Nicole Bernard Dawes

“So we had this large equipment loan. And at the time, you know, interest rates were so low that most banks were like kind of upside down in some of these. And we had a death of a member clause in our loan agreement, and we were an LLC, and my dad was a member. So they used his death to put our loan in default.”

“And, you know, the tortilla chips just hit all of the marks that we wanted. And it was one of those things that if it didn't work, the company for sure would have failed because we were discontinuing $2 million. We, you know, we were going to put a lot into this new launch.”

“But they had tried to organize this shareholders meeting at my dad's wake. And I remember just thinking, like, it was a very stunning moment.”

“And he looked at me and he said yes, which I mean, I've been on a thousand sales calls since and that has never happened.”