![]() This was my parent’s master plan but they never articulated it. Going to India and seeing young children defecating on the street and seeing disease everywhere opened up my eyes. I was able to witness firsthand the contrast between the Western world. In addition, my parents took me to India at a young age. Being a vegetarian is number one and having a heavy belief in spirituality and things like karma and things of that nature. Through that, I was raised in a somewhat unconventional environment. I had this interesting combination of two different worlds. I would go to mass every Sunday.Īfter mass, I would go to Sunday school and I learned about Hinduism, Buddhism, how to meditate, and things of that nature. I was raised Catholic, for example, and I was an altar boy. They exposed me to the best of what I believe of the East and West. My mother raised me as a vegetarian in her womb. To start the beginning of the story, I have to give credit to my parents who raised me as a vegetarian. Maybe you could share how your parents were introduced to kombucha when you were a kid. You have to take that part of the story off. You used to have on the packaging the story about your mom. After that, they’re like, “GT Dave sounds better for such a small baby.” I’m the baby in the family so that’s why got George Thomas Dave within the first 5 seconds or 5 minutes of my birth. GT came from the name George Thomas after my two grandfathers, my father’s father George and my mother’s father Tom. I looked at your parents and their last name is Dave. When I started reading, I was like, “We’re going to call him GT.” People think Dave is your first name and not your last name because you go, “GT Dave.” It sounds like a guy who hung out at the beach with fluorescent shorts, “That’s GT Dave.” GT is short for your formal name and Dave is your last name. All these things and yet you have been not only successful but you introduced an old idea into the modern era in the United States. ![]() The SCOBY, which we’ll get into, is considered strange if you didn’t know about it. For example, the fact that you do a cold chain product, that alone is on the higher side of the cost compared to other drinks when it first came out. When people see a company like yours, they don’t understand unless they live in that space. I want to bucket this a little bit and talk first about your business. When I was introduced to your product, I was one of those people that if I was at a little health food store and it was there, I would buy it in the ’90s. We took our business public in September 2021, which has its whole other interesting dance. What’s interesting doing my homework on you and being someone who has a small business, we did it differently than you. What I loved about this conversation with GT was the combination of sticking to your guns and your values, being of love, but also having a serious mission that keeps you on the path. He has two babies that are three months apart. We talked about starting a new business as a teenager, losing a brother, and getting married. I know a lot of you have tried the drink. I have been drinking GT Dave’s kombucha for over twenty years. ![]() GT Dave – Multi-Million Dollar Entrepreneur with a Mission
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