Natasha Case started in architecture and landed in ice cream after one of her professors compared a project of hers to a layer cake. So she took her creative energy and co-founded the premium ice cream brand Coolhaus with her wife Freya Estreller in 2009. Since then Natasha has used the brand as a platform to inspire other LGBTQ+ millennial entrepreneurs.
I thoroughly enjoyed my conversation with Natasha, chatting about the importance of partnering with other brands that share your values, how business can be a vehicle for positive cultural change and some of her tips for succeeding in the early stages of building a brand. Pro-tip: Sometimes you just have to buy a broken-down ice cream truck, tow it to a music festival and see where things go!
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Natasha Case
Natasha Case is the Co-founder and CEO of Coolhaus, public speaker and former architect. After working at Walt Disney Imagineering, she and her partner Freya and I took a barely drivable postal van to Coachella Music Fest and sold our first architecturally-inspired ice cream sandwiches to an audience of 100,000 people. Since then, Coolhaus has become a business with a growth multiple of 2-3x per year.
Natasha was recognized by Zagat 30 Under 30 in 2012 and a Forbes 30 Under 30 in 2013, and she has been a guest judge on Food Network’s “Chopped” & “King of Cones,” a spokesperson for the California Milk Advisory Board in 2014, and an official panelist at SXSW & American Express.
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