Kara Goldin, Founder and CEO of Hint, Inc., talks about overcoming doubts and doubters. She emphasizes the importance of trying, taking risks, and learning from challenges. Order her book 'Undaunted: Overcoming Doubt and Doubters' for more inspiration. Surround yourself with the right people and check out 'The Gold Digger' podcast and 'Hint' products.
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Every successful and unsuccessful story is about a founder or an entrepreneur who is willing to try despite doubts, doubters, fears, and failures.
Challenging industry experts, embracing failure, and approaching problems from a different perspective can lead to success in entrepreneurship.
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Becoming an Entrepreneur and Overcoming Doubts
Cara Golden, founder and CEO of Hint, shares her journey from accidental entrepreneur to building a successful beverage company. She initially had doubts and didn't plan on becoming an entrepreneur. However, her health issues led her to create a product that would help people enjoy drinking more water. She started by making homemade flavored water and eventually launched it as a product. Despite facing doubts and challenges along the way, including learning about distribution and shelf life, Cara overcame them and built the largest independent private beverage company in the country.
Challenging Industry Experts and Embracing Failure
Cara's story highlights the importance of challenging industry experts and not taking their opinions as gospel. When an industry expert criticized her idea, claiming that Americans only love sweet drinks, Cara realized that she was on a different path focused on health. She discovered that admitting one's lack of knowledge and approaching problems from a different perspective can lead to success. Cara encourages others to embrace failure and learn from it, sharing that doubts, doubters, fears, and failures are all part of the journey towards entrepreneurship.
Living Undaunted and Pursuing Happiness
Cara believes that living undaunted means simply trying and being okay with failure. She emphasizes that you never know who might be watching or listening and that pursuing your dreams can lead to unexpected opportunities. She encourages individuals to question what makes sense for them and the world they're creating. Cara wrote her book, 'Undaunted,' to inspire others by sharing her experiences and showing them that doubts shouldn't hold them back. She hopes to empower people to pursue their passions, find happiness, and have confidence in their abilities.
From the archive: This episode was originally recorded and published in 2020. Our interviews on Entrepreneurs On Fire are meant to be evergreen, and we do our best to confirm that all offers and URL's in these archive episodes are still relevant.
Kara Goldin is the Founder and CEO of Hint, Inc., best known for its award-winning Hint® water, the leading unsweetened flavored water, and the author of Undaunted. She is an active speaker & writer and hosts the podcast Unstoppable with Kara Goldin where she interviews founders, entrepreneurs, and other disruptors across various industries. She lives in the Bay Area.
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1. You can have doubts, doubters, fears, and failures, but every successful and unsuccessful story is about a founder or an entrepreneur who is willing to try.
2. Undaunted is about trying and having the eagerness to take the risk.
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