Today’s guest is on par with the likes of Mark Zuckerberg and Steve Jobs. I have the pleasure of interviewing Kara Goldin, Founder and CEO of https://www.drinkhint.com/ (Hint Inc). Kara is a disruptor, builder, thought leader, and a successful entrepreneur who has been named one of InStyle’s Badass 50, Fast Company’s Most Creative People in Business, Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Entrepreneurs, Fortune's Most Innovative Women in Food & Drink, and EY Entrepreneur of the Year for Northern California. She is an active speaker, author of the book titled Undaunted, and host of the podcast The Kara Goldin Show.

Let’s jump in and learn from Kara’s story how to grow a huge business you actually care about. 

Things you will learn in this episode:

[00:01 - 08:50] Opening Segment

I introduce today’s guest, Kara Goldin

Activities and Success

Announcements 

https://guestio.com/ (Guestio.com)

Kara gives us some background on her story 

Kara’s childhood 

School life 

Early job experience 

Always curious and learning

[08:51 - 16:55] Cultivating Curiosity 

Kara talks about her sense of curiosity and how it played into her life 

Always doing something in sports 

Curiosity forces creativity 

Able to look at the company as a whole and approach things differently 

Breaking traditions 

Kara talks about cultivating curiosity as a parent 

The challenges 

Kara’s story having a start-up with a child 

Being an example as an entrepreneurial woman

Bringing the kids into the conversation 

Propelling them to do things way harder than you had to

[16:56 - 30:17] Growing a Huge Business You Actually Care About

Kara talks about setting out after high school 

Parents caring about graduating from college 

Got a job first with a magazine 

Finding a job despite the negativity 

Kara’s transition over to AOL

Learning from watching Steve Jobs 

Acquired by AOL 

Running shopping on the site 

Decided to leave and make a difference 

Kara shares about building a business following her growing interest in health

Lost 24 pounds, and cleared her skin by cutting out diet coke

These days, it’s hard to get healthy with odds stacked against consumers

Realized there was a hole in the market for healthy drinks 

Now one of the largest health beverages in the country 

Kara talks about her book

Overcoming doubters and doubts 

Champions have doubts too, but they get back up and try 

An honest entrepreneur book

[30:18 - 38:17] Closing Segment

How relationships have impacted you?

No way to build this company without a team 

Thoughts on mentorship and coaching

Invested in by John Legend

Who you know or What you know?

A bit of both 

How you get information

The RaNdoM RoUnd

What profession would you love to try out?

An hour with anyone about anything?

How do you consume content? 

Favorite Podcast?

Morning routine 

Go to pump up song 

Something you’re not very good at?

How to connect with you? 

Links below 

Final words 

Tweetable Quotes: 

“When you’re educating, and being educated, I think that you have a lot of fun doing it.” - Kara Goldin

“When I hear there are no jobs out there, I think it’s a great time to actually get a job, raise money, whatever you think you can’t do… Figuring out a way can be challenging at times, but if there’s a will there’s a way.” - Kara Goldin

“Who you know ultimately helps you think, and helps you get information.” - Kara Goldin

Resources Mentioned: 

Buy a copy of her book, Undaunted. Overcoming Doubts + Doubters, here: www.drinkhint.com/network

You can connect with Kara on https://www.linkedin.com/in/karagoldin/ (LinkedIn), https://twitter.com/karagoldin?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor (Twitter), and https://www.instagram.com/karagoldin/?hl=en (Instagram). Visit...

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