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4. Success is a Dish Best Served Cold: How Ben Van Leeuwen Found his Passion in Ice Cream

The Van Leeuwen Ice Cream motto, “A life without anything good is bad” is also good business advice. For Ben Leeuwen, Co-founder and CEO of Van Leeuwen Ice Cream, that means making delicious ice cream while building a successful business with equal parts passion and perseverance. Ben shares his story with Olivia Carville, Investigative Reporter at Bloomberg.
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