2 Gingers founder plans small business incubator
Published March 27, 2013
Northeast Minneapolis may soon have a new small business incubator, courtesy of the man behind 2 Gingers Whiskey.
Kieran Folliard recently purchased 1401 Marshall St. NE, according to The Journal. The entrepreneur will move his headquarters into the 31,000-square-foot building after completing renovations over the next two months.
That building will house Driven Donkey, a consulting firm providing marketing, legal, accounting and sales services to small businesses.
“We’re looking for people that already have a product,” Carrie Nicklow, president of 2 Gingers Whiskey, told The Journal. “They’re looking to take their product to the next level.”
Beam Inc., the Illinois-based spirits company that owns national brands like Makers Mark and Jim Beam, acquired 2 Gingers Whiskey in December for an undisclosed sum, only 11 months after Folliard launched the brand.