Randy Zhang of Corn Next: 5 Things I Wish Someone Told Me Before I Became A Founder

I am honored to be featured in an exclusive interview with Authority Magazine.

In the piece, I shared a rarely discussed aspect of founding Corn Next: that long period of "silence." During those early years, while the market rushed to chase short-term fixes like "modified plastics," we chose a much more arduous path. We bypassed those quick, compromise-heavy trends and dedicated ourselves entirely to developing a truly natural material. We focused our engineering on a pure, fiber-based polysaccharide substrate—one designed to completely return to nature without leaving microplastics behind, regardless of the environment.

Market recognition was slow to arrive, but that never meant our mission was misguided. True innovation requires shifting paradigms rather than just matching existing plastic infrastructure. As long as the direction is right, the world will eventually move forward at its own pace until it finally catches up to you.

Read the full interview here: https://lnkd.in/ghfip9dY