John Clark launched Kodiak Cakes using $1,400 earned from flipping a truck
Joel Clark · Kodiak Cakes: Joel Clark · Dec 7, 2020 · at 14:32
Joel Clark, co-founder of Kodiak Cakes, describes how his older brother John obtained the initial seed capital to produce their first batch of pancake mix in 1995.
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“John drove it around for a while, and then he sold it, and he made 1400 bucks. And so he was kind of like, look, I think I can actually start my business on this.”
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