Molly Fienning on How to be a Good CEO and Scaling a Hot Sauce Brand During a Pandemic

Molly Fienning is the Co-Founder and CEO of Red Clay Hot Sauce, a modern Southern hot sauce company based in Charleston, SC. Prior to Red Clay, Molly co-founded Babiators, the leading sunglasses brand for babies and kids.

Molly joins Katie on the Building While Flying podcast to talk about her journey from Harvard Business School to silent investor to CEO of Red Clay. She shares lessons learned from each step of her journey, and how each experience informed the next. She talks about what it means to be a good CEO and leader, and shares a potentially surprising opinion about public relations!

In-flight topics:

• How to be an effective CEO
• Difference between goals and journeys
• Lessons from one business to the next
• Scaling a brand during the pandemic
• The importance of traditional public relations
• …and more!

Connect with Molly Fienning: Babiators website: https://babiators.com/ Red Clay website: https://redclayhotsauce.com/ Molly LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/molly-fienning-32789237/ Molly Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mollyfienning/ Red Clay Insta: https://www.instagram.com/redclayhotsauce/