đŸ’Ș “How David Bar Flexed Virality” — Our Interview with Peter Rahal of David Protein
The Best One Yet28 Aug 2025

đŸ’Ș “How David Bar Flexed Virality” — Our Interview with Peter Rahal of David Protein

In his twenties, he founded RXBAR and sold it to Kellogg for $600M. In his thirties, he launched David Protein, which competes with RXBAR, and it’s already worth $725M. Peter Rahal tells the secrets on how he launched two companies in the same category all before he turned 35. And he shares his latest numbers.


In this interview episode, you’ll hear



  • What the RX Bar founder learned from dealing drugs
  • What non-dyslexic people can learn from dyslexics
  • The niche RXBar found: paleo bars for CrossFit dudes
  • How to make packaging stand out
  • Selling RX Bar to Kellogg for $600m
  • Competing against RX Bar with his new venture: David
  • The 3 principles of nutrition
  • Peter announces David’s revenue numbers
  • Why they made the brand’s packaging gold
  • Why David acquired a top secret super protein company: Epogee
  • His biggest failure


PS: Peter’s Linkedin is epic: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-rahal-037bba43/


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