Anne Petersen – Author of Can’t Even: How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation

Anne Petersen, author of Can’t Even: How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation, joins me on this episode. Anne is a writer and author. She is a former senior culture writer for BuzzFeed, and now, she writes her newsletter, Culture Study. Anne works full-time for Substack. Her book, Can’t Even: How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation, was based off an article Anne wrote that went viral in 2019. On today’s show, Anne talks about millennials experiences with work, how work culture is changing and evolving over time, and more.

Tata Harper – Founder & CEO of Tata Harper Skincare

Tata Harper, Founder and CEO of Tata Harper Skincare, never planned on being an entrepreneur in the beauty industry. In fact, she was an industrial engineer when she started learning about clean beauty and realized that she could make a cleaner and more effective product than what she was finding in health food stores. Now, Tata owns a farm in Vermont where she has her own manufacturing and production of her skincare products. On this show, Tata talks about how she put together the pieces of the puzzle to create a business that aligned with her values but was innovative and different. She also talks about how she has made the most of the COVID pandemic, her tips for teaching her kids about skincare, and much more.

Julie Bornstein – Co-founder & CEO of The Yes

Julie Bornstein is the co-founder and CEO of The Yes. Julie has spent most of her career at the intersection of fashion and technology. Previously, she was the COO of StitchFix, and she helped scale the company to over a billion dollars in six years. She also served as Chief Marketing Officer and Chief Digital Officer at Sephora, and she turned Sephora into a digital powerhouse. Then at 47 years old, Julie decided to launch The Yes, which is a company that effectively uses consumer data to customize online shopping for consumers. On this show, Julie shares her wisdom on merging fashion and technology (she has loads of experience in this unique intersection). She also talks about how she has used data effectively to make a great e-commerce experience, the lessons she learned when she transitioned from being an executive to being an entrepreneur, what it is like to work with her co-founder, and much more.

Sarah Dusek – Co-Founder & CEO of Under Canvas

Remember the days when glamping didn’t exist? My guest today, Sara Dusek, founder of Under Canvas, was one of the pioneers of bringing glamping to the U.S. Sarah started Under Canvas in 2009. Since then, Under Canvas has become the leading luxury camping and outdoor adventure hospitality company in the country. I’ve been on one their glamping trips, and it was awesome! There was warm yummy food, comfortable beds, and more while still visiting an amazing national park. Under Canvas has been tremendously successful and received a spot on the Inc. 5000 list in 2017. On today’s show, Sarah talks about how she discovered and created a new business in an entirely new industry. She also talks about how she has grown the brand, the importance of women in entrepreneurship, the project that she has started in Africa, the challenges she’s has come across (and how she overcame them), and much more.

Kristina Rodulfo – Beauty Director at Women’s Health Magazine

My guest, Kristina Rodulfo, is the Beauty Director at Women’s Health. Kristina is incredibly ambitious and she has taken the reins of her career as she explores the intersection between beauty and identity. Before working at Women’s Health Kristina was on the digital team at Elle, and she was the Senior Beauty Editor. She reported and co-produced the Webby-award nominated documentary *Beat New Drag Queens*. On this show, Kristina talks about the cultural and social elements that go with beauty trends, how she has built her career in beauty journalism, the importance of digital media, and much more.

Robert Pasin – CEO of Radio Flyer

Robert Pasin, CEO of Radio Flyer toy company, joins me on this episode of The Kara Goldin Show. In 1917 Robert’s grandfather founded Radio Flyer in Chicago. Remaining in the family for over 100 years, Radio Flyer has brought a lot of smiles and great memories to young families and their children. I’m sure you’ve seen their iconic Little Red Wagon out on playgrounds or around the neighborhood. Robert is the Emmy winning producer of the animated short film, Taking Flight, and author of the national bestseller book, Radio Flyer: 100 Years of America’s Little Red Wagon. On this show, Robert talks about the key strategies to building a successful company over the past 100 years, what he loves about his job and his ability to engage in the creative process as a CEO, tips to team building and creating a healthy work culture, and much more.

Christy Ross – Founder & CEO of Planted Places

Christy Ross is a close friend and a seasoned entrepreneur with a strategic business mind. Previously, Christy worked in ecommerce technology, but she was always gardening on the side. After years of loving to garden, Christy decided to start a plant business called Planted Places. Christy has made gardening innovative and adaptive to small living spaces and city living with her living wall plants and produce. On this show, she talks about how she started her plant business, the most important tips to business and entrepreneurship, the mission behind her work, and much more.

Kate and Daniel Wadia – Co-founders of Mrs&Mr Creative Agency

My guests today are Daniel and Kate Wadia – the founders of Mrs&Mr Creative Agency. You might not realize it, but Mrs&Mr creative agency is the branding and design brains behind many of your favorite companies including Hint (yes, they did our re-design!), SoulCycle, Rent the Runway, Google, WeWork, Sephora, and many more.

Before getting married, Daniel and Kate worked at competing creative agencies. After deciding that they complemented each other’s skillsets they decided to start working together, and they’ve had tremendous success with their company Mrs&Mr.

On today’s show, Kate and Daniel talk about how they started their company, what their entrepreneurial journey has been like so far, and the lessons they’ve learned along the way.

Shellye Archambeau – Former CEO of MetricStream and Author of Unapologetically Ambitious

I’m so excited to have Shellye Archambeau, former CEO, Fortune 500 board member, and author of Unapologetically Ambitious on this episode. Shellye is the former CEO of MetricStream, a governance, risk and compliance software company based in Silicon Valley. During her time at MetricStream, she truly turned the company into a global leader. Shellye is one of high tech’s first female African American CEOs, and before Metricstream, she was an executive at IMB. She has also been featured frequently in lots of publications, Forbes, New York Times, and Business Insider. Most recently, Shellye came out with a new book called *Unapologetically Ambitious*, which I high recommend reading. On this episode, Shellye talks about her new book, her secrets to succeeding as a CEO and executive and much more.

Afton Vechery – Co-founder & CEO at Modern Fertility

Afton Vechery, co-founder and CEO of Modern Fertility, joins me on today’s episode. Modern Fertility is making personalized fertility information more accessible to women everywhere. The company provides fertility hormone essentials so women can be proactive about their reproductive health, whether they want kids or not. On this show, Afton talks about how she got into entrepreneurship and helping women solve fertility issues, what it has been like working with a co-founder, her new product launch with walmart.com, and more.