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Assertion Supported
Taste of Nature Outsold KIND Snacks in Canada Until 2012
“Yes, we were in Canada, so it was not a big market for kind, and until 2012, Taste of Nature was much larger than kind in Canada.”
Nima Fotovat Aug 10, 2026 ▶ 20:20 MadeGood: Salma and Nima Fotovat Lost Their First Business. They Grew Their Next One Into a Snack Giant.
Insight
Industry Experience Outweighs Capital When Restarting a Business
“Whereas if we started doing the same thing, we brought with ourselves the most valuable thing, which was a decade or a decade and a half of experience. And there's no point in throwing that away. Forget about the money. The money was the least important thing …”
Nima Fotovat Aug 10, 2026 ▶ 28:23 MadeGood: Salma and Nima Fotovat Lost Their First Business. They Grew Their Next One Into a Snack Giant.
Assertion Supported
Fotovat Family Was Bought Out of Taste of Nature in 2012
“And on July, 26th, 2012, I was on my way to the office, and my dad calls me that says, don't come in. We were just delivered a check, and we were bought out.”
Nima Fotovat Aug 10, 2026 ▶ 24:14 MadeGood: Salma and Nima Fotovat Lost Their First Business. They Grew Their Next One Into a Snack Giant.
Assertion Partly supported
Taste of Nature Crossed $10 Million in Revenue by 2012
“Yeah, it was over 10. We had a hundred employees, you know, we hired HR, we had, like, we started, it was starting to take shape. Departments were starting to take shape in the company.”
Nima Fotovat Aug 10, 2026 ▶ 21:29 MadeGood: Salma and Nima Fotovat Lost Their First Business. They Grew Their Next One Into a Snack Giant.
Disclosure
Second-Generation Fotovats Held No Equity During 2012 Buyout
“We were not generation two were not equity owners, so the money went to, it was essentially for my dad, and then there wasn't, let's say, wasn't, this was not a windfall exit”
Nima Fotovat Aug 10, 2026 ▶ 25:49 MadeGood: Salma and Nima Fotovat Lost Their First Business. They Grew Their Next One Into a Snack Giant.
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