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How a Founder Used a Rejected Prototype to Build a 30M Business
In this episode of The Founder's Journey, Lucas and Luna explore the story of a hardware startup that turned a rejected prototype into a 30-million-dollar company. The founder, Sarah Chen, spent 18 months and $80,000 developing a smart kitchen scale, only to have every major retailer pass on it. Instead of giving up, she pivoted to a B2B model, selling the technology to commercial bakeries. Within three years, her company was generating $30 million in annual revenue. Lucas and Luna break down the key decisions: how she identified the pivot point, why she focused on a niche customer…
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