Richard Brown, 71, Launches Banana-Skewer Startup as Kickstarter Tops 90% of $4,000 Goal
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Updated · Yahoo Finance · Sep 20
Richard Brown, 71, Launches Banana-Skewer Startup as Kickstarter Tops 90% of $4,000 Goal
2 articles · Updated · Yahoo Finance · Sep 20
Summary
Poka Snack is Richard Brown’s latest post-retirement venture, with the 71-year-old former radiologist pitching a skewer designed to freeze and eat fruit, especially bananas.
More than 90% of its $4,000 Kickstarter target has been raised, and Brown has built an audience of over 14,000 TikTok followers to market the product.
Brown formally retired from the University of Michigan in 2020 but started a University of Utah leadership job the next week and later joined health-tech startup Covera Health as chief health strategy officer.
For Brown, the snack business extends a long-running pattern of taking on new roles because he says learning, risk-taking and constant change keep him engaged rather than retiring fully.