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The Story of Instant Pot

Source: CNBC Published: December 2019

Danny Sheridan
Jan 26, 2020
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Source: CNBC
Published: December 2019

The Story of Instant Pot

Circulated: January 10, 2020

The Instant Pot is a programmable pressure & multi cooker. It speeds up cooking by up to 10 times using up to 70% less energy.

  • 2009: Robert Wang (Computer Science Ph.D.) founds Instant Brands. Wang self-funds the research and development of the first product investing $300k over 18 months.

  • 2010: The Instant Pot makes its first sale on the Amazon Marketplace for $140.

  • 2011: Wang reads every single customer review on Amazon. He uses them to continuously iterate on the product.

  • 2017: Wang reads 40,000 reviews to date and can’t keep up with reading each new review.

  • 2018: During Prime Day, more than 300,000 Instant Pots are bought on Amazon.

  • 2019: Corelle (owner of brands such as Pyrex) merges with Instant Brands for a market value of $2 billion.

  • 2020: The Instant Pot Facebook group reaches 2.3 million members who share and discuss recipes.

“Instant Pot is a remarkable business story. Innovation can open up forgotten market opportunity.” — Chetan Puttagunta, Benchmark

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