Christopher Lochhead – Podcast Host and Author of Play Bigger & Niche Down

Christopher Lochhead has so many great nuggets to learn from. This legendary marketer has been called one of “The Best Minds in Marketing” and “The Howard Stern of Entrepreneurialism”.
Who is Christopher Lochhead? Listen to find out how he got his start and what he has learned on his journey on this episode of #TheKaraGoldinShow!

Patrick McGinnis – Venture Capitalist, Podcast Host, and Author of Fear of Missing Out

Patrick McGinnis, venture capitalist, and the author is the creator of the term “FOMO” (Fear Of Missing Out). He wrote about FOMO in the humor section of Harvard Business School’s student newspaper in 2004, and the word was added to the Oxford English Dictionary in 2013. Patrick has been featured in media outlets across the country for coining the term. Patrick is the international bestselling author of *The 10% Entrepreneur*, and he recently came out with the book *Fear of Missing Out: Practical Decision-Making in a World of Overwhelming Choice*. He also has an awesome podcast called *FOMO Sapiens* distributed by the Harvard Business Review. On this episode, Patrick talks about FOMO – what it is and how it works, how being the man who coined the term “FOMO” has influenced his life, the best parts of his new book, and more.

Kristi Herold – Founder & CEO of Sport & Social Group and JAM Events

As much as Kristi Herold disliked hearing the business buzzword “pivot”, she became a prime example of an entrepreneur that successfully pivoted in 2020. Kristi is the founder and CEO of Sport & Social Group, which has created over 100,000 recreational sports leagues in North America. For over 20 years, Kristi heard stories about how Sport & Social Group brought people together and changed their lives. However, when the pandemic hit, all of the recreational sports games and social events were cancelled. After spending a couple of months feeling lost and confused about what to do with her business, Kristi and her team decided to launch a new business called JAM Events which hosts fun online activities for companies, conferences, and other groups. JAM continues to bring people together through play, just like Sport & Social Group does, but it has adapted to remote working environments and our socially distant times. On this show, Kristi talks about how she’s built her businesses, her action steps to pivoting and launching JAM, and much more.

Susie Carder – Profit Coach and Author of Power Your Profits

Susie Carder, profit coach and author of her new book Power Your Profits, is a bootstrapping queen. When she was in her twenties, Susie was determined to make money and get herself out of poverty – and she did it. After becoming a hairdresser and making over $200,000 a year working three days a week, she was asked to help other hairdressers do the same. From there, her coaching career was born. Over the last several decades, Susie has built and sold a company, made mistakes and started over, and found a way to make millions of dollars. Now, Susie is coming out with a new book called Power Your Profits where she outlines her best practices that have led her to success. In this episode, Susie talks about the predictable success method that she outlines in her book, her story on getting out of poverty and building wealth in her life, her journey as a profit coach, and much more.

Michelle Cordeiro Grant – Founder & CEO of Lively

Michelle Cordeiro Grant is the CEO and founder of Lively, which is an extremely comfortable activewear-inspired lingerie brand. Michelle has coined the term “Leisurée”, and she’s has built an amazing business with over 135,000 brand ambassadors as part of the Lively community. Michelle previously worked at incredible brands like Victoria Secret, Federated Merchandising Group, and Nautica Women’s Sportswear. On this show, she talks about what she learned from working with corporate fashion brands and startups before becoming an entrepreneur, how she built Lively with ambassadors at the core of her marketing strategy, the story behind her brand name, and more.

Tammy Tibbetts and Christen Brandt – Co-Founders of She’s the First and Authors of Impact: A Step-by-Step Plan to Create the World You Want to Live In

My guests Tammy Tibbetts and Christen Brandt are the incredible founders of *She’s the First*, which is an amazing girls rights organization that has more than 200 chapters. Tammy and Christen recently came out with the new book called *Impact: A Step-by-Step Plan to Create the World You Want to Live In*, which empowers every reader to make a difference in the world with the skills and interests that they already have. Tammy and Christen started She’s the First as a simple social media campaign as they were both working as budding magazine editors 10 years ago. As Tammy and Christen have diligently turned She’s the First into a thriving organization, their work has been supported by icons like Michelle Obama and Diane Von Furstenberg. On this show, Tammy and Christen talk about their new book Impact, how they started their social entrepreneurship and non-profit journeys, what we can all do to make the world a better place, and much more.

Liz Hilton Segel – Managing Partner for McKinsey in North America

Liz Hilton Segel is the Managing Partner at McKinsey in North America, and she’s a champion of inclusion in the workplace. Liz started prioritizing diversity and inclusion in the workplace pretty early on, and she has also been pioneer in prioritizing mental health at work. Liz recently wrote an article called, *5 Ways to Design a Better Mental Health Future for a Stressed Out Workforce*, which we talk about on this show. We also talk about action steps to empower a team to bring their best and whole selves to work, ideas for supporting mental health in work culture, how to train and teach wellbeing at work, and much more.

Jeff Jones – President & CEO of H&R Block

Jeff Jones, president and CEO of H&R Block, has an incredible entrepreneurial and leadership story. Son of small business owners, Jeff has been learning about leadership, business, and entrepreneurship for a lot of his life. Jeff has been an entrepreneur and business owner, and he’s worked as an executive at Target, Uber, and now, H&R Block. His career has been full of diverse endeavors, and each piece of his work life has taught him to lead through uncertainty and change in our world. On this show, Jeff talks about the most important leadership lessons that he’s learned, the advice he gives to young people in their career, how he’s gotten through 2020 and much more.

Kat Hantas – Co-founder of 21 Seeds Tequil‪a‬

Kat Hantas is the creator of 21 Seeds Tequila, which I consider the most badass tequila business in the industry. Prior to becoming an entrepreneur, Kat loved her evening wine drinking ritual, but after some time, she started to feel crappy. Her doctor recommended that she move away from fermented spirits and into distilled spirits. In the process of exploring tequila options, Kat came up with the idea to start 21 Seeds Tequila – a fresh natural tequila made with real fruit. With her sister and her good friend, Kat turned her idea into a reality. On this show, Kat tells her story about the creation of 21 Seeds Tequila. She also talks about brand awareness, being a woman in the spirits industry, how her business has dealt with the pandemic, the importance of knowing exactly who your customer is and much more.

Britta Cox & Suveen Sahib – Co-founders of AQUIS & K18 Hair

Britta Cox and Suveen Sahib are an incredible entrepreneurial duo and husband and wife co-founders of AQUIS. Britta started AQUIS hair towels and hair turbans 30 years ago, and her consumers loved the products. She had no experience in the haircare industry, but was looking for new fabrics to dry her own hair quickly and she found a great material that worked well. With the onset of social media, people started to share their love for AQUIS all over the internet, and the business started to grow. They were receiving testimonies on how the AQUIS hair towel “saved” peoples’ hair, and Britta’s husband, Suveen, decided to dive into the science of how that was even possible. With that, Suveen learned a ton about the science behind hair and he and Britta created K18 Hair — haircare that scientifically nourishes and renews hair. On this show, Britta and Suveen share their story. They talk about how they found an opportunity to innovate and how their business has totally changed and catapulted in the last 5 years, how they’re paving the way for the future of haircare, and much more.