Halfstack Highlights: Ep. 54 - ShoeCandy by Kara Mac

Welcome to halfstack highlights. This is Jen Lezan and I am the Editor in chief of the Chicago based digital magazine Halfstack and one of the hosts of our podcast Halfstack highlights. This week I had the opportunity to speak with Kara Mac – the founder of Shoe Candy by Kara Mac.ShoeCandy® by Kara Mac is a line of high quality, designer shoes and hand-crafted, mix and match accessories that you can combine to create your own, heel to toe, shoe designs in a flash. Perfect for travelers and other women on the go.ShoeCandy® shoes and accessories combine easily and seamlessly using their patent pending “snap and play” technology, invented by Co-Founder Kara Mac.ALL IMAGES COURTESY OF SHOE CANDY BY KARA MACIn this episode I speak with Kara about her journey into entrepreneurship, what it has been like inventing a product, working towards a patent and the realities that female founders face in the male dominated world of startups. We also talk about the importance of having a co-founder in