Jamila Huxtable is a reporter for Morning Brew’s Founder Brew, where she covers the people and ideas behind building a business, with a focus on how capital, access, and opportunity shape who gets to become a founder. She reports on funding pathways for early-stage and aspiring entrepreneurs, women-led and underrepresented businesses, and the systems expanding access to entrepreneurship across industries. Prior to joining Founder Brew, she produced and wrote social and short-form economics content for Marketplace and worked in audio journalism at NPR, contributing to shows like Morning Edition and Planet Money.
Jamie Siminoff sold Ring to Amazon for a reported $1 billion in 2018. He talks about what founders should know about continuing to work at an acquiring company and the perks of building inside a corporation.
Eva Longoria sees producing and directing as a form of entrepreneurship: Every project requires building a team, managing resources, and making decisions without a roadmap. Now, she’s sharing what she’s learned with other business owners.
After a decade at rag & bone, Lauren Bucquet left the fashion establishment to launch Labucq, her own footwear brand. She shares what she had to learn when she went from designing within an institution to making every decision herself.
When beauty brands were chasing younger consumers, Amy Errett saw an opportunity. Here’s how she challenged an entrenched category and built a loyal customer base.
Nicole Semeraro left healthcare leadership to build Karias Health—and rethink how consumers navigate one of the country’s most confusing industries.
Founders in Atlanta are becoming more deliberate about outside investment—raising less, looking elsewhere, and demanding more from investors when they do take the money.
Atlanta Tech Village has built a community around putting founders in the same room. But as remote work and online networks make it easier to build a company from anywhere, founders are asking what a physical startup hub can offer that they can’t get online.
Four founders explain how full-time jobs funded their startups, reduced risk, and shaped smarter business decisions—even when the juggling act came at a cost.
Liquid Death founder and CEO Mike Cessario explains how the company built demand for a commodity product, why humor became its secret weapon, and the costly decisions behind scaling the brand.
Jobber co-founders Sam Pillar and Forrest Zeisler met by chance in an Edmonton coffee shop. They explain why not being friends first helped them build trust, challenge each other, and become better leaders.
