Karla is the founder and President of KI Marketing Intl., a company dedicated to helping inventors, budding & established manufacturers launch & grow consumer brands using proven manufacturing, marketing & sales strategies that deliver maximum impact and massive returns for their busines ...
Karla is the founder and President of KI Marketing Intl., a company dedicated to helping inventors, budding & established manufacturers launch & grow consumer brands using proven manufacturing, marketing & sales strategies that deliver maximum impact and massive returns for their business.
After almost 20 years working in sales and marketing in the consumer products industry, Karla decided to leave her corporate career to follow her lifelong dream and put her skills to the test as an entrepreneur.
Only a year into her consulting business, she helped a client launch a toy company that made almost $3MM in revenue in less than 2 years.
Through her consulting and training business, Karla guides entrepreneurs how to confidently launch brands they love while being profitable and growing in a BIG way.
To learn more about Karla, her consulting services, and training products and programs, visit www.kimarketingintl.com.
BEHIND ENTREPRENEUR
Karla's path to entrepreneurship started at the early age of 10. Her father who was a serial entrepreneur helped her start a small convenience store in their garage selling snacks, drinks and cigarettes to employees of her parents home-based wrought iron business. A couple of months later, she had to close shop because a neighbors Nanny decided to open a similar business with more enticing offerings. She learned about competition at a very young age. But she didn't give up on her dreams. Years later, she started another business with her sister.
Now with 20 years of experience serving businesses in the entertainment and consumer products industry at different growth stages -- large companies like Walt Disney's Consumer Products Interactive Division, MGM Studios and Schwarzkopf Professional, mid-size companies in the toy and window covering industries, and small to start-up technology-based businesses some at their early and prime stages of growth and expansion and some who had to go through reorganization, had to be sold or file for bankruptcy -- she understands the complexities of running a business and the importance of implementing product launches that deliver returns to the bottom line.
While at a turning point in her career, she decided to leave her corporate career and revisit her lifelong dream, putting her skills to the test again as an entrepreneur. A defining moment was the inspiration behind the creation of KI Marketing Intl.
All these experiences continue to fuel her passion for entrepreneurship and inspire her to help others achieve personal and business success by getting their products to market in a BIG way.
HER PERSONAL MISSION
Her mission is to globally promote purposeful brands and businesses that contribute to the healing and transformation of our planet.