Recorded on March 27, 2024.
Less than ten years ago, Poppi Co-Founder Allison Ellsworth was experimenting with natural soda recipes in her kitchen to cope with several health issues she’d developed. Fast forward to today and the result of those kitchen experiments – the prebiotic soda Poppi – is the number one best-selling soda on Amazon and the number one most watched Super Bowl commercial according to the audience analytics firm Samba TV.
In honor of women’s history month, we are thrilled to welcome Poppi co-founder Allison Ellsworth to talk about how she went from a career in the oil and gas industry to launching her own highly successful prebiotic soda company out of her kitchen – all while raising three young boys.
During this compelling conversation, Allison will discuss how she and her co-founder husband first got noticed by Whole Foods after launching their 25-calorie soda company with personal savings. Plus, they will discuss how partnering with Rohan Oza from Shark Tank led to a re-launch of their brand in 2020. And finally, Allison – who was 9 months pregnant when she appeared on Shark Tank – will discuss how she has successfully been able to prioritize both motherhood and entrepreneurship at the same time.
As she works to acquire an ever-growing share of the $1 trillion dollar beverage market, Allison Ellsworth’s mission to “take on big soda” will offer lessons and inspiration for all of us.
