Embolden began with hard kombucha, landed in a 20-barrel brewhouse, and turned excess capacity into a three-brand beverage portfolio. Its useful lesson is not to chase every category - it is to make one expensive asset serve several kinds of customer.
A trio of Rhode Islanders slashed vodka's proof, slapped a nutrition label on the bottle, and called it the Moderation Movement. Here is how the math worked - and what it cost them.