A Teen With Cerebral Palsy Pitched a Creative Product in School. He Got a B- — Then Grew the Business to $5 Million a Year Anyway.

As a young teen, Drew Davis got really into hot sauce.

Davis, who has cerebral palsy, weighed 300 pounds at age 14, and doctors said he’d be bedridden by 18 if he didn’t make a major lifestyle change. The low-calorie condiment, along with other dietary adjustments, helped him lose 150 pounds over the course of the year.

Image Credit: Courtesy of Crippling Hot Sauce. Drew Davis.

The following year, Davis had to finish a school assignment — and his hot sauce passion came into play again.  ”It was two days before it was due,” Davis tells Entrepreneur, “so I looked down, and I’m like, Huh, I like making fun of myself,

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