Ep 30. AMY KIM - "Just Figure it out! Artist to Product Designer to Entrepreneur"

In this episode, Ileana and Rob welcome the founder of KindTail, Amy Kim, from Los Angeles. Amy is an artist turned top product designer in the automotive and consumer space, turned pet products entrepreneur as the inventor and visionary behind the fast growing company, KindTail. She launched their flagship product, PAWD, the plastic collapsable dog crate and has built the company from there. Her bootstrapped company has had wild early success with direct sales online, and distribution through big brand retail partners such as Chewy, Bloomingdales, Walmart and Amazon. Amy shares her inspired story as a first time founder, and drops some incredible insights and encouraging words for female founders everywhere about self-belief, taking chances, understanding your customers, asking for help and just "going for it!"  Amy is a Multi-faceted designer experienced in product development for large corporations, start-ups and consultancies. Over the course of her career prior to launching KindTail, she worked as a Vice President of Prosper Technologies and Industrial Designer for Valve Corporation, in Los Angeles, a Senior Product Design Consultant for Kaleidoscope in New York City, where she worked on accounts with such global brands as Microsoft Xbox, Proctor & Gamble and Ford Motors, and she began her career working at BMW, Nissan and the Ford Motor Company. She is an active mother of 2 boys, a dog mom and wife. Amy and her family live in Los Angeles. Feel free to follow and engage with Amy here: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amy-kim-8a0666a/ Instagram: @amy_craycray  Instagram: @kindtailco  Instagram: @kindtail_puppies  Website: https://kindtail.com We're so grateful to you, our growing audience of entrepreneurs, investors, builders, influencers and those interested in the entrepreneurial economies of Latin America and the under-represented entrepreneurial communities in the USA! Plug in, relax and enjoy some Spanish, English and a fun dose of spanglish as always. We're here to help inspire, educate and empower you, so that you can build the future! ¡Salud y gracias!, Mentors Today's Team

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