#952 - “Not Your Grandfather’s Scotch”: American Woman Starts Global Whisky Brand
Side Hustle School
Chris Guillebeau
4.7 • 3.3K Ratings
🗓️ 10 August 2019
⏱️ 9 minutes
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A graphic designer falls in love with scotch—building an international whisky brand with money she’d originally saved for couples counseling.
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| 0:00.0 | Here are two fun facts about today's story. |
| 0:11.4 | It features the first crowd-funded Scotch whiskey in history, which successfully raised |
| 0:15.6 | almost $50,000 on Kickstarter. |
| 0:17.8 | And, it was founded by the first American woman to ever create a blended Scotch whiskey |
| 0:22.5 | company. |
| 0:23.9 | She calls it, not your grandfather's Scotch, and her inspiration comes from a breakup. |
| 0:28.3 | The San Francisco designer falls out of love with her ex and in love with Scotch, building |
| 0:32.6 | this international whiskey brand with money she had originally saved for couples counseling. |
| 0:37.2 | You know what they say, when one door closes, head to the liquor store. |
| 0:40.5 | My name is Chris Gill about this is Saddles school, not your grandfather's Scotch is coming |
| 0:44.1 | up in just 30 seconds. |
| 0:47.8 | Nautic nature is ever changing and unpredictable, shifting between wind, sun and rain. |
| 0:54.0 | But one thing is certain, this landscape shares its goodness with us all. |
| 0:58.9 | Yard is the delicious plant-based oat drink, made with simple, all-natural ingredients, |
| 1:04.5 | and organic oats grown and harvested in Nordic fields. |
| 1:08.4 | Yard, inspired by Nordic nature, find it in the chill, deri alternative's aisle. |
| 1:18.4 | This episode is brought to you by Shopify. |
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| 1:25.8 | selling flaky soul or fine art prints. |
| 1:28.8 | Shopify covers all your sales channels to simplify selling online and in person. |
| 1:33.0 | Plus, they provide industry-leading tools and 24-7 supports we can not you grow. |
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