After apprenticing for another candy maker, I started my own candy business at age 18. My first attempt at starting a business (and my second) was a failure. After a rocky start, my third try was more successful. I have just received a fortune from the sale of my caramel business. During my world travels, I discovered and decided to buy new equipment that makes chocolate. With this new technology, I think I can make chocolate cheaper than ever. In my mid-thirties, I know very little about making chocolate this way, but I am willing to take the time to learn. I want my life to center on inventing new candies, building my new business, and laying out a new community that will be a wonderful place for the people I hire to live. I prefer to leave day-to-day operations—handling production, sales, marketing, and distribution—to someone else.
