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Natasha Case: Coolhaus Co-Founder and CEO

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4.83K Ratings

🗓️ 9 April 2018

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Architecture and ice cream may sound like an unlikely combination, but bringing these two concepts together created a recipe for success for Natasha Case, co-founder of the original hipster ice cream truck, Coolhaus. After landing what many would consider a dream job as a Disney Imagineer straight out of graduate school, Case couldn’t shake the idea that she could use architecture for something bigger. For her, that meant blending her love for architecture with food, she explains in episode eight of Second Life.

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0:00.0

From MyDomain.com, this is Second Life, a podcast spotlighting women who have truly inspiring

0:11.2

careers.

0:12.2

We're talking about their work journeys, what they've learned from the process of setting

0:15.9

aside their doubts or fears, and what happens when they embark on their Second Life.

0:20.5

Today, I am delighted to chat with Natasha Case, the founder and CEO of one of my favorite

0:26.6

brands of the last decade, Cool House.

0:29.6

If you're not familiar with Cool House, A, you should be, and B, you're going to thank

0:33.6

me after this podcast because it is the most delicious ice cream company ever.

0:38.8

Over the past 10 years, Cool House has grown from one engineless ice cream truck, more on

0:43.8

that later, to an edible empire, with three brick and mortar shops and availability in

0:48.9

over 6,000 stores nationwide.

0:51.9

But of course, this was not Natasha's first line of business.

0:54.9

She actually started out in architecture, not ice cream.

0:58.3

The story of how she pivoted from building actual buildings to creating her ice cream dream

1:03.4

career is the delicious one, and I am so excited to have her on the show today.

1:08.1

With no further ado, this is Natasha Case on Second Life.

1:12.1

All right, Natasha.

1:14.1

So you went to both undergrad and grad school for architecture.

1:19.1

Did you always think that was the path that you wanted to follow?

1:22.6

I think I was always intrigued by architecture.

1:25.3

My dad's actually an architect.

1:27.4

My mom's an animator.

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