Did You Feel Like You Needed a Partner?

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I think like 20 to 25 % of the things you were selling ad life stream were your own products and brands. You had seven, eight million dollars of annual sales. Were yours? About mmos million hers, about 12 millioninsean better. And so from what i gather, you had two retail stores in vancouver 19 80. You had a warehouse that was making things like peanut butter and yogre. But did you feel financially secure at that point, or or d to? I have that totally wrong. Well, yes. Kno, the continual growth of the business required more cash than what the profits would be,. So there was a point where i brought in a couple of

Starting a business with your spouse can either bring you closer together or tear you apart. For Arran and Ratana Stephens, their business has lasted for nearly 40 years, and their marriage has thrived for much longer. As business partners, they seem perfectly matched: he’s the hard-charging visionary, she’s the practical, business-minded one who sometimes has to talk him out of a bad decision. But in 1985, Arran made a very smart move: seeing how organic food was starting to take off, he mixed up his first batch of Manna bread in a bathtub and started selling it, eventually expanding to national distribution. From there, he and Ratana pivoted to breakfast cereal, initially purchasing a factory that couldn’t make a single cornflake. Today, Nature’s Path sells organic cereals, tortilla chips and other snacks in more than 50 countries around the world.

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