Dr. Sonat Birnecker Hart: Crafting a Family-First Business & Lifestyle

Bulls, Bears, and Bourbon

Koval Distillery President Dr. Sonat Birnecker Hart leads a tasting of three unique Koval whiskies as we chat about her transition from academia to distilling. Sonat describes how she and her husband Robert got creative to leave their former careers behind to pursue a new venture and craft a family-first business and lifestyle.

As we sip their innovative products we discuss breaking into a business with antiquated laws, creating a vertical business model, and what wealth means. Join us for this extra boozy episode of Bulls, Bears, and Bourbon.

[01:35] - Introduction

[03:30] - tasting Koval Rye

[04:15] - Koval's origins

[10:30] - Creative financing

[20:00] - generating additional income with intellectual capital

[24:23] - tasting - Koval Bourbon

[25:55] - creating a unique identity

[35:45] - tasting - Koval Four Grain

[44:10] - what does wealth mean?

[52:00] - what do you tell your children about money and business

Links:

www.bullsbearsandbourbon.com

www.vermillionprivatewealth.com

https://www.koval-distillery.com/newsite/

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