Cory Nieves is a young entrepreneur who started his cookie-making business when he was only six years old. When Nieves was six years old, he and his mother moved from the Bronx to the city of Englewood in New Jersey. Nieves and his mom did not have a car at the time, so Nieves decided to do his best to make money and buy his mom a car. To do this, Nieves started selling hot chocolate at a restaurant that belonged to a friend of his mom’s. Nieves made a lot of money from the hot chocolate sales, so he decided to try venturing into the cookie-making business. Nieves and his mom launched Mr. Cory’s Cookies, where they sold homemade chocolate chip cookies from their home and multiple pop-up stands in Englewood. Mr. Cory’s Cookies became very successful, so Nieves and his mom started baking in a commercial kitchen instead of their home in order to meet demand.

Mr. Cory’s Cookies has only continued to increase in popularity. Nieves expanded the company’s operations to online sales, which opened up the cookie company to a global market. Canada, and, surprisingly, Saudi Arabia, are some of the highest consumers of Mr. Cory’s Cookies products. Mr. Cory’s Cookies also expanded its menu to include chocolate chip pumpkin, smores, and bourbon pecan flavored cookies. Because of their success, Nieves and his mom have been able to give back to the community around them. They support organization that help young people and single mothers, and put on workshops for young pregnant mothers and people who suffer due to drug abuse. Nieves believes it is very important to help others and make the community around you better, and he believes that the power of positive thinking has allowed him to be so successful. The fact that Nieves was only six when he started Mr. Cory’s Cookies is crazy to think about it, and its inspiring to see how much good Nieves and his mom have done for their community of Englewood through their work.