I was inspired to start my company when I was 11 yrs old after watching kids on Shark Tank pitching to the Sharks. I didn't realize that kids could own their own business!
At the time, my favorite movie was Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and my favorite candy has always been chocolate. So I decided to make a delicious chocolate bar with a golden ticket to win epic prizes!
Thats when the idea of Truman Bar was born, and, of course, that bar needed to be made in The Truman Factory, a factory that’s by kids for kids. We developed branding, I visited candy manufactures and we found the best chocolate.
As a techie, and kind of a geek, I wanted to give my customers something totally new and unique, an epic prize experience using software - combining candy and technology. So we created the “Epic Prize Vault”, a code based rewards program.
As my business started coming together, people took notice and I appeared on news outlets, magazine articles, newspapers. Before I knew it I was doing unique collabs with Canopy Hotel, Wework, and other amazing businesses who supported my vision of The Truman Factory.
Always believing in “Young Helping Young” I continue to give a percentage of all my sales to kids and teens who are less advantaged through two entities: Friends of the Children in Brooklyn and Vogel Alcove in Dallas.
This is my 5th year of entrepreneurship and I am even more excited! I’ve totally rebranded, created new tasty products, upped the golden ticket experience and improved the prizes that can be won.
Truman Factory is about dreaming & making those dreams come true. With Truman always being passionate about gaming & Youtube, it only made sense to launch the brand in the space & to tackle the world of esports and digital content.
...by the Dallas County Commissioners Court as an entrepreneur supporting Vogel Alcove and youth business .
...to have Truman Bars in their new concept called Market By Macy’s.
...re-invent my brand, go national and focus on the gaming, esports and content creator communities so we hired Paper Crowns to start a total rebrand of Truman Factory and help develop all new products.
...a new Epic Prize Vault from the ground up.
...by doing a wrapper collaboration with WeWork. As our first Truman Bars outside of Texas, we sold these co-branded bars to WeWorks in nine cities in five states.
...stadium deal and supplied Truman Bars to the American Airlines Center.
...Truman Factory’s 2 year anniversary with an epic pop up storefront in Highland Park Village shopping Center.
...and was featured on WFAA Channel 8.
...and developed Truman Bar Fun Packs to sell online.
...with Truman Bars in 90 locations.
...as a “Teen to Watch” by Park Cities News in their annual 20 Under 40 entrepreneur issue.
...TV interview and was featured on WFAA Channel 8.
...the University of Texas at Dallas STEM conference as a kid entrepreneur who merged tech and candy.
...Co-Branded Truman Bar by doing a wrapper collaboration with Canopy Hotel, a Hilton Brand.
...TV interview and was featured on Fox4 News.
...“Kids Helping Kids” award their annual gala.
...Truman Bars in 50 locations.
...a few candy makers, my father and I visit Nassau Candy in NY to negotiate our chocolate bar deal.
...Truman Bar packaging with golden tickets and we develop our custom software to award epic prizes that we call the Epic Prize Vault.
...Interview with a magazine called Paper City Magazine for their feature story Gen Next.
...to give back to the community and have Kids Helping Kids so I decide to support homeless children by giving a portion of all my sales to Vogel Alcove.
...Truman Bar on a weekend in September and we find 13 stores to participate.
...With a pop up store at the Nasher Sculpture Center and the 12 other stores and we sold out my inventory in one day.
...a Christmas holiday bar so we created new packaging and called it the Truman Bar Epic Holiday Edition. We made a lot of inventory which we quickly sold out.
...with Truman Bars in 20 locations in 2017
...tank episode that inspires me having my own business - Episode #203, “Flipoutz” with kids Jake, Lachlan, and Erin Johnson.
...is to recreate the Golden Ticket experience from my favorite Movie, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, with my favorite candy, milk chocolate.
...Truman Factory and we hire a company to create my logo and branding.
...goes live with only logo t-shirts until I can make my candy bars.
