Meet the “Shark Tank” guest judge who built two successful restaurant chains
Take-Away with Sam Oches
Nation's Restaurant News
2.5 • 15 Ratings
🗓️ 27 August 2024
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of Take-Away with Sam Oches, Sam talks with Candace Nelson, an entrepreneur, investor, author, and media personality best known for founding Sprinkles Cupcakes. Candace is keynoting NRN’s CREATE Event for Emerging Restaurateurs this October 9, where Sam will interview her on the CREATE stage about her life as an entrepreneur and restaurateur. In this podcast, you’ll get just a small taste of that interview as they explore her journey from the finance world to cupcakes to pizza.
In this conversation, you’ll find out why:
- You capture guests’ attention by flying in the face of expectation
- The life of an entrepreneur shows leaders what they’re made of
- You don’t have to fly a rocket to the moon to be a successful entrepreneur
- You should secure proof of concept before you raise capital to grow
- There’s plenty more to learn from Candace at CREATE this October!
Register for CREATE — for free! — at https://informaconnect.com/create/
Have feedback or ideas for Take-Away? Email Sam at [email protected].
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hey there, welcome to Takeaway with Sam Okas, a podcast from Nation's Restaurant News. |
| 0:05.1 | I am Sam Okas, editor-in-chief here at NRN, and this is the show where I give you an all-access pass to the restaurant industry's most influential decision-makers. |
| 0:14.6 | This week, I'm talking with Candace Nelson, an entrepreneur, investor, author, media personality, best known for founding sprinkles cupcakes. |
| 0:25.1 | Candace and her co-founder, husband Charles, helped to launch the cupcake craze back in the |
| 0:30.7 | 2000s. And after selling sprinkles to a private equity firm in 2013, they could have retired |
| 0:36.7 | happily and just sailed into the sunset. |
| 0:39.6 | Instead, they jumped right back into restaurants with the launch of Pizana, which now has seven locations. |
| 0:47.0 | Candice is an incredible entrepreneur, and she has appeared on shows like Cupcake Wars, Sugar Rush, and Shark Tank, |
| 0:53.9 | and I'm thrilled to announce that she will |
| 0:56.1 | be keynoting our Create event for emerging restaurateurs this October 9th. I will be interviewing |
| 1:03.5 | her on the Create stage about her life as an entrepreneur and restaurateur, and in this podcast, |
| 1:10.1 | you will get just a taste of that interview as we |
| 1:13.3 | explore her journey from the finance world to cupcakes to pizza. In this interview, you will learn |
| 1:19.1 | more about why you capture guests' attention by flying in the face of expectations, why the |
| 1:26.0 | life of an entrepreneur shows leaders what they're really |
| 1:28.7 | made of, and why you should secure proof of concept before you raise capital to grow. |
| 1:34.9 | And if you like what you hear and you want to learn more about Candace and even meet her |
| 1:40.5 | potentially, you can join us in Nashville this October 9th through 11th at Create. |
| 1:47.0 | You can register for this event for free by going to create.nrn.com. |
| 1:54.0 | Jumping now into my interview with Candace Nelson. Also, don't forget to stick around after the interview, |
| 1:59.0 | as I will share my five takeaways from this discussion, actionable insights that you can take with you on the go. |
| 2:07.7 | I am here with Candace Nelson, an entrepreneur, an investor, a media personality, an author, |
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