Dan Aykroyd: Actor, and Founder of Crystal Head Vodka | #ThePlaybook 256

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David Meltzer, Entrepreneur.com

Entrepreneurship, Business, Careers

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🗓️ 30 June 2020

⏱️ 23 minutes

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On this episode of #ThePlaybook, Dan Aykroyd, actor, comedian, and founder of Crystal Head Vodka, discusses: [:30] - The story of how his own alcohol preferences inspired him to get into the liquor industry [4:10] - How the unique Crystal Head bottle design came about and why enlightenment is such a big part of the brand [12:29] - Why passion is at the core of all of Dan’s business ventures and how passion leads to success [14:27] - How to create an environment of positivity in your company and in your life Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	On this episode of the playbook, I have a legend, one of my favorites, Dan Acroy, that's right, the actor, comedian, musician, filmmaker, entrepreneur, and of course founder of Crystal Head Vodka, one of the finest vatkas I've ever tasted. Well you get to see the
0:15.2	toast of life with Dan and I as well as understanding how and why. Passion is
0:20.5	the marrow of success. Join me for all of this and more on the playbook.
0:25.0	This is Entrepreneurs the Playbook,
0:28.0	where each week I bring you some of the greatest athletes, celebrities,
0:32.0	and entrepreneurs to talk about their personal and professional
0:36.3	playbook to success and what made them champions on the field and in the boardroom.
0:42.3	I'm your host host David Melzer. This Dave Melzer with
0:45.7	entrepreneurs the Playbook and I am so excited because I have a legend but more
0:50.4	importantly a mentor from afar. Acroy and everybody knows actor
0:54.3	comedian musician filmmaker but he's also an incredible entrepreneur he founded the
1:00.1	hard rock cafe the House of Blues and also Crystal Head Vodka.
1:04.7	One of my favorite vodka is.
1:06.0	My favorite drink is vodka.
1:08.1	And I'm going to start to end by saying, with everything that you have going on, why would
1:12.2	you start a vodka company?
1:15.0	Well it's it comes you know at this point we've got to have fun in life at that you know at
1:21.0	this age and everything we've got to do is got to have an element of fun.
1:24.7	It just can't be work and renew narrative.
1:27.4	It just it has to be exhilaration there and what happened was I wanted I basically just wanted a better margarita on my dock in
1:37.2	Canada in the summer and that's what got me interested in the liquor business I
1:41.6	you could only get two brands in Canada at that time and you
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