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Mocktails with Marina is a podcast for owners and operators in the kava and non-alcoholic industry: kava bars, sober lounges, bottle shops, beverage brands, and everyone building something in this space, whether you sell by the shell, the bottle, or the hour.I'm Marina Castillo. I'm sober, I'm a mom, and I've worked almost every job this industry has. I've been a kavatender, a bar manager, a menu developer, an event producer, and a fractional COO for a multi-location kava bar company. I founded the Arizona Kava Coalition, I hold a Thought Leader designation from the Global Kava Coalition, and since 2014 I've helped more than 1,000 businesses open, grow, and in some cases franchise.I'm also the customer this industry was built for. I don't drink, I spend my evenings in kava bars, and I buy the products my clients are trying to sell. When I give advice, I'm giving it from both sides of the counter.My husband Tyler and I run our business as a family. We cap our working hours and built
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Signup to Generate a PitchMocktails with Marina is a podcast for owners and operators in the kava and non-alcoholic industry: kava bars, sober lounges, bottle shops, beverage brands, and everyone building something in this space, whether you sell by the shell, the bottle, or the hour.I'm Marina Castillo. I'm sober, I'm a mom, and I've worked almost every job this industry has.
Mocktails with Marina is hosted by Marina. The show has published 111 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "never spend dollars counting pennies" (26 October 2026, 12 minutes), "what a sober mama wishes your kava bar knew before thanksgiving" (19 October 2026, 12 minutes), and "commitment: what it takes to really make it (professionals vs hobbyists)" (29 May 2026, 23 minutes).
Mocktails with Marina publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 18 minutes across 111 episodes.
Booking probability for Mocktails with Marina is 35%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Mocktails with Marina requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Mocktails with Marina's contact route on record: verified email.
The strongest fits for Mocktails with Marina are Restaurants and Beverages, Brewing & Distilling. Mocktails with Marina has a business audience.
Marina hosts Mocktails with Marina, a business podcast with 111 episodes published.
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Episode #112
Marina once watched a business spend more than $100,000 in two years switching point of sale systems, all to save a few hundred dollars a month. In this episode of Mocktails with Marina, she breaks down why so many kava...
Marina sits on both sides of the counter. She's a consultant who has worked with more than a thousand beverage businesses since 2014, and between Thanksgiving and New Year's she's also your customer: a sober woman, and...
What separates the entrepreneurs who actually make it from the ones who almost do? In this episode of Mocktails with Marina, we're talking about commitment not the motivational poster version, but the real, unglamorous...
There are two types of non-alcoholic beverage business owners: those who build from love, and those who build from fear. In this episode of Mocktails with Marina, Marina breaks down exactly what each type looks like in...
Flow State: A Holistic Approach to Lifestyle Richness Through Your Business What does it actually feel like when your business is working; not just producing results, but genuinely working for you? In this episode of...
what does it actually look like to build a business and a life at the same time without sacrificing one for the other? in this episode of Mocktails with Marina, Marina pulls back the curtain on how she and her husband...
Nobody hands you maternity leave when you run your own business. You build it or you don't take one. In this episode, Marina gets into exactly how she prepared for maternity leave as a consultant with active retainer...
Unmedicated birth. Sober mom. Two miscarriages. 200 days of vomiting. And a business that held through all of it. In this episode, Marina shares the full story from meeting her husband in 2021 and building a life around...
Nobody tells you that becoming a mom changes your capacity not just your schedule, but your actual bandwidth. And nobody tells you that building a business in the middle of that is still possible. In fact, it might be...
After a few months away (and one very life-changing baby) Marina is back. Episode 101 of Mocktails with Marina is a deeply personal return to the mic, and the topic couldn't feel more fitting: what it actually means to...
Most people don't quit because they fail, but they fail because progress doesn't look the way they expected. In this milestone Episode 100 of Mocktails with Marina , Marina reflects on what it actually takes to stay in...
In today's episode of Mocktails With Marina, we're closing out the Department in a Box™ Series with one of the most important and most overlooked pillars of a profitable non-alcoholic business: Menu & Product...
In this episode of Mocktails with Marina , we dive into one of the most powerful and misunderstood growth engines in the non-alcoholic industry: Event Planning & Event Management . If you run a non-alc bar, kava bar...
In today's episode, we're diving into the department most founders avoid until it becomes a problem: Employee Manuals + SOPs, the backbone of consistency, culture, and operational sanity inside any non-alcoholic bar...
In today's episode, we're breaking down one of the most important (and most misunderstood) departments in every non-alc bar, bottle shop, or third space: Interviewing, Hiring & Onboarding. Most owners treat hiring like...
Episode #95
In today's episode, we're diving into the second installment of the Department in a Box Series™ and this time, we're talking about the department that keeps your non-alc bar, bottle shop, or third space alive : your...
In today's episode, we kick off a six-part series designed to walk you through the core departments every non-alc bar, bottle shop, or third space needs in order to function smoothly. This first installment focuses on...
If you left the 9-to-5 to feel free but find yourself more stressed than ever on Sunday nights, this episode is for you. In this week's Mocktails with Marina, we're unpacking the real reason entrepreneurs experience the...
Everyone wants the secret to success but the truth is, there isn't one. In this episode of Mocktails with Marina, we're getting brutally honest about what it actually takes to reach long-term stability and profitability...
In this episode of Mocktails with Marina, host Marina Castillo breaks down what it really takes to build and maintain a million-dollar-a-year non-alcoholic bar. Spoiler: it's not about your menu but it IS about your...
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