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Candace Nelson is the founder of Sprinkles, which she opened in 2005. She combined her creative and business side to reinvent the Lily cupcake, which became a hit at the original Sprinkles Cupcakes location. The culture instilled at Sprinkles contributed to its success and made it a sellable business. Sprinkles was the first-ever cupcakes-only bakery, and it sold around 2000 cupcakes in its first week. This marked the beginning of Candace Nelson's successful journey as an entrepreneur and the growth of Sprinkles bakery.

GDL Candace Nelson

I can't tell you how many times people said that will never work that will never work . When I first opened Sprinkles in 2005 . It was the height of the low carb diet .

GDL Candace Nelson

And so , you know , I set about to reinvent something that we all already loved in this country and make it fabulous in chic and , you know , on par with a beautiful bouquet of flowers to give us a gift to enjoy at a dinner party . And so I opened Sprinkles in 2005 . Everybody said it wouldn't work .

GDL Candace Nelson

Got it yesterday . Um , not too far from the original Sprinkles Cupcakes . Um , so this is how this works .

GDL Candace Nelson

Well , I , I still was a business person at heart . So I combined this idea , this creative side with my business side and decided to reinvent the Lily cupcake . It's hard to imagine now because cupcakes are so bougie .

GDL Candace Nelson

I mean , uh selling sprinkles , you probably have a culture instilled , that was probably not going to move , which is why it's so sellable to begin with . I saw a cut of her at Sprinkles and the employees were so happy , I couldn't tell so happy and like it was too , there's sugar and there's also Michelle Michelle's like sugar . Like every time people get around her , they're just like very happy .