Episode #398: Reviving a 200-Year-Old Whisky Distillery with David Prior
David Prior is a lifelong entrepreneur. He founded Baroda Packaging, which was acquired in 2007, before turning his eye to yoghurt, with Five:AM Organics, which after just three years in the market was acquired for $80 million. A year later, in 2015, David proceeded to invest half of his net worth into the acquisition of Bladnoch Distillery, a 200 year old whisky distillery in the Scottish lowlands that was in administration; destitute and downtrodden, having not produced any Scotch Whisky for almost a decade. David saw an opportunity to bring life back, not only to the distillery, but to the people of Bladnoch; after the purchase, he returned jobs to everyone who had lost them and was dedicated to restoring value to the community's history and heritage, empowering them for a successful future. This was a fascinating conversation that unpacked some of David’s business philosophies.
We unpacked:
1 - why your business doesn’t necessarily need a unique value proposition to be successful
2 - why David decided to pour all of his money into Bladnoch and a non-for-profit foundation, instead of sailing into the sunset
3 - how David regulates stress
4 - what it takes to build a successful FMCG business We covered this, and more, so strap yourself in for my conversation with David Prior.
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Show Notes:
- https://www.facebook.com/bladnochwhisky/
- https://www.instagram.com/bladnochwhisky/
- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVqyvNS5DZQG-3m8ZcBVeVA
- https://www.linkedin.com/company/bladnoch-distillery/
- https://twitter.com/bladnochwhisky
--- www.nofilter.media--
- GET COACHED BY LUCAS: https://www.ergogenic.health/product/coaching
- GET LUCAS TO DESIGN YOUR SUPPLEMENT PROTOCOL: https://www.ergogenic.health/product/custom-stack
ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT
Listen to Future Squared on Apple Podcasts goo.gl/sMnEa0
Also available on: Spotify, Google Podcasts, TuneIn, Stitcher and Soundcloud
Twitter: twitter.com/steveglaveski
Instagram: instagram.com/@thesteveglaveski
Future Squared: futuresquared.xyz
Steve Glaveski: steveglaveski.com
Medium: medium.com/@steveglaveski
Steve's book: employeetoentrepreneur.io
NEW Facebook group:facebook.com/groups/futuresquared/
Watch on YouTube: bit.ly/2N77FLx