MadeGood: Salma and Nima Fotovat Lost Their First Business.They Grew Their Next One Into a Snack Giant.

MadeGood:萨尔玛和尼玛·弗托瓦特失去了他们的第一家生意。他们把下一家生意发展成了零食巨头。

How I Built This with Guy Raz

2026-08-10

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What do you do when the family business you've spent decades building... gets bought out from under you?  That’s what happened to Nima and Salma Fotovat. Devastated, the family rebuilt a new company from the ground up. This time they set out with a new idea: build an allergen-free, organic snack brand not just for kids, but their parents.   Their new brand: MadeGood. Today, the Canadian brand’s parent company does hundreds of millions of dollars in sales. But getting there meant rebuilding from scratch, fixing 200,000 mislabeled snack bars by hand, and turning a family of co-packers into branding experts. What you'll learn: How owning manufacturing can be a competitive edgeHow they grew a national brand with almost no marketing. Why it can be a winning strategy to say "yes" before you know how Introducing new products: the tension between research and emotion  The mindset that can help you rebuild after a devastating setback Timestamps: 6:05 - Growing up in Iran during wartime, and emigrating to Canada  11:55 - Their dad’s new business: “Why are North Americans not eating nougat?”   19:25 - Building the family’s first snack bar brand—and losing it overnight 34:20 - The next business: going all in on healthier school snacks 42:30 - Fixing a 200,000-bar production error with alcohol wipes  48:30 - Landing MadeGood’s first retail store 51:10 - The 100-mile radius marketing strategy  56:50 - The lure of new products: from human treats to dog treats  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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