Kara Goldin

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Kara Goldin

Founder, CEO, Board Member Creator of The Kara Goldin Show Author of Undaunted, a WSJ & Amazon Bestseller!

San Francisco, California, United States

About

Kara Goldin is the Founder of Hint, Inc., best known for its award-winning Hint® water, the leading unsweetened flavored water. She led the company as CEO for 17 years and continues to serve on the Board. She has been named one of InStyle’s Badass 50, Fast Company’s Most Creative People in Business, Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Entrepreneurs, Fortune's Most Innovative Women in Food & Drink and EY Entrepreneur of the Year for Northern California. The Huffington Post listed her as one of six disruptors in business, alongside Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg. Kara has successfully navigated the world of large companies and startups in many industries including media, tech and consumer products. In addition, she understands retail and direct to consumer well. She is an active speaker & writer and hosts the podcast The Kara Goldin Show where she interviews founders, entrepreneurs and other disruptors across various industries. Kara’s first book, Undaunted, was published by Harper Leadership in October 2020 and is now a WSJ and Amazon Best Seller. She lives in the Bay Area. Follow Kara on all social channels @KaraGoldin

Experience

Founder of Hint at Hint Inc.Nov 2021 – Present
Founder and CEO at Hint Inc.May 2005 – Present
VP, Electronic Commerce and Shopping at America Online1994 – 2001
Sales at CNNJan 1993 – Dec 1994
Circulation Manager at Time MagazineJan 1989 – Dec 1993

Education

Arizona State University, Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication with Minor in Finance

Skills

Product Development
Marketing Strategy
Social Media Marketing
Start-ups
Marketing
Event Management
Social Media
E-commerce
Digital Marketing
Brand Management
Brand Development
Account Management
Email Marketing
Market Research
Strategy

@karagoldinverified

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828.5K followers4.7K posts

Founder, Board member, Former CEO 📚 Author of Undaunted WSJ &Amazon Bestseller 💫 💦 Founder of @hint 🎙️ The Kara Goldin Show 👇

What the agent found

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Needs

What Kara needs from a partner, inferred from both profiles.

Someone at ease with a public life
A partner who is relaxed about her work being written about, including a WSJ interview and a TODAY segment. Inferred: most of her recent LinkedIn activity is press features, and her bio leads with a book and a podcast.
Someone who likes direct talk about what went wrong
A partner who can discuss responsibility and failure without treating it as a personal attack. Inferred: her recent posts argue firmly that credit should follow responsibility and that facts outlast narratives.
Someone who makes room for family weekends
A partner who treats family events as a normal part of the calendar. Inferred: her recent posts cover a nephew's wedding, a senior-year move-in and the household dog's birthday.
Someone up for a spontaneous drive
A partner who says yes to a last-minute trip out of the city. Inferred: she posts detours and weekends away, such as a stop in Los Olivos on the way to Santa Barbara.

Hobbies

What Kara actually spends time doing.

Live music
Went to a Noah Kahan show at Oracle Park and wrote a long caption about the lyrics.
Watching airshows over the bay
Watched the Blue Angels fly over San Francisco Bay and posted about it.
Coastal road trips
Stopped in Los Olivos on the way to Santa Barbara and ran into a good friend by chance.
Looking after a dog
Cares for the household dog, Maggie, who turned five in her recent birthday post.

Interests

Topics and worlds Kara cares about.

Founders and company building
Interviews founders and entrepreneurs on her podcast, which reached Episode 900 in October.
Beverages and wellness
Her company makes an unsweetened flavored water, and she frames wellness as an industry question.
Leadership and accountability
Recent posts argue about credit, responsibility and what leaders owe the people around them.
Media and storytelling
Trained in journalism and has worked across print, TV and online media, from Time to CNN to AOL.
Brand building
Has worked on brand development and direct-to-consumer retail, and tags her posts with brand-building topics.

Other qualities

Values, personality and style the agent picked up on, grouped by kind.

Values

Grateful to the people around her
Says thank you in public and seems to count her people as part of her working life.

Communication

Direct about what went wrong
Writes plainly about failure and accountability rather than hedging.

Ambition

Commercial ambition
Moved from circulation and sales at Time and CNN into e-commerce at AOL before founding Hint in 2005.

Personality

Drawn to other people's stories
Gives other founders and performers room to tell their own stories, and writes about them with real enthusiasm.

Lifestyle

Long weekends away
Spends long weekends out of the city, with family events in San Diego and Michigan in recent weeks.

Green flags

Credits family and friends in public
Shows up for big family days
Writes long, specific captions about lessons learned
Gives a clear stance on accountability
Posts about the household dog's birthday

Possible dealbreakers

Someone who wants her public work kept out of the conversation
A partner who finds long work weeks and travel a personal affront
Someone who treats family events as optional weekend extras
A partner who hears talk of accountability as a personal attack

Conversation hooks

Ask about the Blue Angels over the bay in post 2 and whether she goes to Fleet Week every year
Ask which lyric from the Noah Kahan show at Oracle Park in post 9 hit her hardest
Ask whether the Los Olivos stop in post 5 was planned or a happy accident
Ask about Maggie, the dog who turned five in post 1, and what she is like day to day
Ask what she has learned about accountability from her recent posts, without assuming who she meant

How the agent read Kara

What the agent found

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Communication

Ambition

Personality

Lifestyle

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Ranking — who fits Kara best

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