Taking on the soft drinks giants, and winning with wonky fruit, with Alex Wright and Jack Scott, founders of DASH Water

Conversations of Inspiration

Holly Tucker MBE

Education, Business, Society & Culture, Self-improvement, Entrepreneurship, Personal Journals

5 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 12 June 2023

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Meet Alex Wright and Jack Scott, founders of DASH Water, a soft drinks brand that is making a difference, one wonky lemon and one curly cucumber at a time. This episode is packed full of insights from two entrepreneurs who are on a mission to disrupt an industry and make an impact.

Growing up with farming backgrounds, both Alex and Jack saw first-hand the monumental waste of bruised and misshapen fruit and vegetables. Believing they could do things differently, they set about infusing their sparkling water with wonky fruit that would otherwise have gone to waste.

A certified B Corp, DASH Water is a brand that has disrupted the beverage industry, taking on the soft drinks giants and offering a new generation of customers a healthy and sustainable alternative.

Alex and Jack’s story is one of entrepreneurial passion and purpose and of how having strong core values and social responsibility within your business can not only keep you on track but can help you drive positive change in the world.

If you enjoyed this episode, we think you’ll love Holly’s Conversation of Inspiration with Sebastian Pole, co-founder of Pukka Tea and Pip Murray founder of Pip & Nut.

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0:00.0	full disclosure, I am a huge fan of the product that this week's guests create and it was my
0:07.6	absolute pleasure to speak to Alex Wright and Jack Scott founders of Dashwater. Now I admire
0:14.8	this brand so much not only because it's got me off Diet Coke but also it's a simple but beautiful
0:23.7	brand. It's a brand that is entrepreneurial and creative and at the heart of all of it
0:30.6	it does good and takes care of wonky fruit and veg and talking to Alex and Jack I could just
0:37.6	literally feel this energy about driving change in their industry with shocking statistics coming
0:45.4	out throughout the podcast. This is definitely a conversation to be enjoyed hopefully sitting in
0:51.5	the sunshine somewhere with an icy glass of Dashwater so I hope you drink it all up excuse
0:58.5	the pun and enjoy. I'm Holly Tucker and welcome to Conversations of Inspiration. Back in 2006 I
1:13.8	founded Not on the High Street for my kitchen table and since then I've gone on to launch Holly
1:20.2	I'm the UK ambassador of creative small businesses and I believe that having a business doing
1:25.7	what you love is the key to a happy fulfilled life. My dream is to help everybody start theirs.
1:32.7	I'm here to offer advice, inspiration, wisdom and encouragement and in my view the best way to do
1:40.0	this is by sharing stories so I've reached out to my favourite small businesses, entrepreneurs and
1:47.0	those who simply inspire me and ask them to share theirs. Here are my Conversations of Inspiration.
1:55.9	Hi Alex, hello Jack lovely to meet you both. I feel like I'm meeting friends although we've never
2:03.3	actually met you are both the incredible founders of Dash. Now if anyone listening here you might
2:09.9	know I'm already a fan of these gentlemen and what they've created so welcome to Conversations
2:15.3	of Inspiration. It's an absolute pleasure thank you so much for having us on Holly. You're very
2:19.2	welcome. I mean we've already started talking about their new flavour, the line flavour coming out
2:24.0	and Harry and I are we already have professed. I don't know if this is true or not that we're your
2:29.2	number one biggest fans but Harry and I like to think that but before we get into all of that and
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