Jeff Martin, co-founder of Pipcorn, discusses the company's financial timeline and path to profitability after scaling through the pandemic.
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Jeff Martin: Breeding crops for size and aesthetics sacrifices nutrient density
“When you create a product, you're doing it to accomplish one or more of the goals you just mentioned, and generally it's, like, size and uniformity and aesthetics. So when you do that, you generally breed out or you modify out something, and one of the first t…”
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Jeff Martin: Extreme founder highs can be as crippling as low points
“One thing that we always honestly joke about is like, don't let the highs get you so high, and don't let the lows get you so low, because being really low is, is hard, and it's, there's a lot to work through as a founder, but those super high highs, like getti…”
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Jeff Martin: Pipcorn launched with just $3,000 in personal startup capital
“Incredibly low barriers to entry, where We could start with 3000 dollars in a bank account and get the equipment we needed and at least start.”
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Jeff Martin: Kate Spade posted Pipcorn on Instagram during its debut
“Kate Spade. Put us on her Instagram.”
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Jeff Martin: Pipcorn website crashed immediately upon airing on Oprah
“They showed a pan-across shot at the market of our packaging, and when they showed the name, Pipcorn, our website crashed.”
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Jeff Martin: Pipcorn generated up to $200,000 in sales following Oprah feature
“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”