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>> after years of development and trial and error, they produced a workable system. >> the first plateau was 25 machines. that was one driver, two routes. then the next plateau was another driver. its up to 50 sites. >> today, a year and a half after installing the first 25 machines, they have nearly 1,000 clients and ready take on the country. but how? theres no road map, no playbook. >> we really wanted to test out the ability to go to a new market where we had no connections and start from th...

>> a man of action. hes co-founder of 4-year-old boston based lean box. a data driven vending machine for fresh food. >> thank you for your purchase. >> he has big dreams, dreams that expand beyond boston. >> our goal is to have lean box in every city in the united states and to change the way the american work force eats. >> we have great ambitions to scale the company past two cities. >> nancy sharp is the founder and owner of foot for thought, a multimillion dollar midwest catering company. r...

Lean box relationship. >> if we were starting from ground zero, it may have taken much longer. >> after eight months, thanks to nancys understanding of the chicago market and blue ribbon client list, lean box stations are being introduced across chicago. >> this morning, i tried the breakfast burrito. yesterday afternoon, the turkey sandwich. >> he is the president of the horton group, a chicago brokerage firm. they installed a lean box in their office break room. >> as an employer, having somet...

Ground zero and didnt have an infrastructure in place, it may have taken much longer. >> after only eight months, thanks to nancys understanding of the chicago market and her network of vendors and blue ribbon client list, lean box stations are now being introduced across chicago. >> this morning i tried the breakfast burrito, which was excellent. and yesterday afternoon, i had the turkey sandwich. >> dan horton is president of the horton group, a third generation owned chicago insurance brokera...

40 years younger and i would do it all over again and with them. the energy, the excitement around building something. >> their personal chemistry was key to opening up the dialogue. but establishing an effective partnership requires much more than the warm fuzzys. lean box seemed like just the thing nancy was looking for. >> because of the changes that were enacting in the work place, were getting asked over and over again to put fresh food in the workplace, but how do you keep it refrigerated?...

Which was ready to go. >> the first plan for us was 25 machines, two drivers, two routes. the next plateau was the driver, up to 50 sites. >> today, a year and a half after installing the first 25 machines, shea says they have nearly a thousand clients in new england and are ready to take on the country. but how? theres no road map, no playbook. >> we really wanted to test out the ability to go into a new market where it basically had no connections and start from the ground up knowing everythin...

Started from ground zero and didnt have an infrastructure in place, it may have taken much longer. >> after eight months thanks to nancys understanding of the chicago market and her network of vendors and blue ribbon client least, lean box stations are now being introduced across chicago. >> this morning i tried the breakfast burrito, which was excellent. and yesterday afternoon i had the turkey sandwich. >> dan horton is president of the horton group, a third-generation owned chicago insurance ...

I said i wish i was 40 years younger. i would do it all over again and with them. the energy and excitement around building something. >> their chemistry was key to opening up the dialogue. establishing an effective partnership requires more than the warm fuzzies. lean box is just the thing nancy was looking for. >> because of the changes in the workplace, we were asked over and over again to keep fresh food there. how do you keep it refrigerated? all the details lean box brought to us. >> its t...

Younger and would do it all over again with them. the energy, the excitement around building something. >> their personal chemistry was key to opening up the dialogue, but establishing an effective partnership requires much more than the warm fuzzies. lean box seemed like just the thing nancy was looking for. >> because of the changes that were happening in the workplace, we were getting asked over and over again to put fresh food in the workplace. but how do you keep it refrigerated? how do you...

Hes co-founder of 4-year-old boston based lean box, a new kind of data driven vending machine for fresh food. >> thank you for your purchase. >> and he has big dreams. dreams that extend way beyond his home base in boston. >> our goal as a company is to have lean box in every major city in the entire united states and to change the way the american workforce eats. >> we also have great visions to scale the company way past two cities. >> nancy sharp is the founder and owner of chicago based food...