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Founder's Journal

Alex Lieberman, the co-founder and Executive Chairman of Morning Brew, gives you an insider’s look into building businesses. Alex explores the founder’s journey, from the painful challenges of 0-to-1 to the powerful frameworks that help you scale to millions in revenue as well as the emotional rollercoaster that is present throughout.

Episodes

Why Saving Is So Dangerous

Today's episode is about saving money and why that can be a really bad thing in business. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 11, 20218 minEp. 215

How to Elevate Your Tribe

Today’s episode is about how you actually go about building a tribe that aligns with your values. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 09, 202114 minEp. 214

How to Build Your Tribe

Today, I’m talking about what it means to be part of a tribe and what goes into building your tribe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 07, 20219 minEp. 213

Why and How I Bought Bitcoin

Today I talk about my decision to buy bitcoin, why I bought it, and the considerations I made along the way. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 04, 202116 minEp. 212

Fight for Your Customers

Today I’m talking about fighting for every single customer no matter how big your company is. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jun 02, 202116 minEp. 211

The Power of Learning Groups

Today I explain what a learning group is and why I think it can accelerate learning & creative thinking. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 31, 202112 minEp. 210

How to Be a Selfless Conversationalist

Today I share how to be short term selfish in conversations in order to be long term selfish...in a good way. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 28, 20219 minEp. 209

Hiring Senior Employees

For today’s journal, I want to help you make the right choices when picking senior people at your company. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 26, 202111 minEp. 208

My Opinion On Opinions

Today I’m talking about peoples’ opinions and how to help you think through the best way to make them work for you in your career. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 24, 202113 minEp. 207

How I Manage Anxiety

Today I’m talking about my anxiety and how I approach living with it in a productive and healthy way. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 21, 202114 minEp. 206

Aggregation Theory

Todays episode breaks down a business framework that explains why some businesses are so powerful, so defensible, and only get more powerful & defensible with each day that passes. Listen to my episode on Network Effects here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 19, 202113 minEp. 205

How to Keep a Decision Journal

Today I give you a tool for taking an honest & repeatable approach to how you evaluate major decisions you make. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 17, 202112 minEp. 204

How to Make Decisions

Today’s episode is about making every decision you make count. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 14, 20218 minEp. 203

How to Build Intentionally

On today’s guest journal, Amanda Goetz, Founder of House of Wise, gives us insight into building intentionally. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 12, 202112 minEp. 202

Learning How to Learn

Today, I break down a four-step process for efficiently learning about any new topic personally or professionally. Liston to The Power of Curation on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 10, 202120 minEp. 201

How My Brain Works

Today I share one of the things I have been perpetually unconfident about…the way I work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 07, 20217 minEp. 200

The Regret Minimization Framework

Today I give you a mental model that you can add to your toolkit when making big decisions in business or life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 05, 20219 minEp. 199

The Rules of Connection

Today I explain my 7 rules of connecting & networking in a post-COVID, internet world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 03, 202113 minEp. 198

Guest Journal: Carving Your Niche w/ Darren Rovell

On today’s guest journal, Darren Rovell shares how carving out his niche in sports allowed him to build a 2,000,000 follower audience on Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 30, 202110 minEp. 197

The Value of Feedback

Today, I talk about the importance of delivering frequent, quality feedback in business & how you can level of your feedback-giving abilities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 28, 202111 minEp. 196

The Power of Storytelling

Today I share the superpower of storytelling, how I’ve used it as a builder, and how you can level-up your storytelling. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 26, 202110 minEp. 195

Former CEO of Morning Brew

In today’s journal, I speak about my transition from CEO to Executive Chairman of Morning Brew. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 23, 20217 minEp. 194

The Power of Curation

Today I talk about why curation is a superpower, why it’s misunderstood, and why it’s more important than ever. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 19, 20217 minEp. 192

The Trailblazer

Today I tell the founding story of Salesforce, its disruption to computing, and the lessons all builders can learn from its success. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 16, 202123 minEp. 191

Guest Journal: Build in Public w/Nik Sharma

Nik guides us through the importance of building in public & the impact it’s had on his career. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 14, 202111 minEp. 190

Jobs to Be Done

Today I break down “Jobs to be Done” and how to apply it to all of your work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 12, 20218 minEp. 189

Think for Yourself

Today’s journal is about what it means to be an independent thinker & what you can do to start thinking for yourself rather than in accordance with others. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 09, 202111 minEp. 188

Network Effects

Today I talk network effects. What they are, why they matter, and how to identify them in your industry. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 07, 202114 minEp. 187

My Cofounder

Today I talk about my relationship with my cofounder, Austin Rief. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Apr 05, 202111 minEp. 186