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Podcast: My Worst Investment Ever Podcast
Episode: Kara Goldin – Don’t Put Industry Leaders on a Pedestal
Description: BIO: Kara Goldin is the Founder and CEO of Hint, Inc., best known for its award-winning Hint water, the leading unsweetened flavored water.STORY: When Kara started her beverage business, she had zero experience in the industry. So she figured hiring people with impressive experience in the big beverage companies would help her business. Instead, they didn’t understand her vision, and thus there was no return on her vast investment.LEARNING: When hiring, don’t be blinded by executives in big companies; they may not have the experience needed to run a startup. <...