an ice-cream maker
“Between the time I bought an ice cream maker I founded a company within three days. I was just that convinced on the concept.”
Justin Woolverton Apr 17, 2023 ▶ 17:44 Halo Top Ice Cream: Justin Woolverton
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