Summary: Jessica Kim is the Co-Founder/CEO of ianacare on a mission to equip, educate, and empower family caregivers to navigate long-term care for loved ones. Her drive to create solutions for the millions of people navigating this complex journey comes from her own experience of caring for her mom who fought a seven-year battle with pancreatic cancer. At the age of 19, she started Jessica’s Wonders, a baked goods company, out of her college dorm room. She raised $1M in funding her senior year (with braces) and grew it to national distribution. She then went to work at Kraft Foods in brand management. In 2008, Jessica founded BabbaCo to invest in the future of parenting by helping families spend quality time together through subscription activity boxes. BabbaCo was acquired in 2014 by Barefoot Books, where she served as President for two years before becoming an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at CRV (Charles River Ventures). Jessica was honored as Crain’s Top 40 under 40 and currently serves as a Venture Partner at Praxis Labs, the inaugural EIR at Brown University, and an advisor to several startups. Jessica graduated from Brown University and received her MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management. She lives in Boston with her three young children and husband, Peter, where they are actively involved in their Highrock church community. Get more information on ianacare's app: -- It's FREE, visit the Apple App Store now! https://itunes.apple.com/US/app/id1441737626?mt=8 -- This platform mobilizes friends & family to provide practical and emotional help for family caregivers. -- We serve family caregivers of loved ones with cancer, Alzheimer's, elderly, any surgery, birth complications, organ transplants, etc. www.ianacare.com -- IANA = I Am Not Alone Connect with David on Twitter: twitter.com/DavidNovakOGO See more Podcasts: davidnovakleadership.com/leadership-podcast/ Take our Free Recognition Survey: davidnovakleadership.com/survey
