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Make sure you have a cold beverage at the ready because this episode of How Success Happens<\/a> is fire.<\/p>\n My guest was Jing Gao<\/a>, founder and CEO of Fly By Jing<\/a>, the spicy Chinese sauce and noodle brand that transformed the sleepy \u201cinternational aisle\u201d into the literally hottest spot in grocery stores nationwide. Jing was born in Chengdu in China\u2019s Sichuan province and raised \u201caround the world,\u201d as she puts it. She originally followed a traditional business path, working in tech, before a move back to China pulled her toward food and her cultural roots. She studied with master chefs, opened an award-winning modern Chinese restaurant in Shanghai, and launched Fly By Jing as an underground supper club where she told me guests\u2019 eyes would \u201clight up\u201d the first time they tasted her now-famous Sichuan chili crisp. That pop-up project evolved into a pioneering packaged-food brand that\u2019s now on shelves at over 12,000 retailers across the country.<\/p>\n