Startup Sense Podcast

Sabin Lomac and Jim Tselikis, cousins and co-founders of Cousins Maine Lobster have built a $20+ million lobster empire in just 5 years. They first appeared on Season 4, Episode 6 of Shark Tank (watch now) after being in business for just 2 months but had already done $100,000+ of revenue which was enough to prove to Barbara Corcoran they were worthy of a deal. Barbara ultimately invested $55,000 for 15% of their young company. Fast forward to 2017 and the company has 27 food trucks (22 of which are owned by franchisees) as well as a brick and mortar location in West Hollywood. The company has received hundreds of applications from potential franchisees so it's safe to assume the growth is not slowing down anytime soon. In this interview I spoke with Sabin about his motivation and inspiration behind starting the company, where did the idea come from, how much did it cost to get their first truck operational, when and how did they get onto Shark Tank, what was that experience like, what is it like being in fro