Today we’d like to introduce you to Kymn Goldstein.
Kymn, can you briefly walk us through your story – how you started and how you got to where you are today.
I believe I was born with a bit of a rebellious, outsider spirit and have always been creative. Even though as a kid, I was somewhat shy. At the beginning of my career, I tried to conform and be like everyone else. But early on, I discovered myself in work situations where my insights and ideas were different from everyone elses. Now to be clear, I did not automatically start expressing all of those ideas at once. However, I did express a few. And I found every time I did that, a door of possibilities would open for me.
The first ten years of my business experience was spent working for a division of News Corporation. It was orderly and structured – and a great environment for me to learn discipline and how to work with a rainbow of diverse people and personality types. When I left there, I went to work for a digital start-up, helping them launch a product. That transition was like going from one side of a coin to the other. There were no rules, and frankly, no other product like ours had even existed before. So literally creating everything from scratch.
Then, until earlier this year, I was the Chief Operating Officer of a large entertainment and brand marketing agency. I got to work every day, leading and collaborating with an incredibly creative, hard-working team – helping our amazing clients be successful. During my time there, I transformed the agency by adding services, building diverse teams and tapping authentic voices. This resulted in better creative campaigns speaking to specific audiences from families with kids, to Gen Z, to African American, LatinX or LGBTQ.
Now I have embarked on a brand new venture, launching a consultancy business. Since February, and despite unforeseen challenges none of us have ever experienced before, I have been fortunate to be in a position where my innate ability to see things differently has been useful to others. I have taken on projects where I can bring creativity, problem-solving and business acumen to bear. I have also been more personally creative this year than ever before, with a publishing imprint, a play and a soon-to-be launched podcast.
Has it been a smooth road?
I have a sneaking suspicion that if the road is too smooth, it’s not the right road. Or maybe, not the best road. Because smooth can sometimes be complacent. Too easy. And if you are a person who has found their way to a smooth road, I think it is incumbent upon you to travel out to the rough road and help pull someone else over.
I think the biggest struggle for me has always been being authentic in everything I do. Even after all of the success, it is still a daily decision.
We’d love to hear more about your business.
We partner with companies (brands, entertainment properties, retail) to identify and solve problems. Which could run the gamut from how do we reach and engage fans or consumers, to how can we automate an existing process, to how should we take this “something” from concept to execution? What sets us apart is being female-led and diversity-driven. Collaborators who think, look and have different experiences to bring to the table.
Is our city a good place to do what you do?
Los Angeles is an incredibly creative, vibrant city. There is so much going on at any given time. We are also a city hindered by geography and lack of a city center. This makes networking more difficult. L.A. is a series of tight-knit communities that can be hard to break into. But I think it’s a great place to start out in because you only need to know one or two people. And they can introduce you to one or two people. And so on. People are always willing to help if you ask them, and it’s reasonable.
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