Caitlin Kao

Founder & CEO, Kaomi Sleep · 1 appearance on the record.

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Kaitlin Kao founded Kaomi Sleep, a direct-to-consumer sleep brand known for the SherpaNest bedsheet designed to ease nighttime anxiety. She bootstrapped the company while pursuing her MBA at USC Marshall, initially funding development through her resale venture Kao Closet.

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Kao: Kaomi Sleep achieved $635k in revenue in eight months

“I launched Kaomi Sleep in November, 25, only eight months ago, while attending USC Marshall's full-time MBA program, and in just eight months, we've done 635,000 dollars in revenue.”

Caitlin Kao Sep 10, 2026 ▶ 29:49 Advice Line with Kip Tindell of The Container Store

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Kao: Sherpa Nest generated over 197M organic views without outside capital

“So, the Sherpa Nest had over a hundred ninety-seven million social media views, a hundred percent organically, which allowed us to scale through a pre-order model without raising outside capital.”

Caitlin Kao Sep 10, 2026 ▶ 30:06 Advice Line with Kip Tindell of The Container Store

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Kao: Kaomi Sleep holds provisional patent and fights 113+ scam copycats

“Right now we have a provisional patent for the Sherpa Nest, and then we also have the Sherpa Nest pending a trademark, and we actually have experienced a lot of scams and copyright infringements. I think we had over a 113 different accounts scamming other peop…”

Caitlin Kao Sep 10, 2026 ▶ 31:26 Advice Line with Kip Tindell of The Container Store

Appearances (1)

Episode	Date	Speaking time
Advice Line with Kip Tindell of The Container Store	Sep 10, 2026	1m

Caitlin Kao

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