How the founder of Edible Arrangements turned a fruit basket no one knew they wanted into a $600 million business

Edible Arrangements Tariq Farid is the founder and CEO of Edible Arrangements. He immigrated to Connecticut from Pakistan in the 1980s, and opened his first flower shop with borrowed money at 17. He doubled down on fruit arrangements in 1999, and now Edible Arrangements is an international company with expected revenue this year of $600 million. Farid explained the benefits and challenges of being an immigrant, and how it's shaped him. Tariq Farid was only 13 when his family moved from Pakistan ...