The Kara Goldin Show

On today’s episode, we welcome Lucia Smigel, CEO & Co-Founder of Supersmile — the pioneering oral care brand she built alongside her late husband, Dr. Irwin Smigel, known as the “Father of Aesthetic Dentistry.” What began with a clinical breakthrough in tooth bonding evolved into a global brand built on one core belief: the mouth is the gateway to total health. Lucia shares how a personal observat...

On today’s episode, we welcome Kailey Bradt, CEO of Sonsie — the clean, vegan, and cruelty-free skincare brand redefining mindful beauty through high-performance essentials rooted in simplicity and self-acceptance. A chemical engineer and former beauty founder, Kailey represents a new generation of leaders bringing technical rigor, sustainability, and product-first thinking to an industry often dr...

On today’s episode, we welcome Steve Weiss, CEO and Co-Founder of Snakkidz — a fast-growing brand on a mission to make healthier snacking easier and more accessible for families. With allergen-free, low-sugar snacks made from organic ingredients and no seed oils, Snakkidz is helping redefine what parents can expect from the snack aisle. Driven by a passion for food literacy, Steve built Snakkidz t...

On today’s episode, we welcome Krissy Cela, Co-Founder and Creative Director of Oner Active and Founder of EvolveYou — a global fitness brand built to help women feel strong, confident, and supported in their bodies. What began as Krissy’s personal frustration with finding functional, flattering activewear for women who lift has grown into one of the fastest-growing fitness brands in the world, bu...

On today’s episode, we welcome Sandra Powers Murphy, Founder & CEO of Scarlett Chase — a luxury footwear brand proving women no longer have to choose between style and support. By blending European craftsmanship with patented, orthotic-grade technology, Scarlett Chase is redefining performance luxury with shoes engineered for what Sandra calls “The Runway of Life.” Sandra’s journey began with a pe...

On today’s episode, we welcome Amy Smilovic, Founder & Creative Director of Tibi and author of the new book Almost Reckless. What started in 1997 with $15,000 and no formal fashion training has grown into one of the most respected independently owned luxury brands — built not on focus groups or algorithms, but on rigorously defined principles and instinct. In this conversation, Amy shares how she...

On today’s episode, we welcome Joey Zwillinger, Co-Founder and CEO of Biologica — a science-backed wellness brand redefining hormonal health for women at every life stage. Best known for co-founding Allbirds and leading the company through its IPO, Joey is now applying his category-creation expertise to a new frontier: women’s wellness. Built alongside his wife Elizabeth and inspired by her lived...

On today’s episode, we welcome Jenn Krouse, CEO and Founder of AUNU — a skincare brand built around the transformative power of medical-grade Mānuka honey. After helping scale iconic brands like Tory Burch, WeWork, and Victoria Beckham Beauty — where she was part of the founding executive team that grew the business to over $100M — Jenn set out to build a company rooted in trust, clinical efficacy...

On today’s episode, we welcome Dr. Julie Chung, Co-Founder of T3 — the prestige hair tool brand that pioneered an entirely new category when it launched the original T3 Featherweight hair dryer in 2004. What began as a simple insight — that premium beauty routines deserved equally high-performing hair tools — evolved into a company that has transformed millions of styling routines through thoughtf...

On today’s episode, we welcome Victoria Eisner, Co-Founder and CEO of Hair Cultivated and the original founder of Glamsquad — the trailblazing on-demand beauty service that transformed how women access professional hair, makeup, and nail care. Known for building brands that sit at the intersection of luxury, science, and technology, Victoria is once again stepping into white space — this time to a...

On today’s episode, we welcome Mike Glick, CEO of NIMA Partners — the company behind the next-generation portable gluten sensor designed to deliver real-time food testing with 99% accuracy across major gluten sources. With growing demand for food transparency and consumer diagnostics, NIMA is helping reshape how people with celiac disease and gluten sensitivity confidently navigate what they eat....

On today’s episode, we welcome Brittany Cobb, Founder and CEO of Flea Style and author of the forthcoming book How to Style a Hat — a modern style guide and cultural manifesto centered on confidence, authenticity, and self-expression. What began as a small, underfunded side project rooted in Brittany’s love of flea markets and vintage culture has grown into a nationally recognized experiential ret...

On today’s episode, we welcome Tisha Thompson, Founder & CEO of LYS Beauty — the trailblazing clean cosmetics brand proving that high-performance, inclusive, and accessible beauty can coexist. As the first Black-owned clean makeup brand to launch at Sephora, Tisha has quickly built one of the fastest-growing brands in the category, earning major industry awards, viral product moments, and a loyal...

On today’s episode, we welcome Heather Morgan, CEO of Neurobiologix — the science-driven wellness company using nutrigenomics to personalize supplements and help people get to the root cause of their health challenges. Neurobiologix is redefining how we think about supplementation. Instead of generic, one-size-fits-all products, the company pairs advanced genetic testing with practitioner-grade fo...

On today’s episode, we welcome Raj Alva, Co-Founder of Whiskey JYPSI — the award-winning whiskey brand redefining modern American whiskey through craft, culture, and storytelling. Raj is a serial entrepreneur, brand architect, and investor known for building culturally resonant consumer brands that thrive during moments of disruption. With Whiskey JYPSI, he saw white space in a category steeped in...

On today’s episode, we welcome Kayse Gehret, Founder and Microdosing Guide behind Microdosing for Healing — a global education platform bringing clarity, intention, and responsibility to the rapidly growing conversation around microdosing. With nearly 30 years of experience in the healing arts, Kayse has supported more than 1,400 individuals across 30+ countries. Her work stands apart for its grou...

On today’s episode, we welcome Genevieve Dolan, Founder & CEO of Golden Child Beauty — the modern skincare brand built around balance, simplicity, and supporting skin through real life. Genevieve’s path to building Golden Child Beauty was shaped by years of navigating cystic acne, prescription treatments, and extremes that often left her skin — and confidence — worse off. Instead of launching an o...

On today’s episode, we welcome Kristi Lord, Co-Founder of L’AVANT Collective — the plant-based, design-forward home care brand redefining how everyday cleaning looks, feels, and smells. Kristi’s journey to entrepreneurship wasn’t linear. After spending two decades in finance and accounting, she and co-founder Lindsay Droz set out to challenge an overlooked category by creating high-performance, no...

On today’s episode, we welcome Alex Whitmore, Founder & CEO of Taza Chocolate — the pioneering craft chocolate brand known for its bold, stone-ground texture and radical transparency in sourcing. Alex’s journey began with a single cup of traditional stone-ground chocolate in Oaxaca, Mexico — an experience that completely reshaped how he thought about food, sourcing, and business. When he returned...

On today’s episode, we welcome Heather Andersen, Co-Founder of New York Pilates — the cult-favorite reformer studio that helped define modern Pilates culture in New York and beyond. Heather’s journey began as a professionally trained ballerina, where Pilates was first introduced as part of her classical training. After an injury shifted her path away from dance, she spent years teaching privately...

On today’s episode, we welcome Will Nitze, Founder & CEO of IQBAR — the functional nutrition brand built to support focus, energy, and performance with clean, science-backed ingredients. Will’s journey started with a personal challenge: persistent mental fatigue in a demanding 9-to-5 and frustration with carb-heavy, ineffective food options. That experience led him to launch IQBAR in 2018, creatin...

On today’s episode, Kara welcomes Jen Fisher, global workplace wellbeing expert and bestselling author of Hope Is the Strategy — the bold new book that reframes hope as one of the most powerful leadership tools of our time. Jen is no stranger to redefining how we work. As Deloitte’s first-ever Chief Wellbeing Officer, she helped transform the way global organizations think about human sustainabili...

On today’s episode, we welcome Elizabeth Gore, President and Co-Founder of Hello Alice — the technology platform helping more than 1.5 million small business owners access capital, connections, and education so they can grow and thrive. Elizabeth sits at the intersection of entrepreneurship, finance, and impact. Alongside her co-founder Carolyn Rodz, she built Hello Alice to address one of the mos...

On today’s episode, we welcome Darren Litt, Co-Founder & CEO of Hiya — the leading children’s health brand reimagining kids’ wellness with science-backed, pediatrician-formulated vitamins and supplements. Darren’s journey began with a simple but powerful parental insight: most kids’ vitamins are essentially candy. Determined to do better, he set out to build a brand rooted in trust, transparency,...

On today’s episode, we welcome Jacob Zuppke, CEO of Whisker — the company behind Litter-Robot, one of the most iconic and trusted products in modern pet care. Under Jacob’s leadership, Whisker has grown into a multi-hundred-million-dollar consumer technology company, surpassing $1 billion in revenue over the past four years—all without raising a single dollar of venture capital. What began as a ni...