Cory Nieves is a twenty-year-old entrepreneur who founded Mr. Cory’s Cookies at the age of 6. This is an all-natural cookie store that offers fourteen original cookie recipes such as Double Dark, Oatmeal Raisin, and Sugar.
This all started when he would complain to his mom about taking the bus to school and wanted to buy a car instead. Because of this, he decided to sell hot cocoa in the town of Englewood to raise funds for a new car for his mom. He would sell Swiss Miss for $1 a cup. Then, he would expand his business to start selling lemonade and cookies for a college fund. He started searching online for the perfect cookie recipe and once he found it, the recipe was a hit. That is when he knew he had a business. He would take cookies to local races and festivals and would sometimes make up to $150 on the weekends. At one point, his business was shut down for selling treats baked in a home kitchen, which was a health code violation. He was referred to an attorney and he was able to form a business legally and secure a commercial kitchen.
Mr. Cory’s Cookies has partnered with many other businesses such as J. Crew, Mercedes-Benz, Pottery Barn, Ralph Lauren, Whole Foods, Macy’s, and many more. He was also featured on The Ellen DeGeneres Show in 2015, which was a big hit, and he gained an overwhelming number of orders. To scale, he sought out investment and made an appearance on CNBC’s The Profit and he earned a $100,000 cash infusion. He launched an e-commerce site, hired cookie helpers, and started shipping products across the country.
It was not easy making the cookies, but Cory was very dedicated and motivated and persevered through many challenges. Cory’s story is inspiring to many people, and it goes to show that with dedication, you can go from making and selling cookies from your home to a big successful business.
This is a sweet (in several ways!) success story. I read that Cory’s mother planned to go to college (as did Cory) and wanted to be a motivational speaker for single mothers. I enjoy hearing success stories when hard work pays off and people help, like the person willing to let them work in his commercial kitchen when the government went after them. It can likely be really hard when you do not have funds, to get a business off the ground because of all the government regulation of today. Neat story!
This is such an amazing story! I love how instead of accepting they had no car he tried to do something about it. He used trial and error to get his business started and it eventually grew. I also love how he was determined despite originally getting shut down. Great story!
This is an amazing post! I thought that it was cool that he started his own business at only 6 years old! I also really liked how the cookies are all natural and that they can come in different flavors too. It was nice that he started to become an entrepreneur after he wanted to ride in a car instead of bus. Not many entrepreneurs start because of that, and it’s awesome that he kept pursuing entrepreneurship with his cookie business! I thought that this was an interesting and encouraging story!