We like highlighting the stories behind the brands we love. That’s why we reached out to Daina Trout, the coolest Co-Founder in the land + the CEO of Health-Ade. She has an incredibly interesting, grass roots story – and she’s raw + honest about the struggle that all entrepreneurs experience along that journey.

Daina started Health-Ade Kombucha in 2012, alongside her husband and best friend. She was working in corporate America when she decided to pursue her passion for “real” food and develop the best-tasting, highest quality kombucha on the market. Under her fearless leadership, Health-Ade has grown from a small production, artisanal item made in a tiny apartment and sold at local farmers markets into the fastest growing brand in the category, now available in more than 12,000 stores and restaurants nationwide.

We talk about...

Create & Cultivate
Daina’s story
Why kombucha?
The struggle of starting a business
Keeping up with demand
Forcing yourself into the unknown
Tapping in to intuition
The ups + downs of starting a business with your husband + best friend
Why people invest in you
Women need to acquire more capital
Taking a 60% pay cut (and why it was a bad idea)
The kombucha scandal
What it means to make fermented food
Hitting goals
New flavors on the horizon

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Ep. 115 - Follow Your Gut: Turning $600 into a Multi-Million Dollar Brand - with Daina Trout, CEO & Co-Founder of Health-Ade Kombucha 01:08:10 Share

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Ep. 115 - Follow Your Gut: Turning $600 into a Multi-Million Dollar Brand - with Daina Trout, CEO & Co-Founder of Health-Ade Kombucha