ISCO Spirits

About the Founder

Manya Rubinstein is the CEO of the Industrious Spirit Company (ISCO), Providence Rhode Island’s first distillery since Prohibition. ISCO produces sustainably sourced vodka, gins, bourbons and experimental spirits. Housed in a former industrial mill complex that is now part of an arts district, ISCO proudly carries on a centuries-old tradition of making things by hand, combining attention to craft and detail with a creative approach. Before jumping the spirits business, Rubinstein ran an independent marketing consultancy and published Outpost Journal, an award-winning arts/activism publication. Before Outpost, Rubinstein worked at Google, where she provided marketing advice to financial services clients, and prior to that she worked in both traditional and online publishing with stints at PAPER magazine, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, and CondNet, blogging on occasion for GOOD and Metropolis. She holds an MBA from Columbia University, an MA in Media Studies from the European Graduate School, and a BA in Comparative Literature from Brown University.

About the Company

Website: https://www.iscospirits.com
When was the company founded? 2018
Where is the company located? Providence, RI

What is/are your top-selling product or products?

Ostreida Oyster Vodka

What is your top accomplishment in the past year and what are you hoping to improve on with the business within the next year?

Bringing on our amazing new Head of Sales, we are hoping to have a big growth year in 2025!

What are you most looking forward to joining the SheScales program?

Very excited to have access to such high level expertise!

What areas of marketing do you believe you are proficient in and what areas do you think you need more support with?

I think we're good with branding, I'd like to work more on our lead gen strategies.