Rico Cruse is a 10 year old Pop-preneur. Rico’s Rockin’ Pop, his brand of candied corn puffs, officially opened for business in December of 2018. Rico’s mission is to bring joy to the community by making fancy popcorn for people that rock. Now approaching his 3rd anniversary Rico is ready to take his business to the next level.

 

Rico has spent the last 3 years operating as a Cottage Food business in a licensed home kitchen. He built his “Rockstar” fan base by vending at Pop-up shops and providing Pop delivery service around Las Vegas. Over the years, several Rockstars and corporations have asked to offer Rico’s Rockin’ Pop as a fund raiser or in their retail shops. The limitations of Nevada’s Cottage Food laws did not allow for Rico to accept those opportunities.

 

In order to meet the requests of his fans, Rico has been hard at work saving and preparing to move his business from home based to a commercial kitchen studio. Operating from a commercial kitchen will allow Rico to offer wholesale Pop for community fundraisers, ship Pop worldwide and make Rico’s Rockin’ Pop available for sale at your favorite retail stores. Today Rico has contracted with a commercial kitchen and has received approval from the Health Department to open his Pop Studio.

 

The stage is set! Now we need your help. We are seeking funding to buy commercial production and packaging equipment. We also need to update Rico’s packaging to compete with more established brands in retail stores.