Shows
At the Table with Sara and JuliAt the Table with Sara Polon, Soupergirl, sustainable programs, fair food and Shark TankIn this episode of At the Table we had the pleasure of speaking with Sara Polon aka Soupergirl. Sara Polon graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, where she studied history. Her career path then took many meandering twists and turns including working at an Internet start-up, leading tours through the Middle East, and several years as a stand-up comic in New York. In 2008, she founded Soupergirl along with her mom, Marilyn Polon (aka Soupermom /Chief Anxiety Officer). The duo were ahead of their time when launching a “direct to consumer” business in 2008! They grew the busin...
2025-12-1823 min
For the Love of JudaismHealing the World One Bowl at a TimeThis week Rabbi Pont is joined by Sara Polon (a.k.a. Soupergirl) and Marilyn Polon (a.k.a. Soupermom), the mother/daughter team behind the delicious, kosher, vegan, and responsibly sourced soup brand, Soupergirl. Listen in to hear how a budding stand-up comedian turned her passion for fixing our broken food system into a soup company with the help of her worried Jewish mother. The story is fanscinating and the soup is delicious. Find out where you can get a bowl at https://www.thesoupergirl.com.
2024-11-1538 min
CHANGE@WORKCHANGE@WORK, Episode 36: Selecting Foods for a More Sustainable FutureSara Polon, Co-Founder and CEO of Soupergirl -- a natural, plant-based, kosher, and sustainably sourced soup company -- joins this episode of Change@Work. The comedian-turned-food entrepreneur and host, Chris Thornton discuss Sara's journey to soup-making, the challenges and joys of being a small business owner in the food and beverage industry, and the role consumers play in creating a more sustainable and equitable future when buying packaged foods.
2024-03-2027 min
Mind Your Marketing234 - Building a Conscious Company with Soupergirl Co-founder, Sara PolonSara Polon joins the show to talk to us about the ethical issues in food production in the USA. We get into Sarah’s background, and how she is approaching building a conscious company moving forward. Get Soupergirl here: https://thesoupergirl.com/Jordan's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordanscheltgen/Jordan's Twitter: https://twitter.com/jordanscheltgenSara's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sara-polon/Jordan's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordanscheltgen/Jordan's X: htt...
2023-08-0317 min
Jews ShmoozeSara Polon - Founder & CEO SoupergirlSara shares her journey of starting Soupergirl during a recession with no prior knowledge of the industry. She talks about her experience appearing on Shark Tank, her company's expansion into grocery stores, and working alongside her mother to build the brand.
Sara also discusses the importance of maintaining Kosher standards in her business and how it has influenced her product development. She shares valuable insights into the challenges of running a successful food business, as well as her commitment to using sustainable and locally sourced ingredients.
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2023-05-1716 min
Building While FlyingSaving the World One Bowl of Soup at a Time with Sara Polon, a.k.a., SoupergirlFixing the broken food system is no piece of cake—but one brand believes they can do it, one bowl of soup at a time. Welcome to Building While Flying! This weekly podcast is brought to you by the Sasha Group. We're the small-to-medium-sized business arm of the VaynerX family of companies. We help ambitious companies build strong brands that flex with the times through strategy, branding, media, and marketing. In ever-changing times, businesses and brands have to shift and adapt. And across all sectors, there is an air of experimentation. Business owners are...
2021-05-1333 min
Vegan Business TalkVBT 155: Sara Polon of Soupergirl on Surviving ‘Shark Tank’, Raising $2M Investment & Becoming Plastic NeutralIn this episode I interview Sara Polon, co-founder of Soupergirl, a plant-based soup brand in Washington DC.
Sara is a former standup comedian who founded Soupergirl in 2008 with her mother, Marilyn, aka Soupermom.
Sara Polon (right) with her mother Marilyn.
The pair have been featured regularly on national television, including Shark Tank and NBC’s Today Show.
Last year Soupergirl received a $2 million dollar investment from Arborview Capital and Seth Goldman, Board Member of Beyond Meat.
More recently, the company has become plastic-neutral through its partnership with rePurpose Global in a further step to fulfill Soupergirl’s goal of saving the...
2021-02-1842 min
You-est You®: Redefining Intuition, Spirituality, Consciousness & HealingMeet the Founder of Soupergirl, Sara PolonSara Polon graduated from University of Pennsylvania where she studied history. Her career path then took many meandering twists and turns including working at an Internet start up, leading tours through the Middle East, and several years as a stand-up comic in New York. In 2008, after reading Michael Pollan's book, The Omnivore's Dilemma, she founded Soupergirl along with her mom, Marilyn Polon (aka Soupermom /Chief Anxiety Officer). Sourcing seasonally from local farmers, the company makes a wide variety of healthy, kosher, all-natural, vegan soups that can be found all over the east coast. You can find Soupergirl products at...
2020-12-2138 min
BRAVE COMMERCEBuilding and growing a small business during a global pandemic with Sara Polon from SouperGirlSouperGirl's Sara Polon discusses how to bring a food product to market as she explains successfully breaking into the DTC landscape and wholesale retailers. She also gives helpful advice on how to differentiate your product through value marketing and effective communication to your consumers. Lastly, get the inside scoop about her experience on Shark Tank! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2020-12-1020 minBRAVE COMMERCEBuilding and growing a small business during a global pandemic with Sara Polon from SouperGirlSouperGirl's Sara Polon discusses how to bring a food product to market as she explains successfully breaking into the DTC landscape and wholesale retailers. She also gives helpful advice on how to differentiate your product through value marketing and effective communication to your consumers. Lastly, get the inside scoop about her experience on Shark Tank! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2020-12-1020 min
Time4Coffee451: How to Break Into the Vegan Food Industry Making Soups With Sara Polon, Soupergirl [Espresso Shots]
2020-05-1616 minTime4Coffee390: What To Do If You Want to Start a Food Business w/ Sara Polon, Soupergirl [K-Cup DoubleShot]
2020-02-2305 minTime4Coffee388: Why Soupergirl Listened to Her Gut & Built a Soup Business w/ Sara Polon, Soupergirl [K-Cup DoubleShot]
2020-02-2306 min2020-02-2338 min
Everyday EnviroMaximizing flavor while minimizing meat consumptionDanielle talks with former comedian, soup savant and Soupergirl founder Sara Polon about maximizing flavor while minimizing meat consumption and food waste. Sara has taken her mindfully sourced vegan soup company national, and we’ll talk about her journey toward world soup domination, getting some tips along the way for making delicious vegan food.
2019-02-2500 min
EDC Weekly Commentary by Peter G. Hall (Audio)Ep. 150 – The Story So Far, How We’re Growing, and Skills to Change the WorldA lot happened this year. I started a company with two amazing people, I moved to Sacramento, I reconnected with old friends and I made new ones.
So some updates for My Food Job Rocks. Lots of fun things happened this year. I was able to talk to some really amazing guests that made its mark in the food science community. I would say the past 100 episodes focused much more on innovative technologies, and startups, as well as having even better technical people on the show, in all sorts of disciplines from blockchain to clean meat.
This was also the...
2018-12-1036 min
My Food Job Rocks!Ep. 150 – The Story So Far, How We’re Growing, and Skills to Change the WorldA lot happened this year. I started a company with two amazing people, I moved to Sacramento, I reconnected with old friends and I made new ones. So some updates for My Food Job Rocks. Lots of fun things happened this year. I was able to talk to some really amazing guests that made its mark in the food science community. I would say the past 100 episodes focused much more on innovative technologies, and startups, as well as having even better technical people on the show, in all sorts of disciplines from blockchain to clean meat.
2018-12-1036 min
Profit with Purpose by Anna Goldstein#115: Sara Polon: Soupergirl: A Multi-Million Dollar Soup Company that Improves Health and the Food SystemAfter living in New York as a Comedian, Sara Polon, hit rock bottom and took a hard look at the direction she was going in life. Sara had an Ah-HA moment when she read the book, The Omnivore's Dilemma, which inspired her to get involved in the local food movement. After all she grew up on her Mom's natural, freshly cooked and delicious soup, she got the idea to come back to her hometown in Washington DC. In 2008 she started Soupergirl with her mother to bring locally inspired, nutritious, and delicious soup to the hungry citizens of Washington, DC...
2018-12-0640 minEDC Weekly Commentary by Peter G. Hall (Audio)Ep. 141 - Soup's On! How to Grow An Authentic Soup Business with Sara Polon, Owner of SoupergirlAfter a stint of being a comedian, Sara Polon started to spiral downhill and it wasn’t until she decided to do a triathlon, that she started to move her life around.
But how did she decide to feed herself? With her mother’s soups of course. And that’s kind of how Soupergirl started. With constantly changing innovative flavors such as Split Pea Mint and Mexican Black Bean Sweet Potato and speedy delivery service, Soupergirl is growing fast.
Soupergirl has been featured in the press multiple times and has critical acclaims of the taste and health benefits of the Polon’...
2018-10-081h 07
My Food Job Rocks!Ep. 141 - Soup's On! How to Grow An Authentic Soup Business with Sara Polon, Owner of SoupergirlAfter a stint of being a comedian, Sara Polon started to spiral downhill and it wasn’t until she decided to do a triathlon, that she started to move her life around. But how did she decide to feed herself? With her mother’s soups of course. And that’s kind of how Soupergirl started. With constantly changing innovative flavors such as Split Pea Mint and Mexican Black Bean Sweet Potato and speedy delivery service, Soupergirl is growing fast. Soupergirl has been featured in the press multiple times and has critical acclaims of the taste and he...
2018-10-081h 07
Add Passion and StirDriving Culture Change and Staying True to Your BeliefsWhere do the most effective social change agents focus their efforts? Soupergirl founder Sara Polon and Community Wealth Partners CEO Amy Celep join hosts Billy and Debbie Shore to discuss their motivations and strategies for changing the world. Celep works at the systems level helping other organizations accelerate the pace of social change. She cites KaBOOM!, the national nonprofit dedicated to children’s play, as an example. “We helped [them] say, ‘what we need to do is not just build playgrounds and the infrastructure for play, we need to shift the cultural norm in this country,’” she explains. Polon started So...
2018-07-0422 min
The LeapDebut Episode! Soupergirl Sara PolonTune in for the debut episode of The Leap, as host Sarah Gordon talks to The Soupergirl! Soupergirl is Sara Polon, a former stand up comedienne turned soup-maker. After reading Michael Pollan’s book, the Omnivore’s Dilemma, Sara decided to get involved in the local food movement. She thought about being a farmer but she can’t even keep her house plants alive. Tune in to hear how she made the leap into small business and what advice she has for aspiring food entrepreneurs.
2018-01-1000 min