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Tiffany Chen started her biz with $20 bucks... Now it’s valued at $500 million. Here’s her warm cookie story (part 1)
Today on the show we’re chatting with Tiffany Chen, Founder of Tiff’s Treats.
We’ve had some real crackers on the show recently and this is another totally epic story. In 1999, Tiffany Taylor accidentally stood up Leon Chen for a date. As an apology, she baked and delivered a batch of warm cookies, and the concept of warm cookie delivery was born.
Tiff and Leon, just 19-year-old sophomores at The University of Texas, opened Tiff’s Treats with $20, a cell phone and a dream. Since then, the business has raised more than 500m dollars, grown to 68 stores, with close to 2000 employees, baking more…
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