"I didn't come from a food-and-beverage background - I was in consulting before this - but I always had an entrepreneurial itch. I grew up in a family of business owners, and from a young age, I was dipping into projects for them, learning the basics of running something of my own. It wasn't until I started creating something of my own that I realized how much more there was to learn."
"We literally started in my San Francisco kitchen, experimenting with recipes and ingredients. Our first commercial production was in a tiny rented kitchen in Berkeley, California,where we'd make about 100 bottles a day on weekends. Then, we graduated to a slightly larger space, and eventually to a full-scale factory. Each shift has brought its own set of lessons about how to manage these types of relationships and ensure the quality of our product remains true to who we are."
Jash Mehta cofounded Pop & Bottle, an organic, dairy-free coffee and tea brand, after a career in consulting. She has built the company for about 10 years, drawing on a family background in small business. Initial production began in a San Francisco kitchen, then a rented Berkeley kitchen producing about 100 bottles per day, then larger facilities and a full-scale factory. The company partners with multiple production facilities nationwide to scale while maintaining product quality. Pop & Bottle emphasizes clean ingredients and wellness and achieved distribution in major retailers such as Whole Foods, Costco, Target, and Walmart. Becoming a mother coincided with improved leadership skills.
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