21Hats Podcast featuring Blink CEO Karen Clark Cole
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Jan 20, 2020 | Updated Aug 2, 2022

Blink Celebrates Launch of 21 Hats Podcast Live Recording

Karen Clark Cole, Blink’s CEO and co-founder, will be a regular commentator on the new podcast from Loren Feldman, former editor at Forbes.

For Immediate Release

January 20, 2020

Blink is pleased to announce that CEO and co-founder Karen Clark Cole will regularly appear on the weekly 21 Hats Podcast, which launches this week on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, and the 21 Hats website. Blink will host a taping of the podcast before a live audience in its downtown Seattle studio on Thursday, February 13. The live-recorded show will feature all of the show’s regular guests, as well as celebrated Seattle business owner, Brian Canlis of the beloved restaurant Canlis.

The podcast is a weekly conversation with entrepreneurs who share their challenges and compare notes on topics rarely discussed in public. 21 Hats is a brand-new online community for business owners that understands that business owners have to wear a lot of hats to build a business. The podcast is hosted by Loren Feldman and will feature Jay Goltz, CEO of The Goltz Group; William Vanderbloemen, CEO of Vanderbloemen Search Group; Dana White, CEO of Paralee Boyd; Laura Zander, CEO of Jimmy Beans Wool and Karen Clark Cole, CEO of Blink.

Before co-founding 21 Hats, Feldman was part of the senior editorial staff covering entrepreneurship at Inc., The New York Times, and Forbes for more than 15 years. 21 Hats is founded on the belief that the most valuable things we can offer owners are the insights, lessons, and stories that come from the people who live them.

“Entrepreneurs and business owners have a lot to learn from each other,” says Karen Clark Cole. “I am excited to be working with Loren and this fantastic group of business leaders to bring the podcast to life through real, genuine conversations about what it takes to run a business.”

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Graphic for the second episode of the new podcast, featuring Jay Goltz, Karen Clark Cole, and William Vanderblomen.

About Blink UX

Blink is a user experience (UX) research, strategy and design firm that works with great companies to create meaningful digital products, brands, and experiences. With studios in Austin, Boston, San Diego, San Francisco, and Seattle, Blink brings two decades of experience using our evidence-driven design process to projects for clients such as Amazon, Microsoft, NASA and Starbucks. Learn more at https://blinkux.com.

About 21 Hats

21 Hats is a brand new online community for business owners. As the name suggests, we at 21 Hats understand that business owners have to wear a lot of hats to build a business, but some hats fit better fits than others. 21 Hats is produced and curated by Loren Feldman.

The 21 Hats Podcast is a weekly conversation with entrepreneurs who share their challenges and compare notes on topics you rarely hear discussed in public, like whether their businesses are as profitable as they should be, how big a price they are willing to pay for growth, and why they hired their brother-in-law. Every week, host Loren Feldman has a conversation with three of the show’s five regulars: Karen Clark Cole, CEO of Blink UX; Jay Goltz, CEO of The Goltz Group; William Vanderbloemen, CEO of Vanderbloemen Search Group; Dana White, CEO of Parlee Boyd; and Laura Zander, CEO of Jimmy Beans Wool. Visit 21hats.com to learn more, and listen to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher.

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