This former Beam Suntory exec launched an immune support drink for kids

Leslie Danford worked for four years as an executive at alcohol giant Beam Suntory before landing her "dream job" at Oyo, a Softbank-backed hospitality startup that helps you book budget hotels. She was hired in 2019 to lead the company's Midwest market, but after only a year into the job, Covid hit — and so did a furlough. The mother of three, with a fourth on the way, was suddenly out of work and home with her kids all day as schools remained closed. She found herself in search of immune-boosting…