Kara Goldin: Founder and CEO of Hint, Author of Undaunted

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🗓️ 21 October 2020

⏱️ 56 minutes

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This episode’s guest is Kara Goldin. She is the founder, CEO, and chief taster of Hint, the lifestyle company that sells bottled water and hand sanitizers Prior to Hint, she has worked for are AOL, CNN, and Time. And, well, technically, the TeePee restaurant in Arizona. She is a graduate of Arizona State University. The episode starts with a story about an executive from a large beverage company in Atlanta addressing her as “sweetie” and how that was a pivotal moment in her undaunted quest to start a company that sold bottled water. Today Hint is over fifteen years old and sales exceed $150 million. It gone from employing Kara and her husband to over employs 200 people. In this episode we discussed: 🍊 what it takes to make a cold call 🍎 get your products into Whole Foods 🍋 and, in general, how to be undaunted This episode is brought to you by reMarkable, the paper tablet. It's my favorite way to take notes, sign contracts, and save all the instruction manuals to all the gadgets I buy. Learn more at remarkable.com I hope you enjoyed this podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes It takes less than sixty seconds, and it really makes a difference in swaying new listeners and upcoming guests. I might read your review on my next episode! Sign up for Guy's weekly email at http://eepurl.com/gL7pvD Connect with Guy on social media: Twitter: twitter.com/guykawasaki Instagram: instagram.com/guykawasaki Facebook: facebook.com/guy LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/guykawasaki/ Read Guy’s books: https://guykawasaki.com/books/ Thank you for listening and sharing this episode with your community. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	In my years of entrepreneurship, I've seen countless startups. And here's the truth.
0:07.3	Smart spending drives growth, which is something Brex has championed. Brex isn't just a corporate credit
0:14.0	card. It's a strategic tool to help your company achieve peak performance. Corporate cards, banking, expense management, all integrated
0:24.1	on an AI-powered platform that turns every dollar into opportunity. In fact, 30,000 companies
0:32.9	are trusting Brex to help them win. Go to brex.com slash grow to learn more.
0:48.8	I'm Guy Kawasaki and this is remarkable people.
0:52.8	This episode's guest is Kara Golden.
0:55.4	She is the founder and CEO of Hint, the lifestyle company that sells bottled water and hand
1:01.0	sanitizers.
1:02.5	Prior to Hint, she worked for AOL, CNN, and Time.
1:07.1	And, well, technically, the TP restaurant in Arizona. She is a graduate of Arizona State University.
1:15.1	This episode starts with a story about an executive from a large beverage company in Atlanta,
1:21.2	addressing her as sweetie, and how that was a pivotal moment in her undaunted quest to start a company.
1:28.7	Today, Hint is over 15 years old and sales exceed $150 million.
1:34.1	It has gone from employing Kara and her husband to over 200 people.
1:39.2	This episode of Remarkable People is brought you by Remarkable, the Paper Tablet Company. Yes, you got that right. Remarkable People is brought to you by Remarkable, the paper tablet company. Yes,
1:45.7	you got that right. Remarkable is sponsored by Remarkable. I have version two in my hot little
1:51.7	hands and it's so good, a very impressive upgrade. Here's how I use it. One, taking notes while
1:58.6	I'm interviewing a podcast guest. Two, taking notes while being briefed about a speaking gig.
2:04.1	3. Drafting the structure of keynote speeches.
2:07.2	4. Storing manuals for all the gizmos that I buy.
2:10.8	5. Roughing out drawings for things like surfboards.
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