How Honey, Hustle, and Hard Lessons Built a $10M Brand | Jack Espy

Join our community of fearless leaders in search of unreasonable outcomes... Want to become a FEARLESS entrepreneur and leader? Go here: https://www.findingpeak.com Watch on YouTube: https://link.ryanhanley.com/youtube When COVID shut the world down, Jack Espy lost his job, mixed a cocktail, and accidentally discovered the idea that would change his life. Connect with Jack Espy Spirited Hive: https://www.spiritedhive.com Strive Sode: https://strivesoda.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jack_espy/?hl=en Fast-forward five years and he’s running Spirited Hive and Strive Soda — two honey-sweetened beverage brands rewriting the “better-for-you” playbook. In this unfiltered conversation, Jack and Ryan Hanley dig into: How to turn early failure into a profitable foundation Why naïveté can be a founder’s secret weapon The brutal truth about distribution, marketing, and shelf space Building slow, selling smart, and setting up for acquisition What “better-for-you” really means (and what it doesn’t) This one’s part business therapy, part entrepreneurial bloodsport. Grab a drink, settle in, and take notes. Because growth done right still takes sweat, humility, and a little honey. -- Recommended Tools for Growth OpusClip: #1 AI video clipping and editing tool: https://link.ryanhanley.com/opus Riverside: HD Podcast & Video Software | Free Recording & Editing: https://link.ryanhanley.com/riverside WhisperFlow: Never waste time typing on your keyboard again: https://link.ryanhanley.com/whisperflow CaptionsApp: One app for all your social media video creation: https://link.ryanhanley.com/captionsapp GoHighLevel: It's time to take your business workflow to the Next Level: https://link.ryanhanley.com/gohighlevel Perspective.co: The #1 funnel builder for lead generation: https://link.ryanhanley.com/perspective -- Episodes You Might Enjoy: From $2 Million Loss to World-Class Entrepreneur: https://lnk.to/delk From One Man Shop to $200M in Revenue: https://lnk.to/tommymello Is Psilocybin the Gateway to Self-Mastery? https://lnk.to/80upZ9 Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising. This show is part of the Unplugged Studios Network — the infrastructure layer for serious creators. 👉 Learn more at https://unpluggedstudios.fm.