Business Daily meets: Joyce and Raissa de Haas
Business Daily
BBC
4.4 • 816 Ratings
🗓️ 8 December 2023
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
Joyce and Raissa de Hass used to make tonic waters and mixers for their friends. That passion became a university project, which then turned into a successful start-up.
In the early days, the twin co-founders from the Netherlands were releasing batches of products they weren't really keen on, but now they think they've found a winning formula for premium mixers. They've won awards for their drinks, and now stock several premium bars and supermarkets.
In this edition of Business Daily, we hear how Joyce and Raissa turned a passion project into a business, why they believe they're shaking up the drinks industry, and what it's like to run a start-up with your identical twin.
(Picture: Joyce and Raissa de Hass)
Presented and produced by Dougal Shaw
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| 0:00.0 | Something mysterious plagues County Mayo on the West Coast of Ireland |
| 0:03.7 | and its legendary Gaelic football team. |
| 0:06.1 | Sometimes I think there's something sinister going on. |
| 0:09.4 | I believe in the curse. |
| 0:10.7 | I think it's real. |
| 0:11.6 | Listen to the curious tale of The Mayo Curse |
| 0:14.3 | on Amazing Sports Stories from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:17.9 | Search for amazing sports stories wherever you get your BBC podcasts. I've come to a drink's tasting event in central London at what looks like from the outside a small trendy wine bar. |
| 0:56.6 | The place is called Club Soda. The people who run it call themselves mindful drinking experts. |
| 1:02.8 | They specialise in low alcohol and alcohol-free drinks, which is why today they are hosting a tasting for double Dutch drinks. |
| 1:10.8 | It's a startup that makes premium mixers and tonics, |
| 1:14.2 | using flavour combinations like pomegranate and basil. |
| 1:20.5 | It's popular with people who want to mix non-alcoholic cocktails |
| 1:24.2 | or drink it as a refreshing non-alcoholic drink on its own, though people |
| 1:29.1 | do mix it with alcoholic drinks too. The brand is the brainchild of a pair of identical twins |
| 1:34.9 | from the Netherlands who came to London to start their business. We are lucky to have the two |
| 1:40.0 | of us because I think our happiness and our wins are bigger highs and our lows are less low of a low |
| 1:47.7 | because there's always one that is a little bit more optimistic or says like come on next tomorrow is a new |
| 1:53.2 | day so I think that really helps with having co-finders and especially having a co-finderer with a twin |
| 1:59.0 | I'm dougal shaw and welcome to another edition of Business Daily Meats on the BBC World Service. |
| 2:05.1 | This is where we bring you in-depth interviews with people in business from across the globe. |
| 2:10.8 | And today, as you've just heard, you're getting two entrepreneurs for the price of one. |
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