When we started King of Pops, we were up for anything.
If someone asked us to show up somewhere, or take a meeting or sell at a store we did it. I believe it is a big reason we were successful. We did all kinds of things that were never in our plans.
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Seven years ago I read Jack Stack's The Great Game of Business. (I loved it, and it inspired me to want to build a different type of business)
Six months ago I went with our company's leadership team to ZingTrain's Open Book Management Seminar. (I loved it, and it made me want to press a button and have what has taken Zingerman's a decade to build)
I'm not a cruise fan.
In my experience ... The food is mediocre. Entertainment isn't memorable. And their sustainability efforts are disappointing. (admittedly I have only been on base-level cruises)
Nevertheless, every year our company heads south to board a ship headed to somewhere tropical. I've joked recently that once you join King of Pops full-time you'll spend more than 1% of your time on a cruise.
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I spent last night at the Super Bowl.
I'm not a fan of the Rams or Patriots ...
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By 2014 our herd of King of Pops carts had turned into a successful small company.
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In 2009 (with $7,000 in the bank), for obvious reasons, I decided I wanted to start a popsicle company.
I spent the winter months with my brother and friends sampling product to figure out what people liked. We made lists and lists of potential company names, eventually landing on King of Pops, and gleefully started to develop a brand look and feel.
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