My Family Fled Poverty in China. Now My Startup Is Among the Fastest-Growing Companies in the U.S.
Courtesy company When Ray Lui was growing up in Cleveland, he was one of the few Asians in his community. His parents and grandparents, who immigrated to the U.S. in the 1970s and 1980s from Hong Kong and China, worked hard to support him and his sister and helped inspire his entrepreneurial endeavors. Today, Lui and his co-founder and fiancee, Mary McCann, run Cleveland-based Sprinly, a vegan meal delivery service that makes plant-based versions of familiar staples, like quinoa "meatballs" and cashew parmesan "cheese." Sprinly landed at No. 113 on the 2020 Inc. 5000, booked $3.3 million ...