Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailWe lost a $40M ice cream business—how we're rebuildingBrian Smith and Jackie Cuscuna's ice cream company, Ample Hills Creamery, was a runaway success.
A few years after they launched in Brooklyn, New York, they were endorsed by Oprah Winfrey and opened a shop at Walt Disney World.
Then, in 2020, the company declared bankruptcy.
Six months later, Smith and Cuscuna filed for personal bankruptcy.
Now they're trying again — with new investors and a bevy of lessons learned from failure.
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