Quinn Popcorn, a new product from an Arlington couple that was among 12 small businesses chosen for success by the DailyCandy, is among the winners of the second annual Start Small, Go Big contest.
The popcorn named by Kristy and Coulter Lewis, both 30, after their infant son won in the food category, according to Forbes magazine.
They are among four winners, who will be flown to New York in October for a one-day session with brand mentors who include Spanx creator Sara Blakely, interior design guru Jonathan Adler, Bravo’s Gail Simmons and Andy Cohen.
The couple demonstrated their product on Saturday, Sept. 24, at Fresh Pond Whole Foods. It is also in Dave’s Fresh Pasta in Somerville and on Amazon.
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Winners will also receive their own DailyCandy dedicated emails sent to its subscriber base, visibility on the company’s website, promotion to DailyCandy’s 800,000-plus Twitter and Facebook fans and an invitation to attend a party held in their honor.
Besides Quinn Popcorn, the finalists were:
• FASHION: Le Loup-Garou, a one-woman-curated online fashion boutique from Bronxville, New York; Iman Toloui, a designer of American-made leather handbag and accessories from Santa Monica, California; Iva Jean, a bike-inspired fashion line from Seattle.
• HEALTH + BEAUTY: Nectar Skincare, a sensitive skin care beauty line based in Los Angeles; Cold Spring Apothecary, an all-natural beauty company for hair, skin, body, and home from Hudson Valley, N.Y.; and BijaBody, a holistic beauty company with fair trade and tea-blended products from Missoula, Mont.
• HOME: Amelia, an Oxford, Miss.-based shop girl with an eye for home design planning her own line; Suburban Camping Co., a custom-camp-building company that creates new outdoor memories one backyard at a time from Brick, N.J.; and Fire Escape Farms, a pop-up shop that helps space-starved city folk plant and hatch their country farming dreams in the San Francisco area.
