From a Drunken Idea to 95 Food Trucks | EP111 (feat. Cousins Maine Lobster)

What do you get when two cousins, a drunken idea, and a heated game of NHL ’94 collide? Somehow, a national lobster empire. Shawn sits down with Jim Tselikis and Sabin Lomac, the cousins behind the Shark Tank success story Cousins Maine Lobster, to uncover what really happened between that first crazy idea and the 95 food trucks they have today, and why the hardest part of building a business may be surviving long enough to see it work.Jim and Sabin reveal the four-year turning point that changed everything, why chasing overnight success can actually be a trap, and the hockey advice Jim still lives by today. They also unpack the surprising power of empathy, why franchisees are brought to Maine as a rite of passage, and how they protect a brand when their reputation is literally riding on someone else’s truck.Plus: the personality test that changed how these cousins work together, the one thing they wish they’d done sooner, and the one thing that will sink a Shark Tank pitch quicker than anything. It takes years. The trick is knowing what to do with them.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.