Episode

How Poppi’s founders built a new soda brand worth $2 billion

Podcast
Masters of Scale
Published
Apr 30, 2026
Duration seconds
2027
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Summary

Allison and Stephen Ellsworth hyperscaled their healthier soda brand Poppi to a truly gigantic exit to Pepsi – nearly $2 billion – and changed an entire category. The married co-founders talk with host Jeff Berman about what it takes to juggle a growing company and family at the same time, how savvy social media strategy helped them stand out, and what happens when you decide to run a Superbowl ad ... four days before the Big Game. Subscribe to the Masters of Scale weekly newsletter:  https://mastersofscale.com/subscribe See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .