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: Bladnoch.com Priorfoundation.org  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 --- Sponsored By: Future Squared listeners can get 20% off and free shipping on all Manscaped products at MANSCAPED.COM, with code FUTURESQUARED. That’s 20% off at MANSCAPED.COM with code, FUTURESQUARED. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.