It was the night before a college snowboarding trip when Morgan Potts dreamed she should bake whiskey into granola, and call it Granarly. The next day, she whipped up a batch, shared it with her friends on the slopes, and the rest, you could say, is history. Except, as with all dreams that come true, it wasn’t exactly that easy.
Morgan has always been up for an adventure, but nothing could’ve prepared her for the wild ride in store for her with Granarly. Slated to begin vet school on the island of Grenada, she realized she was more interested in the spice farms than looking for a new apartment. Becoming a doctor was the safe, comfortable route, but where was the adventure in that? Was she as crazy as everyone thought to give up vet school to make granola? Apparently, the answer was, yes!
Shortly after turning down vet school, Shark Tank called. At the time, Morgan and Granarly were little guppies venturing to swim with the sharks, but even though she didn’t get on the show, it showed her that she was on to something and to just keep swimming.
“Every adventure has peaks and valleys.”
If Shark Tank was a peak, there were valleys that still lay ahead. One day, while interning at her church, Morgan’s pastor, Daniel, asked to hear her story. She was hesitant to tell him about her dream to make whiskey-infused granola (because he was a pastor and all), but she said, “I think this is what I’m supposed to do.”
He answered, “You’ve tasted and seen the Lord is good, you need to go for it. Have you ever thought that maybe this was a dream the Lord put on your heart?”
