- YOU STARTED A COMPANY.
YOU'RE THE CEO OF THE COMPANY. - YEAH.
- AND HOW DOES THE BUSINESS WORK?
- WELL, BUSINESS WORKS-- WELL, IT WORKS HOW--WE--
IT'S--OUR INGREDIENTS ARE ALL NATURAL,
75% ORGANIC,
AND THEY CONTAIN NO PRESERVATIVES,
NO ARTIFICIAL FLAVORING, NO BATTER MACHINES
MIXING OR STUFF.
ALL NATURAL. REALLY GOOD FOR YOUR BODY.
- AND SO, YES, THAT IS BETTER FOR YOUR BODY.
SO YOU COOK EVERYTHING-- IS IT AT HOME WITH YOUR MOM?
- NO, WE ACTUALLY COOK IN A COMMERCIAL KITCHEN WE HAVE.
- OKAY, AND YOUR MOM BAKES WITH YOU?
- I AM NOT ALLOWED TO BE IN A "COMMERCIAL KITCHEN,"
SO MY MOM BAKES.
I PAY HER--STARTED PAYING HER $15 A WEEK,
AND THEN AFTER THAT, I SAW HER.
SHE WAS DOING GOOD.
I PAY HER-- I MADE A PAY RAISE TO $25.
I'M MAKING A--UP, UP. - GRADUAL.
- IT'S SLOW RIGHT NOW. - GOOD, YEAH.
SHE MUST REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. - YES.
- YEAH, SO YOU STARTED--
EXPLAIN TO PEOPLE WHY YOU STARTED
THE BUSINESS IN THE FIRST PLACE.
- WELL, I STARTED IT BECAUSE OF A CAR,
'CAUSE MY-- I WAS REALLY TIRED.
I WAS TAKING THE BUS.
- YOU DIDN'T HAVE A CAR. - YES, I DIDN'T HAVE A CAR.
- MY HANDS ARE FREEZING, ICE FALLING OFF,
SO I WAS LIKE, "MOM, WE GOT TO GET A CAR."
SHE'S LIKE, "HOW AM I GETTING A CAR?
OFF OF MY LOOKS OR SOMETHING?"
SO I WAS LIKE, "NO," BECAUSE I WAS SELLING HOT COCOA,
AND THEN THAT'S HOW IT ALL STARTED.
- RIGHT, 'CAUSE YOU JUST DIDN'T WANT TO TAKE THE BUS ANYMORE.
- YES. - IT'S FREEZING.
- MM-HMM. - YEAH, OKAY.
AND WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO?
YOU WANT TO GO TO COLLEGE PROBABLY, RIGHT?
- YES, I WANT TO GO TO COLLEGE.
I WANT TO GO TO PRINCETON UNIVERSITY.
ONE DAY, I WANT-- I SAW PRINCETON UNIVERSITY.
I LOVED IT SO MUCH, SO I WAS LIKE--
AND MY MOM DIDN'T KNOW.
SNEAKILY, I GRABBED THE PHONE. I CALLED PRINCETON.
I WAS LIKE, "CAN I CALL REGISTRATION?"
"WELL, HOW OLD?" "I'M 28 YEARS OLD.
"I WOULD LIKE TO DO A RESERVATION FOR PRINCETON.
HOW MUCH IS IT?"
THEY'RE LIKE, "BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH."
I WAS LIKE, "OKAY, THANK YOU," SO THE NEXT DAY, I WAS LIKE,
"I CAN'T COME."
I JUST WANTED TO KNOW HOW MUCH IT WAS.
IT WAS JUST REALLY AWESOME. - RIGHT.
SO YOU ACTUALLY GOT THROUGH TO REGISTRATION.
- YEAH. - YEAH.
AND THEY BELIEVED YOU WERE 28 YEARS OLD?
- YEAH.
[laughter]
- YOU'RE SNEAKY.
AND YOU SELL 'EM--AND WHAT MAKES THEM SO DELICIOUS,
REALLY, IS THE INGREDIENTS,
THAT IT'S ALL NATURAL AND ALL THAT.
I THINK WE HAD SOME IN THE RIFF-RAFF ROOM,
AND SOME PEOPLE WERE BUYING 'EM.
AND THEY'RE DELICIOUS COOKIES. THEY REALLY ARE GOOD.
- THANK YOU. - THEY'RE VERY TASTY.
- YES, THEY'RE MADE--
THEY'RE MADE, ACTUALLY, WITH LOVE.
LOVE IS THE INGREDIENT-- MOST WONDERFUL INGREDIENT.
- DID YOU HEAR THAT? HE SAID THEY'RE MADE WITH LOVE.
THAT'S THE MOST IMPORTANT INGREDIENT.
AND THAT REALLY DOES MATTER. - YES, IT DOES.
- BECAUSE IT'S ENERGY THAT GOES INTO THE FOOD.
ALL RIGHT, SO I HAVE A GIFT FOR YOU,
'CAUSE OUR FRIENDS AT SHUTTERFLY WANT TO HELP PEOPLE
SPREAD LIFE'S JOY,
AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
AND SO WE GOT YOU A SPECIAL COOKIE JAR,
AND IT'S RIGHT HERE.
AND I THINK YOU'RE GONNA LIKE IT A WHOLE LOT,
BECAUSE ONCE YOU EMPTY IT OUT, YOU CAN PUT COOKIES IN THERE,
BUT FOR RIGHT NOW, THERE'S $10,000 IN THERE.
[cheers and applause]
FIRST OF ALL, WHAT PEOPLE DON'T KNOW IS
THAT YOU AND YOUR MOM ARE STILL STRUGGLING,
AND YET YOU MAKE THIS MONEY FROM THE COOKIES,
AND INSTEAD OF KEEPING EVERYTHING FOR YOURSELF,
YOU STILL GIVE TO OTHER CHARITIES.
YOU STILL GIVE BACK EVEN THOUGH YOU HAVEN'T
GOTTEN TO ACCOMPLISH WHAT YOU WANT TO ACCOMPLISH.
- MM-HMM, WELL, WE GIVE BACK TO LOCAL SHELTERS.
ONE TIME, WE MADE A LOT OF COOKIES
FOR THIS TRIP TO ILLINOIS,
AND WE HAD A FEW COOKIES LEFT,
SO WE WENT TO THE SHELTER IN CHICAGO
FOR FAMILIES AND EVERYTHING,
AND WE DONATED HUNDREDS OF COOKIES
SO THEY COULD HAVE COOKIES.
- YEAH, VERY, VERY SWEET, VERY CONSIDERATE,
AND VERY KIND.
- THANK YOU. THANK YOU.
- ALL RIGHT, I WANT PEOPLE TO BUY--
WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO THE FARMERS MARKET,
I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW YOU'RE THERE.
YOU CAN'T JUST HAVE A LITTLE, TINY SIGN.
YOU NEED A GIANT SIGN
TO LET PEOPLE KNOW YOU'RE SELLING COOKIES,
SO I MADE A SIGN YOU'RE GONNA HANG
AT THE FARMERS MARKET THAT PEOPLE ARE GONNA KNOW.
ALL RIGHT?
[cheers and applause]
AND--
I DON'T KNOW--
RIGHT NOW, I DON'T KNOW
HOW YOU GET TO THE FARMERS MARKET,
BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU GET TO THE FARMERS MARKET, OKAY?
- YEAH. - ALL RIGHT.
[cheers and applause]
- THANK YOU.
- THAT'S YOUR CAR. - THANK YOU.
[cheers and applause]
- LOOK AT THAT CAR.
[upbeat music]
[cheers and applause]
- THANK YOU SO MUCH.
- THIS RIGHT HERE IS A 2015 FORD ESCAPE.
IT'S STYLISH ON THE OUTSIDE, HIGH-TECH ON THE INSIDE.
IT HAS A FOOT-ACTIVATED LIFT GATE,
SO IT'S EASY TO LOAD UP YOUR COOKIES,
AND IT GETS GREAT GAS MILEAGE.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON HOW YOU CAN BUY
CORY'S COOKIES, PLEASE GO TO OUR WEBSITE
AND HELP CORY OUT.