EYL #347: Cousins Turn Natural Spring Into the First Black-Owned Bottled Water Brand in Walmart
Earn Your Leisure
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4.8 • 7.8K Ratings
🗓️ 30 October 2025
⏱️ 51 minutes
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In this week’s episode of Earn Your Leisure, we sit down with Live Alkaline Water, the first Black-owned bottled water company in Walmart, to uncover how two brothers turned a 400-year-old natural spring into a multi-million dollar business. 💧 From meeting EYL at a networking event to becoming the official water sponsor for Invest Fest, their story is a masterclass in execution, strategy, and turning opportunity into ownership. We break down the step-by-step process of bottling water, how they secured their first major deal, and what it really takes to build trust and partnerships that last. We also dive deep into the $300 billion bottled water industry, the science behind alkaline water, why glass bottles are superior, and how LiveAlkalineNC plans to scale globally while staying rooted in family and community legacy. If you believe in faith, business, and legacy — this episode will inspire you to start where you are and build something everlasting. 🌍 #EarnYourLeisure #LiveAlkalineNC #InvestFest #BlackOwnedBusiness #Entrepreneurship #FinancialFreedom #WaterIndustry #EYL #Networking #BusinessGrowth #Ownership #Legacy #WealthBuilding #Motivation #InvestInYourself
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| 0:00.0 | All right, guys, welcome back. |
| 0:01.5 | EYL. |
| 0:02.1 | We got a special episode. We're going to be talking about the most essential thing in this world, which is water. That's a fact, man. You can survive without water. You can survive without food for a certain merit of time. But it's going to be difficult. If you body needs water, the world needs water, 70% of the planet is water. For sure. It's an essential necessity. |
| 0:21.6 | For sure. |
| 0:22.0 | Brad Simmons and Terrence Walker, they have a company called Live Alkaline Water. |
| 0:27.4 | This is actually it right here. |
| 0:29.1 | Yeah, yeah. |
| 0:29.9 | If you can see. |
| 0:31.5 | Glass bottle. |
| 0:32.4 | Be the glass. |
| 0:33.3 | You're sure. |
| 0:34.3 | So we're going to be talking about it. |
| 0:37.1 | You know, it's an interesting journey as far as |
| 0:39.0 | invest fest you guys were the water sponsor for VIP night this year bodily that was important |
| 0:45.8 | yes sir important man look we're gonna we're gonna talk about you know but nah that was an honor |
| 0:51.6 | we're grateful to even be brought into the fold because originally, matter of fact, I ran in y'all in Charlotte. |
| 0:59.1 | Y'all did the event in Charlotte. |
| 1:01.5 | And that's where you're here. |
| 1:02.8 | You're from Charlotte, right? |
| 1:03.7 | We're from North Carolina. |
| 1:05.1 | We're from down East Carolina kind of close to Wilmington from Oslo County. |
| 1:09.7 | Okay. |
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