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The Reboot Chronicles with Dean DeBiaseAuthor: Dean DeBiase
The Reboot Chronicles Show with Dean DeBiase, highlights the worlds top leaders & CEOs through engaging peer-to-peer conversations that audiences love, available wherever you get podcasts, with thousands of listeners, watchers, readers, and fans. - - About Host: Named Growth Guru by Inc., Dean DeBiase is a WSJ best-selling author, Forbes Contributor, speaker, Kellogg/Northwestern faculty memberand award-winning serial CEO who has led dozens of companies across diverse sectors, creating hundreds of products, thousands of jobs, and billions of dollars in revenue, capital, and value. Language: en Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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From The Set Of ABC’s Hit Show The Rookie To Republic Rum Founder, Eric Winter - Actor/Entrepreneur
Tuesday, 7 April, 2026
Eric Winter didn't take one path. He took all of them. At once. The actor, best known as the no-nonsense Sergeant Tim Bradford on ABC's smash hit The Rookie, was once a pre-med student at UCLA on track to become a doctor. Then nearly a paramedic with the LA Fire Department, then a model, a soap opera actor, parallel paths until something clicked. While producing TV movies, pitching shows, and spinning up a podcast, another story was unfolding. On a trip to Puerto Rico to meet his future father-in-law he discovered an unexpected obsession with premium rum. That obsession became Palm Republic, an award-winning premium rum brand, 20 years in the making, now redefining what rum can be in one of the most crowded and competitive spirit markets in the world. But the headline in Eric’s story isn’t that he succeeded — it’s that he juggled it all at the same time without a playbook. Just the ambition to be a creator and build something to influence a category grounded in family and culture. On this episode of The Reboot Chronicles Podcast, we sit down with Eric Winter, actor, producer, entrepreneur, and co-founder of Palm Republic Rum, to unpack one of the most multidimensional reboot stories we've heard. Eric breaks down how a pre-med student from LA ended up on one of network television's fastest-growing shows. He explains why he built a rum brand instead of chasing the celebrity tequila wave. We discuss how patience and rejection prepared him for entrepreneurship better than any business school could. We explore his ambition for the brand and where he wants to take Palm Republic next.
