099: Taking a leap with Daina Trout, Chief Mission Officer and Co-founder of Well being-Ade Kombucha

Hello buddies! Pleased Thursday! I’ve an all-new podcast episode up at the moment and am so excited to share this one. I’ve been an enormous fan of Well being-Ade kombucha for yearrrrssss and was so thrilled to interview one of many co-founders, Daina Trout.

Right here’s what we speak about:

– The historical past behind Well being-Ade kombucha

– Kombucha 101

– Her ideas for entrepreneurs and buddies with facet hustles who wish to take issues to the following degree

– Her ideas for being Wholesome in Actual Life

– and so.a lot.extra

099: Taking a leap with Daina Trout, Chief Mission Officer and Co-founder of Well being-Ade Kombucha

Right here’s just a little bit about Daina should you’re not conversant in her:

Daina Trout co-founded Well being-Ade Kombucha in 2012 alongside her husband, Justin Trout, and greatest pal, Vanessa Dew. Because the starting, the trio has been dedicated to brewing one of the best tasting and highest high quality kombucha in the marketplace.

Trout first discovered find out how to brew kombucha throughout her tenure at Tufts College, the place she earned her Masters’ levels each in Vitamin and Public Well being  after receiving her BS from Georgetown College. Throughout that point, she additionally developed her private philosophy that well being is much less about science, and extra about what makes you are feeling good and comfortable. After commencement, Trout moved to Los Angeles to  settle for a place working in prescribed drugs however continued to domesticate an curiosity in holistic and “actual” meals that fuels a hard-working life-style. Trout funneled this vitality into an entrepreneurship membership she shaped with Justin and Vanessa to discover methods they might mix their numerous backgrounds right into a profitable enterprise enterprise; the end result, Well being-Ade.

Trusting what quickly grew to become the corporate’s motto to “observe your intestine,” Trout and her cofounders give up their jobs to deal with Well being-Ade full time, brewing kombucha in her condominium closet and promoting bottles at a neighborhood LA farmers market. Over the course of  the final 9 years, Trout has nurtured what began as a small manufacturing and area of interest  product into what has turn into a nationwide model that’s bought at 45,000 grocery shops and  well being meals markets nationwide, together with main retailers like Goal, Entire Meals and  Costco. In the present day, Well being-Ade is at the moment the quickest rising model in its class for  three years in a row and is projected to considerably develop its enterprise nationwide  annually beneath her management as Chief Mission Officer.

In 2019, Daina was included on Inc’s Feminine Founder 100 record and was additionally named BevNet’s Individual Of The 12 months. The identical 12 months, she was a semifinalist in EY’s Entrepreneur of the 12 months program and is a member of the Younger Presidents  Group, a premier neighborhood of chief executives from around the globe. In 2020,  Daina was highlighted on Entrepreneur’s 100 Highly effective Girls record, and was a function  visitor on NPR’s How I Constructed This. When Trout shouldn’t be tirelessly working to convey kombucha to each fridge in America, she is spending time along with her husband and two  sons, touring, adventuring, cooking and having fun with outside life.

You’ll be able to join with Daina on Instagram right here and take a look at Well being-Ade right here!

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Gina