Kodiak Cakes: Joel Clark: How I Built This Podcast with Guy Raz

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From modest beginnings of loading bags into a red wagon, Joel Clark’s entrepreneurial spirit found success when he and his brother began selling Kodiak Cakes from the trunk of their Mazda sedan. With audacious business decisions leading to almost financial ruin, it seemed like everything was lost until Target took notice—propelling them up the ladder as one of America’s most beloved pancake mixes today.

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