Moreira, AntonioRamos, MarianaFerraz, Lisa FreitasMartins, DiogoRua, O.2026-02-022026-02-022019978152256942897815225694352327-34292327-3437http://hdl.handle.net/10400.2/21108Although companies seek to export in order to meet the growing importance of international markets, vis-à-vis domestic markets, this chapter presents a case study of a company founded by two former high school teachers who started a beverage company in 2015 and quickly reached an early internationalization. The company produces alcoholic beverages and has won international awards regarding the quality of its product, which has given it an important status and opened the door to a process of rapid internationalization. This will be used to explore the theory of entrepreneurship and how two potential entrepreneurs, with employment difficulties in teaching, began with a project that gave birth to a born global firm.engbook part2026-01-27cv-prod-89791110.4018/978-1-5225-6942-8.ch003