Sammy Hagar and Guy Fieri reveal the two key ingredients to entrepreneurial success

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There was John and Paul, then John and Oko. Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan. Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones. Sure, we've had some great pairings on screen, in the recording studio, and on stage, but the mixing sectors are taking on a whole new life and energy.

Rocker Sammy Hagar never plays second fiddle to anyone, unless you're a larger-than-life, bleach-blonde flavor junkie who chases down the good times like it's a job. We are of course talking about Guy Fieri.

Hagar and Fieri, both from small town California, share a love of entertainment and experience and continue to bring that to consumers with more offerings from the Santo Spirits company.

The entrepreneur spent time with the duo to deepen the roots of their partnership and, more importantly, their friendship.

Known affectionately as the "Godfather of Tequila", Hagar has been on the spirits scene long before Ryan Reynolds, George Clooney, Conor McGregor, Bryan Cranston or Charles Barkley profited from the distillery that made billions in the whole world.< /p>

Hagar attributes much of its success in the spirits industry to the deep, comforting roots of raising it in the lettuce fields of Salinas, California. "We grew up poor, but we always had a garden. My grandmother and my mother canned everything. We ate good tomatoes all year round," he says. Hagar remembers the smell that wafted a few meters from her artisan chef and her grandfather's trailer transformed into an Italian bistro. "He made his own cheese, pasta, and olive oil. He even made his own wine! I would walk up to his trailer, and it was like a charcuterie, it smelled so good!"

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The romanticism of his relationship with food and family emanates from his description and experience of today's flavors. He hadn't planned on trading spirits, but good taste attracted him like many things in his life. Hagar looks to the quality of the food and spirits industry, perhaps because he only discovered a restaurant at the ripe old age of 24.

Wine was Hagar's first love, and after a few unexpected and global turns, he found himself in Jalisco, Mexico, sipping tequila. What started with Cabo Wabo eventually expanded into new ventures. "A good tequila tastes earthy with salt and citrus. Harmonic, fruity, herbal, time and limit are all involved. Santo Tequila Blanco, you can drink it on its own. There are so many notes in it. "

"Fieri grows peaches all around the distillery, and you can taste and smell the peaches there. It's a wonderful spirit of agave. From a Tequila Blanco, I can name 15 different things that I smell in ours because there's nothing in it Others might smell like sugar or honey because they're trying to whip it up with agave syrups A lot of tequila isn't as pure as it is anymore 'she should be."

Years before Fieri showed flavor profiles on our screens, he was selling Kool-Aid in his neighborhood. Known for rolling up his sleeves, Fieri literally plunged his youthful arm into pitchers of the iconic '80s drink until his dad noticed. "My dad fired me from the Kool-Aid company after he grabbed me with a purple arm. I had lost my stir stick, my dog ​​took it and my dad stopped me. He said: "That's it, you're out.'"

The budding beverage king has learned a valuable lesson as an up-and-coming entrepreneur. "I always had a few businesses running when I was a kid. I was a budding entrepreneur growing up in the angelic town of Ferndale, California. I always had businesses and the tourists were always passing by. I was buying penny candy from the candy store and selling it for a nickel across the street with my own little cardboard stand. People couldn't believe this little kid was making money. While With his days as a Kool-Aid entrepreneur behind him, it wasn't the only time Fieri would go on to make a profit selling drinks (albeit of the alcoholic variety).

When Hagar sold Cabo Wabo, Fieri was crushed - his restaurant s...