Articles From Kara

Entrepreneurs come in many forms – each with different origin stories that led to the founding of their companies. Some look for white space in a category and then fill a consumer need that hasn’t been met. Others spot inefficiencies or irregularities in an industry that technology can fix. My own path to launching a start-up […]

‘I’m good enough, I’m smart enough, and doggone it, people like me,’ That mantra was introduced into popular culture by a 1990s “Saturday Night Live” character named Stuart Smalley, who mindfully recited his daily affirmation into an ornate, full-length mirror. While my twenty-something self (at the time) enjoyed the sheer comic value of Stuart’s shtick, […]

“Just start. Because you will never succeed if you don’t.” I’ve given this advice countless times when I see future entrepreneurs hesitating on taking the plunge. The logic behind it is self-apparent: you’ll only ever achieve success if you actually get out there and try. No alt text provided for this image But there’s another […]

Options. What so many forget to make sure they have. In life – and in business. I learned that lesson the hard way about ten years ago when I got a fateful call from our buyer at one of our most important accounts at the time. Starbucks. And I was told that what had been […]

Hello Everyone! Thank you for taking the time to read this. This month I’m hitting a big parenting milestone. My first child graduating from college and embarking on “real life.” It brings up a lot of emotions and memories for me, going through the same rite of passage many years ago myself. My first job […]

2020 was a year that made us all stop and think. For me, I thought a lot about fear. About family. And about being a parent. A mom. And since this coming weekend will be all about celebrating mothers, I wanted to take a moment to share about my own family, starting first with my […]

Imagine this sign: Seems impossible right?  And well, maybe to most it is. I frequently say, “Starting a company is like climbing a mountain. But creating a new category within an industry — that’s like climbing Everest.” We climbed Everest when we launched Hint. (Well, not literally.) You see, two months into launching Hint in […]

This past year has shined a light on how critical soft skills are. Soft skills are the intangibles. The art of understanding people, working in a group dynamic, communicating productively so that ideas can turn into action – and then action can transform into results. The importance of effective communication has never been more obvious. Especially […]

With the benefit of hindsight, it’s easy to look back at the early days of Hint and recognize the key turning points in the growth of the brand. I can clearly identify those critical junctures where the business made a huge leap forward. And, interestingly, those leaps sometimes occurred at the most unexpected moments. People […]

“Just start. Because you will never succeed if you don’t.” I’ve given this advice countless times when I see future entrepreneurs hesitating on taking the plunge. The logic behind it is self-apparent: you’ll only ever achieve success if you actually get out there and try. But there’s another lesson embedded in there, and it’s this: […]

I often call myself an “accidental entrepreneur.” I didn’t dream of launching and running my own company. It happened organically, over time, as I pursued a personal mission of making healthy choices easier for consumers. This past October, I published my first book, Undaunted: Overcoming Doubts and Doubters, the culmination of about four years’ work […]

Hi Everyone! Lately, I’ve been reflecting a lot on being a lifelong learner. The importance of it. How critical it is to feeling fulfilled. And, yes, how critical it is to our overall happiness. Perhaps this past year has prompted me to think about this as it relates to me now, to my younger self, […]