The Kara Goldin Show

Thrilled to have Sophia Maroon, Founder & CEO of an incredible food brand called Dress It Up Dressing with us here today. Her idea came to life in 2012 when she decided to take the recipe her mother made and served the family for years to her local Whole Foods Market. And the rest is history! Well sort of. While their clean, delicious dressings are reason enough to love the brand, there are more r...

If you’ve ever wondered if you could create a company out of a challenging personal experience, this is the episode you MUST listen to! Jake Anderson, along with his wife Deborah, Co-Founded FertilityIQ in 2015 after their own challenging, frustrating journey with fertility issues and miscarriages. They realized that reliable and unbiased resources and information was hard to come by and how unnec...

Jennifer “JJ” Justice is a force! She is the CEO & Founder of The Justice Dept which is a business development, management, strategy and legal firm that works with female entrepreneurs and executives to build their business. JJ founded The Justice Department after 17 years working alongside Jay-Z as his personal entertainment attorney. She has been a force in championing gender equality & diversit...

Joe Polish is the guy you want to call when you need to get in touch with your consumer. He is IT when it comes to marketing! Plus he has built an incredible network of extremely successful entrepreneurs and influencers and has worked with some of the best on their marketing. Joe is incredibly open about his own challenges over the years with addiction and in doing so has helped so many others. Pl...

Serial entrepreneur Candace Nelson revolutionized the baking industry when she started Sprinkles, the world's first cupcake bakery and of course the Cupcake ATM. Nelson followed with the launch of Pizzana, a growing chain of pizzerias. Now she is an author of the incredible book Sweet Success: A Simple Recipe For Turning Your Passion Into Profit. I can’t wait for you to hear more about her entrepr...

Jeremy Utley, Co-Author of Ideaflow: The Only Business Metric That Matters shares with us how the proactive practice of exercising creative muscles so that the very best ideas can rise to the surface is vital for all to focus on these days. In this thought-provoking episode, we go deep into the concept of cross-pollination and cover several other strategies to discover as we discuss the ‘dumb thin...

Thrilled to share my interview with Founder & CEO of Operator Collective, Mallun Yen. Founded in 2018, this venture fund and community has taken a unique and needed approach to startup investing. Not only are they helping fund startups primarily in the B2B space, but they are bringing an incredible group of top operators from diverse backgrounds who have built and scaled the most admired companies...

Hear how Founder and Co-CEO Laureen Asseo created a delicious, organic preheat-and-eat meal and company that you can’t help but love. What started as a friend and family packing meals in tupperware business has grown significantly since 2010. And you will understand why when you hear her story. Hear all about her inspiring journey and all of her lessons and thoughts on this episode of #TheKaraGold...

Anne Fulenwider, Co-Founder & Co-CEO of Alloy Women’s Health, wanted to change the conversation around women’s post-reproductive health. She started her telehealth platform in 2021 to connect consumers - with experts in menopause and perimenopause and other consumers in their own women’s health community. We learn what it’s like going from Editor-in-Chief of Marie Claire to founding her own compan...

Ever heard of the ingredient Moringa? It’s more nutritious than kale, rich in plant protein with vitamins and plenty of antioxidants. Lisa Curtis, Founder & CEO of Kuli Kuli, wanted to bring this superfood to the world for all to experience the benefits. So she developed superfood powders and snacks with Moringa and Kuli Kuli was born. Hear how this former Peace Corp extraordinaire was able to cre...

Molly Fletcher, Former Top Sports Agent and CEO of Game Changer Performance Group, is the real deal. She has been hailed the “female Jerry Maguire” and, prior to founding her company, was one of the first female sports agents. During her almost two-decade career, negotiating top contracts and representing over 300 of sports' biggest names, she has seen and learned a lot! Her wisdom is fierce and s...

Kevin McCray, CO-Founder and COO of Kevin’s Natural Foods launched his company in 2019 to give home chefs the chance to make healthy Michelin-style meals in just five minutes. The company has seen amazing growth and by the end of 2022, they estimate reaching $150M in sales. His entrepreneurial journey in creating Kevin’s Natural Foods has encountered all kinds of interesting hurdles to overcome wi...

Harley Finkelstein believes that entrepreneurship is the greatest equalizer on the planet. And he should know! Not only has this serial entrepreneur helped to scale Shopify from its earliest days, but he has also witnessed many entrepreneurs who have worked to build and scale their businesses on the Shopify platform successfully. From Harley’s earliest days of running Store #137 on the Shopify pla...

Founding a company is never an easy journey. Especially when you are running a company that is in an industry so squarely affected by the pandemic. But that didn’t stop Amy Nelson, Founder and Co-CEO of The Riveter from doing what all great entrepreneurs do – they figure out what they CAN do. Amy launched The Riveter, a coworking, content and community for working women, in 2017 and on today’s epi...

Pulp Pantry Founder & CEO Kaitlin Mogentale knew she wanted to make a difference when she learned that over 40% of food goes to waste in the U.S. especially the waste or “left over” from fruits and veggies used in creating juices. So, she created Pulp Pantry snacks made from overlooked fruit and veggie byproducts like organic juice pulp. Kaitlin shares how she has turned her curiosity and desire t...

Julia Boorstin, CNBC’s Senior Media & Tech Correspondent and creator of CNBC Disruptor 50 list shares more about HER career journey AND talks about her new book, When Women Lead. Boorstin is known for creating and launching the CNBC Disruptor 50, an annual list she oversees highlighting private companies challenging companies in established industries. She is now the author of the fabulous book, W...

Making the switch from Wall Street to starting and running not one but two brands is not common. But for Harrison Fugman, Co-Founder and CEO of The Naked Market, launching and building brands is where it is at. The Naked Market currently has two brands under its roof – Rob’s Backstage Popcorn and Flock Chicken Skins. Harrison has been able to see what growing a brand from its infancy and with diff...

Listen as Jessica Ewing, Founder and CEO of Literati, shares how being an unapologetic lover of literature can be the inspiration behind starting a company to make a difference in the world. Her company Literati aims to elevate literacy outcomes by connecting readers with books they love. And of course there is some technology involved behind the scenes. Her initial focus for the product is kids,...

Julie Clark the Founder of Province Apothecary, struggled with severe allergies and eczema all her life. Finally, she took matters into her own hands, and from her kitchen, began formulating natural, organic skincare products. Province Apothecary was the result and is one of Canada's most well known clean beauty brands. Amazing what can happen when you focus on creating a solution to a problem! He...

We have CEO/Founder of Hint Inc., Kara Goldin joining us to talk about her book, Undaunted (a WSJ and Amazon Best Seller), building a business based off passion and how to make pivots in your life and career. David Dember wastes no time in having Kara get practical and tactical as she shares her story of how she built Hint. Kara shares some great insight that every business owner needs to hear! Ka...

Daina Trout has come a long way from brewing kombucha in her college dorm at Tufts University. After getting her Masters in both Nutrition and Public Health, she developed her own personal philosophy that health is less about science, and more about what makes you feel good and happy. Fast forward a few years, she decided to launch her product idea, Health-Ade, with her Co-Founders, husband Justin...

This mission-driven entrepreneur has had quite the journey building her incredible company. When Megan Reamer, Co-Founder of Jackson’s Chips, developed the first recipe for slow-cooked chips made from sweet potatoes with coconut oil, she wasn’t thinking about creating something that would scale to the success that Jackson’s Chips has today. Megan’s mission was to develop a great tasting snack that...

What do you do when you learn through changing your own diet how easy it really is to fix those health issues that have stumped you for years? You start a company to bring your delicious creations to others. Julie Nguyen, Founder and CEO of the absolutely yummy company Methodology, shares her journey with us today. This luxury meal prep company delivers high-quality, fully cooked, sustainably pack...

What do you do when you have an idea to make a product you love better? You create a company of course! Even if you are only 9 years old! Mike Schneider, Founder of FlatFace Fingerboards, wasn’t daunted back then by the task of making a category better. And he isn't today either as his company is one the largest in the world in fingerboard manufacturing! Mike has been called the Tony Hawk of Finge...

Anna Brightman, Co-Founder of Upcircle Beauty was 22 when she had the idea for her company. Then she launched it with her brother Will. No small feat. Upcircle Beauty has grown to become the UK's #1 upcycled beauty brand - in just six years! When the brother and sister duo discovered that more than 500,000 tons of coffee grounds from London cafes were sent to landfills each year, they decided to d...