#4 – Bethany Torino: Chocolatier, Entrepreneur, Risk Taker

Collected Clan: The Company You Keep

Bethany is not in Kansas anymore, and she makes decadent chocolates that'll stir your taste buds and soul like a tornado. In this conversation, we talk about growing in Dorothy's hometown, how we were in the same building at the same time 25+ years ago without even knowing it, songwriting in Nashville, what grace is, the ups and downs of entreprenuership, and...chocolate!

A few specifics of discussion...

• 0:56 Liberal, KS
• Small towns
• Chocolat the movie
• Alfred Molina
• Moulin Rouge the movie
• 5:35 Songwriting
• Amy Grant, Michael W. Smith, Petra, Taylor Swift
• 9:52 Why chocolate?
• 17:14 Business 101 and entrepreneurship
• 19:55 The Cocoa Tree
• 33:25 Scaling up & Artisan grade
• 37:06 Imperfections and beauty4
• 42:42 Fake it until you make it
• 49:48 Pop-up restaurant
• 53:44 Guinness truffle
• 54:36 Non-Profit Spotlight ... Blood:Water Mission
• 55:40 Making a chocolate dress
• The Food Network
• Risk
• 1:00:38 What really matters

And much laughter.

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