487: Kara Goldin | Growing a Huge Business You Actually Care About

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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