Oct 6, 2026 · 60 min
Children turn a homeschool project into a growing food brand
HOW MY KIDS BUILT MOKIPOPS: STORY OF RAISING ENTREPRENEURS || AMBER KHAN-ROBINSON || EPISODE 089
Amber Khan-Robinson’s story shows how hands-on entrepreneurship can build children’s confidence while exposing the demanding realities of scaling a family business.
- 1Moki Pops grew from children making all-natural popsicles during homeschool into a company serving major organizations.
- 2Building a food brand requires licenses, certifications, insurance, labeling, facilities, and careful timing as opportunities expand.
- 3Amber defines success through both sustainable business growth and raising ethical, compassionate children who can create meaningful work.
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Amber reframes winning as raising successful, ethical, compassionate children while building a valued and authentic company.
The brief
Amber Khan-Robinson explains how her children’s 2015 homeschool activity—making all-natural popsicles—became Moki Pops, a family business built around their ideas and hands-on participation.
The company moved from a home kitchen toward a legitimate manufacturing operation, serving organizations including the Atlanta Hawks, Emory, Delta, and Waymo.
Growth brought a familiar small-business tension: Moki Pops became too large to remain small but not yet resourced enough to operate like a major company.
Amber argues that children learn entrepreneurship best by creating, deciding, and recovering from mistakes—not by merely watching adults work or absorbing lessons abstractly.
Her definition of winning extends beyond retail growth: it means raising confident, ethical, compassionate children and building an authentic brand that reflects them.