What if packing a warm, healthy lunch for your kids was actually simple?
On today’s episode, we welcome Nancy Yen, Founder and CEO of OMIE — a company rethinking how parents tackle everyday meals. After struggling to find a way to send her child to school with a warm, balanced lunch, Nancy set out to build what didn’t exist.
What started as a personal problem turned into years of prototyping, failed iterations, and persistence — ultimately leading to a category-defining product and a bootstrapped business that has scaled to tens of millions in revenue.
In this episode, Nancy shares how she turned a “mom problem” into a company, what it really takes to build and scale without outside funding, and how she’s balancing entrepreneurship and motherhood along the way.
If you’re building, scaling, or challenging “that’s just how it is” thinking — this one’s for you. Tune in now on The Kara Goldin Show.

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https://www.linkedin.com/in/nancyyen1
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