Arran Stephens started the Golden Lotus with a $1,500 loan
Arran Stephens · Nature’s Path: Arran and Ratana Stephens · May 23, 2022 · at 9:12
Arran Stephens, co-founder of Nature's Path, describes launching his first business, the vegetarian restaurant Golden Lotus in Vancouver, at age 23.
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“I borrowed 1500 dollars, and I found the assets of a failed restaurant about 10 blocks away. I bought those assets for 500 dollars.”
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