đŸ„€â€œUnlimited Free Samples” — Poppi’s co-founder Allison Ellsworth interviews with TBOY
The Best One Yet18 Aug 2025

đŸ„€â€œUnlimited Free Samples” — Poppi’s co-founder Allison Ellsworth interviews with TBOY

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

Watch the interview on Youtube here: [insert YouTube link]


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