Disrupting The $140 Billion Chocolate Industry Is A Family Affair For This Entrepreneur | Forbes

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  • Опубліковано 3 гру 2022
  • The secret ingredient in Karls’ vegan chocolate brand, Mid-Day Squares, is viral content. Jake Karls, along with his sister and brother-in-law cofounders, Lezlie Karls and Nick Saltarelli, star in TikTok, Instagram and UA-cam videos, sharing the behind-the-scenes entrepreneurial drama. “We document and show everything- the good, the bad, the ugly of building this business,” Jake Karls says. In 2018 the Canadians cofounded Montreal-based Mid-Day Squares, adding ingredients such as artichoke powder and pea protein to produce more nutritious chocolate. Their fully automated factory can churn out 90,000 bars a day, and sales are on track to hit $17 million this year, more than double 2021’s total.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 42

  • @mccshew
    @mccshew Рік тому +10

    This feels like an SNL skit.

  • @risaandjesus
    @risaandjesus Рік тому +7

    He looks like a pop star. I was waiting for him to sing if I didn’t read the title!

  • @Retrosenescent
    @Retrosenescent Рік тому +6

    Tbh most protein bars were already chocolate bars. He didn’t innovate or disrupt anything

  • @indicapatra
    @indicapatra Рік тому +19

    Is it me? Or did we not get any actual visual branding of his company throughout this feature? 🤔 Instead we've seen stock footage of a stack of brownies, and a Billboard magazine-styled shoot in the vein of an EDM DJ highlight. This entire thing feels off.

  • @adivishku
    @adivishku Рік тому +12

    I think he is Instagram model 😂

  • @monkeybusiness2204
    @monkeybusiness2204 Рік тому +5

    Lots of BS from this guy. He's successful because of his family, not the other way around.

  • @aikimommee
    @aikimommee 5 місяців тому

    tbh anything I’ve tasted chocolate without sugar usually tastes like sadness to me and that makes me sad. I can’t buy treats that make me sad.

  • @BBN111
    @BBN111 Рік тому

    What's the name of the product? What does it look like? 🤷🏽‍♂️

  • @wthilmi
    @wthilmi Рік тому +10

    paid ad

  • @nabasdak
    @nabasdak Рік тому +29

    too much drama for chocolate!

  • @brittanynatalie1577
    @brittanynatalie1577 Рік тому +18

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  • @leonbezuidenhout5085
    @leonbezuidenhout5085 Рік тому +3

    What is the name of his company

  • @BatsiraiMusuka
    @BatsiraiMusuka Рік тому +11

    This is my first awareness of this brand and throughout his whole introduction…personally, all l was waiting to hear is who and how they source their cocoa. The chocolate industry is notorious for not being equitable for the cocoa farmers…and l was almost excited that this could be a brand doing things differently and addressing failures Big Choc had failed.

    • @edwinbrace4681
      @edwinbrace4681 Рік тому +4

      Same here I was dissappointed, they are just money hungry guys as well

    • @Retrosenescent
      @Retrosenescent Рік тому +1

      Exactly what I was thinking too.

  • @baldheadednobody
    @baldheadednobody Рік тому +13

    Im just... VERY wary of CEOs (or whatever title he gave himself 🚩) who solely talk about how much money they've raised, yet lack evidence of a company which shows *ACTUAL RESULTS* to their "industry disrupting" philosophies. And then he talks like a lifestyle guru towards the end... weve seen this before. Somebody call American Greed!

  • @bbob70
    @bbob70 Рік тому +2

    So much excitement about chocolate...

  • @dzathecool
    @dzathecool Рік тому

    This forsure not a real chocolate brand. This is a fad for him. Using his IG look to sell product

  • @ramiroochoa4275
    @ramiroochoa4275 Рік тому +1

    I nope tris not end up as sbx end

  • @PodHubLiveMedia
    @PodHubLiveMedia Рік тому +3

    why does it ALWAY seems like a colonizer from a world that doesn't even import chocolate says things that Africans and people with the resources have said all these centuries get to be in the spotlight?

  • @DrSeuss-nw3px
    @DrSeuss-nw3px Рік тому

    He should’ve went full Willy Wonka

  • @clownbroadcastingchannel7335
    @clownbroadcastingchannel7335 Рік тому +1

    Mr beast is doing a fantastic job at disrupting the chocolate industry