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We started with NOTHING

‘I STARTED OUT IN MUM’S GARDEN SHED’

Laura Jackson, 35, from London, is the co-founder of Popcorn Shed.

Sitting in my cousin Sam’s flat, reminiscing about my recent holiday to Chicago, all I could talk about was the world of gourmet popcorn I’d discovered over there! Back then, in 2014, there wasn’t the same choice here in the UK, and Sam and I started wondering if we’d discovered the perfect business for a pair of foodies like us. I was working as a management consultant, and, Sam, 35, was a property manager, but we shared a dream of becoming entrepreneurs, and, one

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