Allison Ellsworth ditched the oil industry to fix her gut problems. After getting a check from Shark Tank, she launched Poppi with her husband and co-founder on Mar 3, 2020. 5 years later, she sold Poppi for $2B to Pepsi. In this episode, Allison will tell us…

How a Texas oil gal pivoted to healthy soda
Going on shark tank 9 months pregnant
Why they sold on amazon instead of DTC
Why Alix Earle loves Poppi
Their lottery ticket Super Bowl ad that opened for Usher
Why 5 thousand people send hand-written messages to Poppi every month
That they give away 30k cases of free Poppi every year
#Vendinggate and her only apology to her fans
How Pepsi offered to acquire Poppi for $2B

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