Visionary Life - Career| Inspired Living | Entrepreneurship

Today, I sit down with Rachel Smith and Jean Parker, the owners of Maple Key Tart Co which is a boutique, pop-up butter tart company operating in Toronto and Prince Edward County. These ladies had me laughing the entire episode and not only are they hilarious on their own, but together they are quite the entertaining duo. In this episode, we not only had some good chuckles, but we also dove into… How they landed their Food Network TV show How they tested their idea and got proof of concept, before scaling up the business Community vs. competition How they landed their retail partners What it's really like being in business with family members How to get comfortable pitching yourself to vendors & SO MUCH MORE Born in Windsor and raised in Bayside, Ontario, baking has been an integral part of Rachel and Jeans life for as long as they can remember; as kids their single mother started a butter tart business to supplement her income. Rachel and Jean spent hours helping their mother by filling t