Hint Water
{{short description|American beverage company}}
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| industry = Flavored Water
| founder = Kara Goldin
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| location_city = San Francisco, California
| location_country = United States
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| area_served = United States
| key_people = Kara Goldin (Founder), Theo Goldin (CoFounder)
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| website = {{URL|http://www.drinkhint.com|Official website}}
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Hint Water is an American beverage company based in San Francisco, California, as an alternative to soda and sugar beverages. It was started by former AOL employee Kara Goldin.
History
Hint Water was developed in 2004{{cite news|url=https://business.time.com/2010/08/09/hint-water-vitaminwater-competition/|title=Hint Water: Out to Conquer Vitaminwater — and Obesity Too|first=Carley|last=Adler|access-date=April 15, 2019|date=August 9, 2010|newspaper=TIME}} when its founder, Kara Goldin, was unhappy with the sugar and preservatives in her juices.{{cite magazine|url=https://business.time.com/2010/08/09/hint-water-vitaminwater-competition/ |title=Hint Water: Out to Conquer Vitaminwater — and Obesity Too |magazine=Time |access-date=23 July 2012 |date=2010-08-09}} Goldin created the drink in her own home and sold it from her garage. She was diagnosed with gestational diabetes when pregnant, which also led her to develop a sugar-free alternative drink.{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/2010/03/08/hint-water-starbucks-whole-foods-coke-dasani-cmo-network-hint.html |title=Hint Thirsts For A Bigger Audience - Forbes |publisher=Archive.is |date=2010-08-03 |accessdate=2014-02-19 |url-status=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130629072634/http://www.forbes.com/2010/03/08/hint-water-starbucks-whole-foods-coke-dasani-cmo-network-hint.html |archivedate=2013-06-29 |df= }} Goldin left her job with AOL to become the CEO of Hint Water and later her husband, Theo Goldin, became the COO.{{Cite news|url=http://hauteliving.com/2017/01/kara-goldin-hint-water/627157/|title=Kara Goldin Hint Water|date=2017-01-05|work=Haute Living|access-date=2018-09-18|language=en-US}}{{cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/curtissilver/2017/06/06/how-hint-water-has-become-the-de-facto-official-drink-of-silicon-valley/#3017d9323b1e|accessdate=April 15, 2019|title=How Hint Water Has Become the De Facto Official Drink of Silicon Valley|newspaper=Forbes|date=June 6, 2017|first=Curtis|last=Silver}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.drinkhint.com Official website]
Category:Companies based in San Francisco