Pipcorn co-founder Jeff Martin discusses the immediate revenue boost resulting from their November 2012 Oprah broadcast appearance.
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“It was like close to, you know, 200,000 dollars in sales in, in a short, in a really, maybe like a 150,000 dollars of sales in a really short period of time”
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