Episode 278

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2nd Sep 2022

278: How I built a $200M company out of nothing: Daina Trout, Founder Health-Ade

I had no idea what I was getting into, but I did it anyway. - Daina Trout

10 years ago, Daina, her husband, and her best friend tried to launch a hair loss prevention product when they landed on something completely different: a brand of homemade kombucha they called Health-Ade.  

After months of selling at a local farmer's market, the three co-founders quit their jobs to pursue Health-Ade Kombucha full time. Today, Health-Ade brews more than 120,000 bottles of Kombucha every day, and does close to $200 million in sales.  

Daina shares:

  • The unexpected history behind Health-Ade kombucha
  • How to start ANYTHING in the face of uncertainty
  • The hardest part about working with friends and loved ones - and how to do it successfully
  • Daina's take on the tendency to "glorify the hustle"
  • What she did when she found herself miserable and completely overwhelmed
  • Her current obsession: EDUCATED, A Memoir by Tara Westover

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Ella Lucas-Averett

I'm Ella. In addition to podcast creator and host of On Air with Ella since 2015, I am Managing Partner of The Trivista Group, a strategic communications consulting firm that I co-founded in 2003. I'm a professional activational speaker, competitive age-group triathlete, and co-Founder of the women's non-profit ZivaVoices.com.

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