Founder’s Journal is Back

So if you listened to yesterday's episode, I said there was a big announcement coming, and this is that announcement. It's something that I've spent the last several months thinking about, talked a lot about it with the team at The Brew, and now is the right time. Now I'm just talking to keep the cliffhanger going. I promise I'll tell you in a second. What this announcement is? All I know is I'm excited for this journey, and I'm excited to do this journey with you guys. And so, without further ado, let me make the quick announcement. Add drama with the drumbeat. I don't know if you can even hear that. And now my dog is barking because he heard me bang on the desk. That backfired. Founders Journal is back. The Crazy Ones, as it was formerly known. Is being rebranded into Founders Journal. It's the rebrand to the rebrand because it was originally Founders Journal. For you listeners who have been part of this journey for the last several years, Founders Journal was my original entrepreneurship show. And just to tell you kind of how this all started, it was during the pandemic. I had a fair bit of free time and I'd always wanted to get into the habit of journaling, like writing in a journal every morning. And for whatever reason, I could just never build that habit. I would do it for a few days and then I would just stop the habit. It never was ingrained in my daily behavior. And so I said to myself one day, what if I record myself doing a journal and I publish it to the world? Because then I'm held accountable to delivering content on an expected schedule to people. And maybe that form of accountability, like a gym trainer or a nutritionist, will make me feel horrible if I don't deliver. And so I'll always deliver. And so I did about 300 episodes of Founders Journal and it was the best. The, you know, this show was all about 5 to 20-minute journal-style monologues. Just me, you know, stepping up to the mic, preparing based on honestly what is the most interesting, important shit happening to me as an entrepreneur or a founder. And these topics that I covered with Founders Journal ranged from, the lessons I learned from my dad's passing when I was a junior in college, to what the process of selling Morning Brew was like, to how we got our first 10, 100,000, and 10,000 subscribers as a business, to how I think about my journey after Morning Brew and what I want to do as an entrepreneur, all the way to like interesting business books that I'm reading that you may not want to spend 50 hours reading, and I can break down the most important lessons for you. And I stopped Founders Journal at some point because I stepped down from my role as CEO of Morning Brew in April of 2021. And for the next, I would say, probably year, I honestly wasn't doing very much. I was in some ways like mourning the loss of my role because running the business was my identity for so long. And when I lost that sense of Identity. I lost what felt like myself. I really had to reflect on who is Alex Lieberman? What is the value I bring to the world? What do I want to do with my life moving forward? And so that's why there was a hiatus with Founders Journal for a while. And then we had started The Crazy Ones back up, which was an awesome show. I love my co-hosts, Jesse Pujji and Sophia Amoruso. They were amazing. You know, but what I've realized over time is that I always loved Founder's Journal. I believe it is a unique content form that we don't have enough of in the world that is short and punchy in a way that works with people's lives, that is vulnerable and real. And I've always wanted to bring it back, and now feels like the right time because with me both being the chairman of Morning Brew, me advising companies, me starting a few new companies. There's a lot going on and it feels like I have a lot to talk about now. So is it— it isn't like in 2020 and 2021 where I felt like I was forcing myself to come up with topics because I was out of the CEO role. There is an abundance of things I'm thinking about and I wanna share it with the world. So with that said, Founders Journal is back. If you were here for the ride in the beginning, welcome back and I'm so glad you stayed. And if you're new to this journey, all I can tell you is I work tirelessly to make my content as good as humanly possible, to make the greatest business builders and entrepreneurs better at what they do and help them build great companies. And so you are in good company. I'm going to work so hard for you to give you the content that levels you up. And you can expect this content 3 days a week on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. And this is gonna be one hell of a journey. If you want to reach out, With any topics you want me to cover as we bring Founders Journal back, please do so. If you want to just share your excitement or say hi or introduce yourself, please do so. You can shoot me an email at alex@morningbrew.com. I'm probably going to get my inbox blown up right now, but that is totally okay. Let's do this thing, guys. It is going to be a fun journey and it's time for some Founders Journal. Take it easy, everyone.