What's up everyone? Welcome back to another episode of Founders Journal. I'm Alex Lieberman,

co-founder and chairman of Morning Brew. Founders Journal is my personal audio diary made public

for builders and entrepreneurs. And on today's episode, I reflect on my honeymoon to Africa

and the lessons I bring back with me that I believe will make me and you a better entrepreneur.

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It is good to be back. My wife and I spent the last two weeks in Africa traveling around

Rwanda and Kenya for our honeymoon. It was an amazing trip and we feel incredibly thankful

that we had the opportunity to experience this part of the world. We spent time in Kigali,

the capital city of Rwanda, where we visited their highly trafficked local market called Kemi Rongo,

and more importantly, we walked through the Kigali genocide memorial which educates visitors on

the unthinkable events that happened in 1994, where a million Rwandans were killed in just 90 days.

We then drove through rural villages, many of which lacked electricity or running water,

on our way to Volcanoes National Park, an area in which 20 families of mountain gorillas

live in the Varunga Mountains, a range that divides Rwanda and Uganda. We met the families of Titus

and Asimbi, two silverback gorillas, and after Rwanda, we flew to Nairobi, the bustling capital

of Kenya, before heading out for six days of safari in the Masai Mara. I haven't traveled

all that much internationally in my life, so maybe this is obvious for people that travel more,

but beyond it being such a nice way to spend time with my wife on our honeymoon,

I found this trip to be incredibly impactful. By the end, I was filled with new perspectives,

a good feel for completely different cultures, and a few lessons learned from meaningful experiences

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