5 Lessons Entrepreneurs can learn from Moonshiners
A brief history on moonshining… Our first
president George Washington was a moonshiner. After serving as our president he
came back to Mt Vernon and made shine. Moonshining is illegal. It’s a potent
alcohol made from corn and water. It is a dangerous venture. But it’s been
around since our country was founded. So there must be something about it that
works…right?
According to Wikipedia…
Moonshine, also known as white lightning, mountain dew, hooch
or Tennessee white whiskey, is a high-proof distilled spirit, generally
produced illicitly. The word is believed to derive from the term "moonrakers"
used for early English smugglers and the clandestine (i.e., by the light of the
moon) nature of the operations of illegal Appalachian
distillers who produced and distributed whiskey.[1][2]
Now most of your know that I’m southern and damn
proud of it. However, I can neither deny
or confirm that moonshining runs in my family blood line. However, I can’t help
but think it must if I get so much fun making laundry detergent. Then there are
all those old jugs around my grandparents’ house.Paw Paw called it “homebrew”
he made.