On this episode of The Investing In Texas Podcast, Justin is joined by guest Rodney Smith. Justin and Rodney discuss a series of interesting topics and really dive deep into the importance of a good group of people around you and how impactful your team can be. Rodney speaks about being and opportunist and staying optimistic and Justin expresses how it is so essential that you stay open to letting things happen when they happen and learn to roll with the ball so that you can live life to its fullest and get the most from your career and businesses. 

 HIGHLIGHTS:

0:00 – Intro
 0:55 – Justin shares a brief introduction to this episode guest, Rodney Smith
 2:02 – Rodney explains his career and how he always aim to fill any gap with an opportunity
 3:55 – Justin mentions how Rodney is at 12,000 members within his whiskey group
 4:35 – Rodney explains how he got into bourbon and how he has scaled his business and where he plans to take his business over the next few years
 6:08 – Rodney talks about being a Leo and being a natural leader
8:10 – Rodney expresses how the market was what drew him to run his business from Texas
11:14 – Rodney speaks about the talent pool in Texas and all of the business opportunities that are available in Texas
12:39 – Justin encourages you to read the book ‘Blue Ocean Strategy’ if you haven’t already
13:07 – Justin mentions how you could go 100 years and never compete with the bigger company in Dallas
14:11 – Rodney states that he will always strive for opportunity and will continue to be optimistic in general about everything and shares his admiration for the loyalty in Texas
17:39 – Rodney speaks about the importance having the right people around you is and how much of an impact it can have on your business
20:30 – Justin asks Rodney about how where he sees himself and his bourbon company going within the next 5/10 years
21:40 – Justin states that being an opportunist is phenomenal but the reality is that you have to open to whatever happens when it happens in order to experience life and business to its fullest potential
22:33 – Rodney shares how they plan to release a second expression whiskey in November and also how they aim to do a rum, wine and tequila in the future
23:13 – Justin asks Rodney the question, ‘if you had a 10x budget today what would you spend it on’ to which Rodney replies ‘the right marketing team’
23:50 – Rodney shares what challenges he expects or has experienced already within his market