Jamie Kantrowitz: Countertop Foods Co-Founder and CEO

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🗓️ 31 December 2018

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Jamie Kantrowitz co-founded Countertop with Nicole Rice based on the goal of helping people focus on wellness through simple and delicious home cooking. Today, the duo sells a variety of products from seasonings to honey, all meant to enhance both the flavor and nutritiousness of your food. But before all this, Kantrowitz was following a very different career path. She spent her twenties working in politics and digital media at companies like Rock the Vote and Myspace. "Even though I've jumped industries, there are common threads that go through it," the entrepreneur tells Hillary Kerr on episode 45 of Second Life.

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0:00.0	I'm Hillary Kerr and this is Second Life, a podcast spotlighting women who have truly
0:11.6	inspiring careers.
0:13.0	We're talking about their work journeys, what they've learned from the process of setting
0:17.7	aside their doubts or fears, and what happens when they embark on their second life.
0:23.2	Today, I am so excited to speak with Jamie Cantrowicz, who is a true thought leader and has
0:30.4	worked in a zillion different interesting fields, including tech, politics, startups, and
0:37.1	entertainment.
0:38.1	And now, she's made a major pivot and started her own company, Countertop, which reimagines
0:45.5	everyday pantry staples like butter, sweetener, and seasoning into wellness powerhouses that
0:51.6	work to better your everyday health.
0:54.2	In short, she's trying to democratize wellness, no big deal.
0:58.3	She's going to walk us through her shift from being the EVP of global marketing and entertainment
1:02.9	at MySpace and Special Advisor to the CTO President Obama's 2012 campaign to creating this new
1:10.4	venture.
1:11.4	Now, on Second Life, it's Jamie Cantrowicz.
1:17.2	So Jamie, let's take it back to the beginning.
1:21.0	What did you study in school, and what did you think you were going to be when you grew
1:24.8	up?
1:25.8	So, in school, I studied international relations, which was basically politics with a lot of
1:33.1	choices to study things in other departments.
1:36.7	So multidisciplinary, major, you know, can't decide on one vertical.
1:42.8	Take them all.
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