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How a Failed Cocktail Shaker Inspired Two Diplomats to Launch an American-Made Barware Business

How a Failed Cocktail Shaker Inspired Two Diplomats to Launch an American-Made Barware Business

Update: 2024-09-20

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In 2020, U.S. diplomats Kris Forrest and Rebecca Beardsley hosted a cocktail party, but their shaker just wasn’t up to snuff. So they decided to make their own. Forty cold calls to American steel fabricators and many YouTube CAD tutorial videos later, they launched C&D Tools, a veteran- and minority-owned company. Within six months, they had landed a feature in The New York Times and sold out their entire stock. Here's why Made in America was foundational to their business plan from the start.

Photo courtesy of C&D Tools

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How a Failed Cocktail Shaker Inspired Two Diplomats to Launch an American-Made Barware Business

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