Halo Top Ice Cream: Justin Woolverton

Hey, it's Guy here. You know, we hear a lot of stories on how I built this about facing hurdles, overcoming obstacles, and being told no again and again and again. I recently talked with country music superstar Shania Twain, and she shared some pretty candid and surprising insights on how she is a female performer from Canada had to make some pretty bold moves to break into the male dominated world of country music in Nashville. You should definitely check out my interview with Shania Twain on my other podcast, The Great Creators. Just search for the Great Creators with Guy Raz, wherever you listen to podcasts. And now? On to today's show. I literally would call and be like, Hi, I have an ice cream idea. I was wondering if I could pay you to use your equipment.

Did you tell him what kind of ice cream it was? No, no, and so I show up. uh like a couple days later with my little recipe and my ingredients that I bought from Smart and Final. And uh he's like so What are you making? And I'm like proudly like I'm making the first all natural healthy ice cream and he just looks at me and is like

Oh, so it's not weed? He thought you were gonna make weed ice cream. Yes. Which of course, it's California. So it's Southern California. That's right. He was just so sad about that. He was really hoping I was making weed ice cream. I broke his heart. Welcome to How I Built This, a show about innovators, entrepreneurs, idealists, and the stories behind the movements. They built.

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