In 2010 I started a vampire themed energy drink company. Before even having a product, I secured the interest of a Fortune 500 company with 800 retail stores n

In 2010 I started a vampire themed energy drink company. Before even having a product, I secured the interest of a Fortune 500 company with 800 retail stores nationwide. In short, based on my proposal alone, they requested "samples & costs". I scrambled to create a product from scratch and sent it off, and to my surprise they did a 5,000 unit test order, based on the success they did a first full order of 35k-40k units. It was short lived (do to the nature of the vampire fad), but a learning experience that put me in touch with the likes of the original inventor of Jelly Belly, who not only gave me advice but was impressed with my sales numbers. Prior to that I had never had any experience in the beverage (or candy/confection as it was labeled) industry nor any real desire pushing me in that direction. www.vblood.com