Daisy Pops is an innovative cake pop business that had its beginnings in 2011 by math teacher Amy Munca. She started by making cake pops for friends and family for various occasions. She then had her three kids, and her cake pop adventures were put on the back burner. Once her kids reached pre-school age, she whipped the cake pop-making back out and gave them as teacher gifts. Her kids’ teachers absolutely loved them, suggesting she should sell them. Later, she made cake pops as a side hustle, while still working as a math teacher and raising her kids. This process lasted a while, until life as we knew changed dramatically. In 2020, Covid hit, and Amy’s job changed entirely. She could no longer see her students face to face but rather had to go into remote teaching. This transition made her question whether she loved teaching or if she just lived being around people and making an impact. After a lot of prayers and support, she decided to quit her teaching job and take up cake pops full-time. The story of Amy and her business is one of the things that make it a great venture. This is also a highly innovative business, seeing as Amy and her husband have crossed over to using 3D printing to make her cake pops, decreasing production time significantly. She has also innovated by opening her own Pop Shop. Her business was successful enough to then make a capital investment as large as a shop to make and sell cake pops out of. She also innovated by producing make-your-own cake pop packs that were very popular during the pandemic, as there was much less contact involved. Amy is an inspiration in that she had her life, she had her job, and she had a plan, and then entrepreneurship called and she answered, becoming wildly successful and making an impact in the cake-pop world.
I love Amy’s story so much! I think it’s so interesting how she started out in a seemingly completely opposite profession and merged into entrepreneurship. It really goes to show that you don’t have to have any one degree or profession to create your own business and fill a need.
This is one of my favorite stories. It is very interesting to hear how a math teacher turned into a cake boss artist. It is amazing how she did all this with her young kids. I really like how Amy and her husband use both of their talents to collaborate and work together.