The Kara Goldin Show

Kara Goldin
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Sep 2, 2020 • 38min

78 Kurt Seidensticker: Founder & CEO of Vital Proteins

Kurt Seidensticker of Vital Proteins talks about how he decided to create a collagen peptides product that was accessible to consumers, how he has approached digital marketing and working with influencers, what it has been like to build his company and more. "You need to create that brand awareness early on in the evolution of the brand." - Kurt Seidensticker
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Aug 31, 2020 • 35min

77 Daniella Yacobovsky: Co-Founder of BaubleBar

Daniella Yacobovsky joins me on this episode to talk about how she and her co-founder started their fashion jewelry business BaubleBar, what she's learned in the last 10 years of business, the importance of understanding data and the "back-end" of the business, and much more. "You've got to have a backup plan all the time, so we have a backup plan and then we have a backup plan for our backup plan." - Daniella Yacobovsky
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Aug 26, 2020 • 29min

76 Janie Brooks Heuck: Managing Director of Brooks Winery

Janie Brooks Heuck talks about how she moved from the health care industry to taking over her brother's winery business, the role of her family in her current business, how she has pivoted her business during COVID-19 to make wine tasting more socially distant, and more. "Every time I hear about something that's typical in the industry, I try to go the other direction." - Janie Brooks Heuck
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Aug 24, 2020 • 33min

75 Mindy Grossman: President & CEO of WW (formerly Weight Watchers)

Mindy Grossman talks about her entrepreneurial journey and the entrepreneurial mindsets that have helped her become the incredibly successful executive that she is today. "I truly believe that risk-taking and boldness are the essence of transformation." - Mindy Grossman
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Aug 21, 2020 • 33min

74 Alan Grujic: CEO of All of Us Financial

Alan Grujic co-founded the large proprietary trading firm in Canada, but his current focus is on growing his newer company, All of Us Financial, which is an innovative investor empowerment platform. On this show, Alan talks about his entrepreneurial journey, why he has started All of Us, his interest in platform business models, how he became an entrepreneur in finance, and more. "Everyday feels exciting and energetic because we feel good about what we're doing." - Alan Grujic
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Aug 19, 2020 • 33min

73 Steven Wolfe Pereira: Co-Founder & CEO of Encantos

Steven Wolfe Pereira, is an artist, entrepreneur, Emmy-nominated executive producer and a CEO and co-founder. His company, Encantos, is an entertainment education company that makes multicultural content for families. "You don't fall into creativity. You fall out of it, because we're all naturally creative." - Steven Wolfe Pereira
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Aug 12, 2020 • 36min

72 Shasta Nelson: Friendship Expert & Author of The Business of Friendship

Shasta Nelson talks about the power of friendship in life and business, how she started her business, what her new book The Business of Friendship is about, how to deal with loneliness, and much more. "It's really important that each of us realize that being alone is not the same as being lonely." - Shasta Nelson
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Aug 10, 2020 • 31min

71 Marie Lynch: President & CEO of Skills for Chicagoland's Future

Marie Lynch is well-versed in the non-profit sector as a non-profit executive. She has even met with President Obama to talk about economic mobility and unemployment. On today's show, she talks about what it was like speaking at The White House, her passion behind improving the workforce in America and social entrepreneurship, and more. "I knew that we were onto something special when there was friction." - Marie Lynch
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Aug 7, 2020 • 31min

70 Stevi Christine: Founder & Creative Director of Naturally By Stevi Christine

Stevi Christine talks about how she got started on this entrepreneurship journey, how she has grown and developed her career and her makeup line, how she has overcome obstacles and connected with a celebrity clientele, and much more.
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Aug 3, 2020 • 39min

69 Laura Brown: Editor-In-Chief of InStyle

Laura Brown talks about how she got into journalism and writing for fashion, how she built her career, the attitude that she's adopted along the way, and much more. "Create what you can, do work you're proud of, and be kind." - Laura Brown

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