If you’re focused on selling consumer products, as I am, there’s no better place to research and discover new product ideas than Amazon.
I’ve been obsessed with movie theater popcorn since I was a kid. Every week I’d ride my bike to the local theater and see the same movies repeatedly just so I could eat the popcorn. At the time, make-at-home popcorn options were limited to air poppers (healthy but tasteless) and microwavable popcorn (unhealthy and chemically tasting). My team and I set out to develop a popcorn pack that tastes exactly like movie theater popcorn that can be cooked at home. Franklin’s Gourmet Popcorn was born. www.franklinsgourmet.com
After reading countless biographical books about business leaders and industry titans, I’ve come to realize that failures and fuck ups are a normality in business.