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Fireside chat with Tara Bosch Founder of SmartSweets, sold her company for $360 million at age 27
24 October 2023 @ 5:30 pm - 9:00 pm
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You do not want to miss this one folks! Join us to hear from the amazing founder of SmartSweets. Tara Bosch will share her full experience being a founder of a hundred million dollar brand from startup to exit.
Tara is the founder of SmartSweets, where they are on a global mission to Kick Sugar, and Keep Candy. Tara dropped out of university at 21 to begin recipe testing in her kitchen on a quest to innovate the first delicious candy – Without the sugar. Launching nation-wide on store shelves less than a year later, SmartSweets can now be found in 30,000 stores across the USA & Canada, with partners including Target, Kroger, and Costco. Today, SmartSweets has helped people kick over 5.2 Billion grams of sugar! Tara is the recipient of several entrepreneurial awards, including being named a Peter Thiel Fellow and featured in Forbes 30 under 30, among others.