Motherhood as a Gateway to Entrepreneurship, Rage as a Motivator, and Home as a Space to Create — with Milk Stork Founder & CEO Kate Torgersen

Kate Torgersen doesn't believe in work-life balance — she believes in work-life complexity.

As the Founder and CEO of Milk Stork, the first breast milk shipping company, she's helped thousands of parents achieve their goals, both personally and professionally. And she says if she hadn't been a mom — specifically, to twins — she would never have become an entrepreneur. 

Kate had the idea for Milk Stork on her first business trip after giving birth to twins, when she was stopped at TSA and forced to dump out the ice for two gallons of breast milk. With three kids under 3 and a full-time job at Clif Bar, she started building Milk Stork at night, during her pumping sessions. Since 2015, the company has completed more than 82 thousand deliveries and shipped more than 5 million ounces of breast milk — including 21 gallons for athletes and other parents working at the 2021 Olympic Games.  

For this conversation, we’re in Kate Torgersen’s home in Lafayette, California, talking about committing to a new business while standing on a pile of hot wheels, what her home means to her, and why there's no doubt Kate's work and home have had an incredible impact on each other.

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Other guests on Make Yourself at Home include Bess Freedman (Brown Harris Stevens), Frédéric Fekkai (FEKKAI), Kara Goldin (Hint), Greg Davidson (Lalo), Danielle Canty (Bossbabe), Adrian Grenier (Earth Speed Media, DuContra Ventures), Loren Brill (Sweet Loren’s) and more.

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Make Yourself at Home is hosted by Kristin Twiford and presented by Nines, the household management app designed to help you manage your home and everything that comes with it, so you can live with ease. Learn more at ninesliving.com.