Haydon Started Nutpods With Prepaid Green Dot Cards After a Personal Bankruptcy
Madeline Haydon · nutpods: Madeline Haydon · May 13, 2024 · at 34:02
Nutpods founder Madeline Haydon explains the severe personal credit constraints she faced when bootstrapping the plant-based creamer company.
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“We actually had a bankruptcy to our name as well. Guy Raz: So you couldn't get credit easily? Madeline Haydon: No, I could not get any credit. In fact, we started a company with those prepaid green dot credit cards, you know, the one where you give 500 dollars, and then you get a 500 dollar credit line.”
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