What is up everyone?

This is Alex Lieberman, co-founder and CEO of Morning Brew.

And it is time for Founders Journal,

my personal audio diary,

where I give you the business builder,

the tools you need to think better,

in order to build better,

whether that's building a business,

a team, or a new product.

Before we hop in, I want to give a shout out to a listener.

I got a Twitter DM from Samir,

who's a student at Purdue,

and he gave me some awesome feedback.

He said,

Alex, I love the podcast,

but I would really like it

if your storytelling felt more natural,

like more casual and less reading a script.

And I think it's such a good point, you know?

As Founders Journal has gotten bigger and bigger

and the stakes have gotten higher,

I've started to do more prep around the show

...