@theventure: This guy went from making vodka in his parents' basement to building a $300 million empire 🍹💰 Back in 2013, Matt Quigley and his brother Bryan start their own vodka brand called Stateside and open a distillery in Philadelphia. But for nearly a decade, they struggle to get it off the ground. Then in 2022, Matt notices everyone in their city is drinking iced tea. Every trash can he walks past is stuffed with empty Snapple, Lipton, and Arizona bottles. So he heads back to his distillery and starts experimenting, pouring his own vodka straight into real iced tea. ✓ Perfects Surfside six months later, real iced tea with real vodka ✓ Slips it onto the menu at Phillies games, right beside his vodka ✓ Wins fans over so fast it outsells Tito's and Casamigos in the entire stadium ✓ Sells over a million cases in year one and becomes the fastest-growing alcohol brand in America A decade of struggling with vodka → notices everyone drinking iced tea → spikes real iced tea with vodka → tests it at Phillies games → outsells the big names → on pace for $300M. Sometimes the winning idea is hiding in the trash cans everyone else walks right past. What everyday habit is right in front of you that nobody's turned into a product yet? 🤔 #Business #Surfside #Drinks #Success #Entrepreneur @Drink Surfside @drinksuperlyte @Stateside Vodka

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