The new brewmeister

It's not much of a stretch to go from advertising to beer manufacturing.

At least it's not for Duncan Scarry, who built a hugely successful advertising agency in Fort Myers he sold to Atlanta-based Cox Enterprises in 2013. “Advertising is manufacturing,” he says.

Scarry's story is classic entrepreneur: He quit his job at 26 and started an advertising agency that targets auto dealers. Turned down by banks, he built the business with credit cards and his own savings. He eventually amassed close to 1,500 auto dealers as clients with annual billings of about $50 million.