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Advice Line with Ben Goodwin of Olipop Sep 3, 2026 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 4:42 Guy Raz well then Coca-Cola may or another, you know,
  • ▶ 13:41 Guy Raz Good tasting soda, but it doesn't have, you know, 35 grams of sugar like a can of Coke, right?

Late July Snacks: Nicole Bernard Dawes. Crackers and Cookies were Failing… Tortilla Chips Saved Them Aug 31, 2026 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 1:13:08 Guy Raz And Coca-Cola got into this with AHA, like, this is a very competitive space.

Bobbie: Laura Modi. How a Baby Formula Startup Took Market Share From Two Industry Giants Aug 17, 2026 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 21:02 Guy Raz It's like the Coke and Pepsi of, of, um, baby formula, right?

Sweetwater: Chuck Surack. How a Customer Service Strategy Built a Billion Dollar Online Pro Audio and Music Company. Jul 27, 2026 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 1:03:05 unnamed speaker I mean, you know, you look at the sixties and the Vietnam war, I don't think Pepsi or Coca-Cola had a position on that.

Shopify: Tobias Lütke. How a snowboarder built a $150 billion business (2019) Jun 8, 2026 · 1 mention

Taylor Guitars: Kurt Listug and Bob Taylor. From $3,700 Shop to Global Icon Jan 26, 2026 · 1 mention

SkinnyDipped: Breezy and Val Griffith. The Flourishing Snack Company That Almost Failed Dec 29, 2025 · 1 mention

Hydro Flask: Travis Rosbach. How a thirsty surfer changed the water bottle industry Nov 24, 2025 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 29:34 Travis Rosbach I, you know, Minute Maid, I liked better than Pepsi, but Coke I liked better than Sprite.

Advice Line with Tariq Farid of Edible Arrangements Nov 6, 2025 · 2 mentions

Advice Line with Randy Hetrick of TRX Sep 25, 2025 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 21:17 Guy Raz Um, and obviously dominated by the, the big players that, you know, the Cokes and the Pepsi Cos, but, um, it, there's always an opportunity, and there's all, you know, we've talked about this in the show a million times, that there's no…

Poppi: Allison and Stephen Ellsworth. From Farmers Market Vinegar Drink to $2B Soda Sensation Sep 22, 2025 · 3 mentions

  • ▶ 38:59 Guy Raz I know that, you know, you don't normally meet the sharks until the screen opens, and you walk on stage, and, and you start pitching, and one of the sharks was a guest shark, Rohan Oza, who had been involved in, in branding around Coke,…
  • ▶ 56:30 Guy Raz A can of Coke has, what, 25, 30 grams of sugar, maybe more. 2 times in the scene

Advice Line with Dave Weiner of Priority Bicycles Sep 11, 2025 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 41:54 Guy Raz So it could, it could say like, like Tesla or Coca-Cola, like what, like you could just have

Don Vultaggio: AriZona Beverage Company - The Snap Decision That Outsmarted Snapple Sep 1, 2025 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 35:46 Guy Raz And in a sense, I mean, the fact that Snapple was doing so well was good for you, because they were paying for marketing, and Coke and Pepsi's products were paying for marketing, and all you really had to do was just kind of be next to…
  • ▶ 48:02 Don Vultaggio And I felt it was wrong for me to have somebody leave his job, come work here, and then tell him a year later, hey, by the way, we got bought by Coke, and you're out of a job.

(July 2021) Ben Chestnut: From Side Business to $12 Billion – The Accidental Triumph of Mailchimp Aug 25, 2025 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 21:24 Guy Raz Companies like Coca-Cola, UPS, CNN, Delta, did you go after those companies?

Chobani: Hamdi Ulukaya (2022) Jul 14, 2025 · 1 mention

Advice Line with Luis von Ahn of Duolingo May 1, 2025 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 27:41 Guy Raz Who would be stupid enough to go into water that's dominated by Coke and Danone and Pepsi? 2 times in the scene

Marucci Sports - Kurt Ainsworth Dec 16, 2024 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 1:41 Guy Raz It's pretty fair to say that Louisville Slugger is an iconic American brand like Levi's or Coca-Cola or Ford.

Advice Line with Norma Kamali of Norma Kamali Nov 28, 2024 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 36:56 Adriana Alvarez Yeah, I, um, started this business, um, after, it actually started as a side hustle, um, but during COVID, I, I worked for the Coca-Cola company, and during COVID, Coca-Cola decided to, um, kill off a brand that I was helping manage, um, 2 times in the scene

Athletic Brewing Company: Bill Shufelt Nov 18, 2024 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 15:29 Bill Shufelt And I was just complaining about the three sugary pina coladas or the Cokes I'd had that day, and I was like, I know this food's gonna be great, but the drink is gonna absolutely ruin it.

Boll & Branch: Scott and Missy Tannen Nov 11, 2024 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 8:47 Scott Tannen And then we went out and solicited partnerships from folks like, folks like Disney and Coke and American Express, where we were creating branded games for them.

Lily’s Sweets: Cynthia Tice Sep 30, 2024 · 4 mentions

  • ▶ 20:16 Cynthia Tice And right at the end of 2007, Coke and Pepsi announced that they were coming into the diet beverage segment with a naturally sweetened diet beverage. 4 times in the scene

Olipop: Ben Goodwin Sep 2, 2024 · 7 mentions

  • ▶ 22:17 Guy Raz I mean, it's not, it's not like a, it's not like Coca-Cola, right?
  • ▶ 32:45 Guy Raz Oh, so like a, like one of those Mexican colas, Coca-Cola bottles?
  • ▶ 1:01:53 Guy Raz I mean, Coca-Cola, two hundred eighty billion dollar market cap, Pepsi, two hundred thirty four billion. 4 times in the scene
  • ▶ 1:07:58 Guy Raz It's a major coup for the brand because normally Coke and Pepsi have exclusive deals that prevent any competition at sports stadiums.

Advice Line with Andrew Abraham of Orgain May 16, 2024 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 15:14 Guy Raz That, that liquid death is, is, is actually broken through.
  • ▶ 21:05 Guy Raz And, uh, and like traditional drinks like gin and tonics and rum and Coke or, or what?

Parachute Home: Ariel Kaye Feb 5, 2024 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 29:47 Guy Raz Like, nobody was like, oh, yeah, I buy, you know, Cheetos sheets or, you know, Coca-Cola sheets.

Liquid Death: Mike Cessario Jan 22, 2024 · 12 mentions

  • ▶ 27:41 Mike Cessario And you know how Coca-Cola, like, they're icons. 2 times in the scene
  • ▶ 1:09:10 Mike Cessario Coca-Cola, the biggest company in the world with all the resources and shelf space in the world, tried to take share in the energy category by creating Coke energy. 6 times in the scene
  • ▶ 1:09:10 Mike Cessario Coca-Cola, the biggest company in the world with all the resources and shelf space in the world, tried to take share in the energy category by creating Coke energy. 2 times in the scene
  • ▶ 1:12:01 Mike Cessario Like, look at Coca-Cola, like, of their, whatever it was, 120 year stint, 2 times in the scene

Sharing the 2023 HIBT Lab Highlight Reel Jan 4, 2024 · 2 mentions

Framing the future of eyecare with Neil Blumenthal and Dave Gilboa of Warby Parker Dec 14, 2023 · 1 mention

Freshpet: Scott Morris Oct 9, 2023 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 1:05:25 Scott Morris And I think over time, Walmart didn't like it, but they think they got comfortable with the concept that, um, you know, the, the, the, the analogy that's out there is the red cans go in the red fridge, and the blue cans go in the blue…

Vuori: Joe Kudla Oct 2, 2023 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 4:51 Joe Kudla So naturally I was hanging out with a lot of other kids who I just looked at their families and it was a little envious, you know, just there was Coca-Cola in the fridge and they,

Kinko’s: Paul Orfalea Aug 21, 2023 · 2 mentions

Making garbage useful with Tom Szaky of TerraCycle Aug 17, 2023 · 3 mentions

  • ▶ 7:37 Tom Szaky And in each of those sizes, the more, the most important context of shape, like its height or its width are identical, whether it's a Coke or Pepsi bottle.
  • ▶ 14:04 Tom Szaky Labels, because they had to contour to, is it a Coke bottle or a Pepsi bottle? 2 times in the scene

MOD Pizza & Seattle Coffee Company: Scott and Ally Svenson Jul 24, 2023 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 38:58 Scott Svenson Well, we were far ahead of them internationally, and so the hypothesis was we could become the Pepsi to their Coke, and

Harry’s Razors: Andy Katz-Mayfield and Jeff Raider Jun 12, 2023 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 9:41 Jeff Raider I know we just did a case on Coke and Pepsi, but we really need your help in terms of, like, how do you price

Halo Top Ice Cream: Justin Woolverton Apr 17, 2023 · 1 mention

HIBT Lab! Nas Company: Nuseir Yassin Apr 6, 2023 · 2 mentions

HIBT Lab! Slutty Vegan: Pinky Cole Mar 23, 2023 · 1 mention

Chomps: Pete Maldonado and Rashid Ali Jan 30, 2023 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 1:10:29 Guy Raz Jerky products like yours, competing products, it would be like, I don't know, if, I don't know, Coca-Cola came out with a kombucha, people would be like, ah, I'm gonna stick with my kombucha brand.

Health-Ade Kombucha: Daina Trout (2020) Jan 9, 2023 · 3 mentions

  • ▶ 51:24 Guy Raz And last July of 2019, you got twenty million dollars from Coke, um, which isn't just twenty million investment, that's like the backing of Coca-Cola, the biggest beverage company in the world. 3 times in the scene

Beautyblender: Rea Ann Silva Dec 19, 2022 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 56:29 Rea Ann Silva The way that I soothe myself about knockoffs is that I remember this fact that, you know, Coke needed Pepsi.

Guayakí Yerba Mate: David Karr and Chris Mann Nov 28, 2022 · 5 mentions

  • ▶ 42:39 Guy Raz A new head of sales who had worked for Coca-Cola, a guy named Pierre Ferrari. 2 times in the scene
  • ▶ 54:40 Guy Raz I mean, Coca-Cola bought Honest Tea, right? 2 times in the scene
  • ▶ 59:45 Chris Mann If you're Coca-Cola and you own Coke and you own diet Coke, your margin on that is through the roof.

Chobani: Hamdi Ulukaya Nov 14, 2022 · 1 mention

Happy Family Organics: Shazi Visram (2020) Jul 4, 2022 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 18:17 Guy Raz But in 2003, like, presumably Gerber and Beach Nut were like the Coke and Pepsi of baby food, but there, but there weren't a whole lot of 2 times in the scene

HIBT Lab! Climeworks: Jan Wurzbacher Jun 30, 2022 · 8 mentions

  • ▶ 13:27 Jan Wurzbacher They are fertilizing their plants with CO₂, and also to Coca-Cola, who are making sparkling drinks with it. 3 times in the scene
  • ▶ 13:57 Guy Raz I mean, we're not drinking enough Coca-Cola or any carbonated beverage to account for all of the carbon in the atmosphere, right? 3 times in the scene
  • ▶ 15:41 Guy Raz Sort of the, the kind of the next phase of this, which is, um, it's somewhat different than, than, you know, removing carbon and then selling it to Coca-Cola and the agricultural industry to use.
  • ▶ 17:53 Guy Raz So you and your co-founder Christoph decide that, uh, it's not enough to just, you know, sell this, the CO two to, you know, Coca-Cola.

Nature’s Path: Arran and Ratana Stephens May 23, 2022 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 36:38 Guy Raz The idea from the beginning was inspired by PepsiCo and Coca-Cola?

Strava: Mark Gainey and Michael Horvath May 2, 2022 · 1 mention

Coinbase: Brian Armstrong Nov 15, 2021 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 30:26 Brian Armstrong Yeah, I liked that name because it had a double B sound in it, like, like PayPal and Coca-Cola, like, it was a great name, but the problem with it was, which, one of the things that Y Combinator does is they have a couple lawyers on staff… 2 times in the scene

Live From The HIBT Summit: Gary Vaynerchuk Aug 5, 2021 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 14:22 Gary Vaynerchuk Coca-Cola, Disney, Delta, because the way the society worked was television, print, and radio were the places we were consuming information. 2 times in the scene

Mailchimp: Ben Chestnut Jul 12, 2021 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 20:51 Guy Raz I mean, Atlanta is, is the capital of headquarters for tons of huge companies, Coca-Cola, UPS, CNN, Delta.

Robinhood: Vlad Tenev Apr 12, 2021 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 1:15:53 Guy Raz I don't know if that's good or bad either, but, but as a, as somebody, and I don't really invest in, in, in many stocks, as I said, just sort of play around, but I mean, God, I'd be, I'd be freaking out if, if it was my stock that they…

Boxed: Chieh Huang Feb 22, 2021 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 49:55 Guy Raz Did you, like, go to Coca-Cola and say, hey, we want to buy a lot of Coca-Cola, or did you go to, like, Procter & Gamble and say, we want to buy a bunch of Tide, or did you go to distributors, like, because that just seems overwhelming to… 2 times in the scene

Health-Ade Kombucha: Daina Trout Sep 28, 2020 · 3 mentions

  • ▶ 51:43 Guy Raz And last July of 2019, you got twenty million dollars from Coke, um, which isn't just twenty million investment, that's like the backing of Coca-Cola, the biggest beverage company in the world, um, 3 times in the scene

Calendly: Tope Awotona Sep 14, 2020 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 34:19 Tope Awotona So what that meant was the types of, like the kind of companies you're selling to are like the Coca-Cola's of the world.

Vita Coco: Michael Kirban Aug 3, 2020 · 15 mentions

  • ▶ 46:40 Michael Kirban Goldie was at Vitamin Water, and then when Vitamin Water sold to Coke, I brought him over, and he came over because his wife is Brazilian, and he loved coconut water.
  • ▶ 49:40 Guy Raz And then, I guess, around, around the time, you kind of got hammered a bit, because I think it was like, 2009, Coca-Cola announces this huge investment in Zico. 6 times in the scene
  • ▶ 51:50 Michael Kirban So, um, around the same time that Coke invested in Zico, a friend of a friend introduced me to Guy Osiri, who is Madonna's manager, uh, today's U-II's manager, um, he's quite connected in, in Hollywood, and I had coffee with Guy. 3 times in the scene
  • ▶ 56:25 Guy Raz So what, I mean, you're still up against a brand that is backed by Coke. 5 times in the scene

How I Built Resilience: Live with Deval Patrick Jun 25, 2020 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 6:21 Guy Raz You, you have worked, um, in major corporate environments, Coca-Cola, Texaco, investment firms, and now I'm, I'm sure you, you're noticing a lot of big companies, Fortune, 500 companies are speaking up about their support for racial…

Happy Family Organics: Shazi Visram Jan 20, 2020 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 18:10 Guy Raz You know, if you think about Coke and Pepsi, you also have, like, you know, a thousand other great beverages out there that you can sort of check out, and organic, and kombuchas, and whatever, whatever's out there.

Spindrift: Bill Creelman Jan 13, 2020 · 3 mentions

  • ▶ 1:30 Guy Raz A single 12 ounce can of Coca-Cola has 39 grams of added sugar. 2 times in the scene
  • ▶ 2:17 Guy Raz And it's also why big players like Coca-Cola, Pepsi, and Nestle are all pushing into the sector.

Live From The HIBT Summit: Sara Blakely Of Spanx Dec 5, 2019 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 7:28 Sara Blakely When I was selling fax machines door to door, and I had this conversation one time with my dad, and he said, honey, you know, you live in Atlanta now, go get a job at CNN, or go work at Coke.

Dippin' Dots: Curt Jones Sep 9, 2019 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 23:40 Curt Jones (Kurt Jones) But, uh, basically, the first customer that came in, we gave her a sample, and she asked if she could buy a Coke, and so we sold the Coke was our first sale. 2 times in the scene

Serial Entrepreneur: Marcia Kilgore (2018) Aug 12, 2019 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 30:37 Marcia Kilgore Actually, I have to say, I came back to New York, I flew back on the Concorde, and I'm on the subway, and there's, you know, Coca-Cola spilt all over the seats and garbage strewn everywhere, and I remember hanging on that subway car,…

Shopify: Tobias Lütke Aug 5, 2019 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 21:08 Tobias Lütke so um, a lot of Coca-Cola and pizza and very unhealthy lifestyle, uh, but I, it didn't feel like I was doing crazy hours or anything like this, and I would never recommend anyone to do this, but like, there was literally nothing more…

Men's Wearhouse: George Zimmer Apr 15, 2019 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 59:00 Rahim Diallo Yeah, in Michigan, when I'm playing sports, when I'm running around in a really hot summer, I usually don't plan for a Coke. 2 times in the scene

Eileen Fisher: Eileen Fisher (2017) Feb 25, 2019 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 43:02 Guy Raz He's now selling molds all over the country, and just a couple years ago, some executives at Coca-Cola in Egypt actually called him up and said, hey, we want to use Nice Mugs in one of our ads. 2 times in the scene

Lyft's John Zimmer At The HIBT Summit Nov 29, 2018 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 0:50 Guy Raz It's a rivalry that's up there with, you know, Coke and Pepsi or McDonald's and Burger King.

Honest Tea: Seth Goldman (2017) Jun 11, 2018 · 15 mentions

  • ▶ 20:54 Seth Goldman Well, I would say, so when Coca-Cola became an investor in 13 times in the scene
  • ▶ 21:11 Seth Goldman And so, you know, going to the headquarters in Atlanta, sitting down with the president of Coke North America and then the chairman and, and, you know, sort of party was like looking down, like I'm really here.
  • ▶ 25:11 Guy Raz It's now completely owned by Coca-Cola with annual sales of more than a hundred and seventy million dollars.

LÄRABAR: Lara Merriken Mar 19, 2018 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 50:04 Rahim Diallo Yeah, in Michigan, when I'm playing sports, when I'm running around in a really hot summer, I usually don't plan for a Coke. 2 times in the scene

Serial Entrepreneur: Marcia Kilgore Jan 22, 2018 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 28:56 Marcia Kilgore Actually, I have to say, I came back to New York, I flew back on the Concorde, and I'm on the subway, and there's, you know, Coca-Cola spilt all over the seats, and garbage strewn everywhere, and I remember hanging on that subway car,…

Patagonia: Yvon Chouinard (2016) Dec 25, 2017 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 19:58 Yvon Chouinard I'm going to do it this other way, and if you want to be successful in business, you don't go up against Coca-Cola and

Live Episode! BuzzFeed: Jonah Peretti Jul 27, 2017 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 19:24 Jonah Peretti Yeah, I think, you know, Kenny said, you know, in every industry, if there's a Coke, there's going to be a big spot for a Pepsi, and the Drudge Report's out there by themselves, and in every, in political media, if there's a strong…

Spanx: Sara Blakely (2017) Jul 3, 2017 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 14:07 Sara Blakely I didn't like any of the names, and I knew it wasn't right, and then I sort of narrowed down my thinking at one point in time and thought, Kodak and Coca-Cola are the two most recognized names in the world.

5-Hour Energy: Manoj Bhargava Mar 13, 2017 · 3 mentions

  • ▶ 0:17 Manoj Bhargava Coke, Pepsi, Red Bull, Monster, when they all came in, actually our market share dipped from about 93% down to 67%.
  • ▶ 13:58 Manoj Bhargava You know, against Red Bull, Monster, and I got to also fight Coke, Pepsi, and Budweiser.
  • ▶ 21:07 Manoj Bhargava You know, Coke came in with a product that was a shot, Pepsi, Red Bull Monster, they all came in with shots, you know, with two ounce bottles.

Virgin: Richard Branson Jan 30, 2017 · 14 mentions

  • ▶ 4:31 Richard Branson So I would, you know, ring up Coke and tell them that Pepsi was advertising, and then maybe get Coke, and then ring up Pepsi and try and tell them that Coke was advertising. 2 times in the scene
  • ▶ 16:36 Richard Branson And, um, and it wasn't Coke, and it wasn't Pepsi. 5 times in the scene
  • ▶ 17:10 Richard Branson I mean, here's somebody taking on the biggest company in the world, which, you know, foolish, foolish person, but we had some big smiles on some days thinking, you know, Coke is the best known brand in the world. 7 times in the scene

Honest Tea: Seth Goldman Jan 16, 2017 · 6 mentions

  • ▶ 19:59 Seth Goldman Well, I would say, so when Coca-Cola became an investor in 2008, that was a surreal experience because 6 times in the scene
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