Hint founder on overcoming doubts and doubters

Kara Goldin, Hint

Today I’m talking to Kara Goldin, the founder of Hint, a flavored water I see all over San Francisco.

I invited her here to talk about how she built up the business and a large part of this interview is based on her freaking amazing book, Undaunted: Overcoming Doubts and Doubters. I actually don’t believe she really had that many doubts and doubters, but I’ll ask her about that in this interview.

Kara Goldin

Hint

Kara Goldin is the founder of Hint, fruit-infused flavored water.

Andrew: Hey there, freedom fighters. My name is Andrew Warner. I’m the founder of Mixergy, where I interview entrepreneurs about how they built their businesses and going through offices here in San Francisco. One of the things that I’ve seen is hint, this flavored water.

In fact, I had it at my office and the only reason that I do and bring it here to talk to Kara golden, the founder of hint is because I assumed when I got this big FedEx box full of stuff, that there would be a bottle of it in there. Instead, what I discovered is all this extra stuff. I’ve got sunscreen with.

Hint. I had no idea that they make sunscreen. Now they got sunscreen. I’ve got lip balm. I had no idea. They make lip balm. I have hand sanitizer, nevermind like the plushes and the other stuff that I’ve got, um, from her. She’s clearly expanded, but what I know hint as is the water company with a hint of flavor that does not want to saturate their drink...

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