30 min
Ep 2: Such A Thing As Too Much Success Rally
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- Business
Ample Hills Creamery owners Jackie Cuscuna and Brian Smith tell their story of grappling with success so overwhelming that they were afraid it would cost them their business before it even got off the ground.
In this episode of Rally, a podcast about business leaders facing failure and bouncing back, we hear about how neglecting to plan for success led Ample Hills Creamery to close its doors just a few days after opening in 2011.
Ample Hills opened in Brooklyn, New York, with ambitions of being a “small, little neighborhood ice cream shop.” Following a career in screenwriting and radio dramas, Brian hungered for a new medium to tell stories. As a lifelong ice cream lover, he and his wife decided to open an ice cream parlor where families could hang out and enjoy community.
When Ample Hills opened just before Memorial Day weekend in 2011, the couple was blown away with the crowds swarming their shop. Within the first few days of being open, they realized that they’d drastically underestimated how much ice cream they would sell. The store closed four days after opening so Jackie and Brian could hire more staff, make ice cream and prepare for how to handle so many customers.
The couple had poured all of their money into opening Ample Hills and worried about what would happen when their re-opened. Would people come back?
Business reporter and Rally host Macaela J. Bennett has spent a year collecting these stories of hardship and missteps in people’s careers to share with listeners inspiring examples of overcoming obstacles.
Follow Rally_Podcast: Twitter | Facebook | Instagram
Email: Rally@CTpost.com
Media:
Sweet Emotional Piano String Instrumental Midtempo by Jason Garner
A segment of “Room with a view” by Jahzzar is licensed under CC BY 3.0
The Golden Hour by Larry Bryant
Alien Express, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1XEo4yZ59o
You Inspire Me by Aaron Stepanik
Ample Hills prepares to open, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1XEo4yZ59o
Don't Leave Me by Marcin Gasiewicz
My Dreams Come True by Marcin Gasiewicz
Modern Inspiring Acoustic by Seastock
Links:
Learn more about Ample Hills
+https://www.amplehills.com/pages/about
+“So Successful, a New Ice Cream Shop Closes After 4 Days” https://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/02/so-successful-a-new-ice-cream-shop-closes-after-4-days/
+ “Bullish invests in ‘Star Wars’ ice cream” https://www.greenwichtime.com/business/article/Greenwich-firm-invests-in-Star-Wars-ice-12425328.php
+ “Ample Hills Creamery raises $8 mln Series A led by Rosecliff Ventures” https://www.pehub.com/2017/12/ample-hills-creamery-raises-8-mln-series-a-led-by-rosecliff-ventures/
+ “The Ice Cream Oprah Fell in Love With and 13 More Delicious Hostess Gifts” http://www.oprah.com/gift/ample-hills-ice-cream?editors_pick_id=58475
Special thanks to Hearst Connecticut Media reporter Justin Papp for his reading of Crossing Brooklyn Ferry by Walt Whitman.
Ample Hills Creamery owners Jackie Cuscuna and Brian Smith tell their story of grappling with success so overwhelming that they were afraid it would cost them their business before it even got off the ground.
In this episode of Rally, a podcast about business leaders facing failure and bouncing back, we hear about how neglecting to plan for success led Ample Hills Creamery to close its doors just a few days after opening in 2011.
Ample Hills opened in Brooklyn, New York, with ambitions of being a “small, little neighborhood ice cream shop.” Following a career in screenwriting and radio dramas, Brian hungered for a new medium to tell stories. As a lifelong ice cream lover, he and his wife decided to open an ice cream parlor where families could hang out and enjoy community.
When Ample Hills opened just before Memorial Day weekend in 2011, the couple was blown away with the crowds swarming their shop. Within the first few days of being open, they realized that they’d drastically underestimated how much ice cream they would sell. The store closed four days after opening so Jackie and Brian could hire more staff, make ice cream and prepare for how to handle so many customers.
The couple had poured all of their money into opening Ample Hills and worried about what would happen when their re-opened. Would people come back?
Business reporter and Rally host Macaela J. Bennett has spent a year collecting these stories of hardship and missteps in people’s careers to share with listeners inspiring examples of overcoming obstacles.
Follow Rally_Podcast: Twitter | Facebook | Instagram
Email: Rally@CTpost.com
Media:
Sweet Emotional Piano String Instrumental Midtempo by Jason Garner
A segment of “Room with a view” by Jahzzar is licensed under CC BY 3.0
The Golden Hour by Larry Bryant
Alien Express, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1XEo4yZ59o
You Inspire Me by Aaron Stepanik
Ample Hills prepares to open, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1XEo4yZ59o
Don't Leave Me by Marcin Gasiewicz
My Dreams Come True by Marcin Gasiewicz
Modern Inspiring Acoustic by Seastock
Links:
Learn more about Ample Hills
+https://www.amplehills.com/pages/about
+“So Successful, a New Ice Cream Shop Closes After 4 Days” https://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/02/so-successful-a-new-ice-cream-shop-closes-after-4-days/
+ “Bullish invests in ‘Star Wars’ ice cream” https://www.greenwichtime.com/business/article/Greenwich-firm-invests-in-Star-Wars-ice-12425328.php
+ “Ample Hills Creamery raises $8 mln Series A led by Rosecliff Ventures” https://www.pehub.com/2017/12/ample-hills-creamery-raises-8-mln-series-a-led-by-rosecliff-ventures/
+ “The Ice Cream Oprah Fell in Love With and 13 More Delicious Hostess Gifts” http://www.oprah.com/gift/ample-hills-ice-cream?editors_pick_id=58475
Special thanks to Hearst Connecticut Media reporter Justin Papp for his reading of Crossing Brooklyn Ferry by Walt Whitman.
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