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Jamila Huxtable

Reporter, Founder Brew

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.

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Founder Guidance

Poppi’s Allison Ellsworth on starting over after a $1.95b exit

Jamila Huxtable

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Founder Guidance

Pickleball Dating’s founder on finding a niche and building a community

Jamila Huxtable

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Starting Your Business

Survey: Founders without access to capital ‘find a way’ around barriers

Jamila Huxtable

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Founder Leadership

Jennifer Hyman on navigating the move from Rent the Runway founder to Babylist CEO

Jamila Huxtable

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Starting Your Business

These investors want to provide ‘inspiration capital’ for Southern founders

Dan Latu, Jamila Huxtable

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Venture Capitalists

A venture capitalist shares the qualities that can make a founder worth investing in

Jamila Huxtable

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Founder Leadership

Nicolas Jammet on staying hungry as Sweetgreen scales

Jamila Huxtable

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Founder Leadership

Pinky Cole Hayes on bankruptcy, starting over, and rebuilding her vegan burger chain

Jamila Huxtable

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The Financials

Julia Collins on what too much money can teach you about building a company

Jamila Huxtable

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Founder Life

What founders should know about executive presence and personal style

Jamila Huxtable

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Founder Leadership

Nectar’s founders learned AI can’t build a brand for you

Jamila Huxtable

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Founder Guidance

Ring founder Jamie Siminoff on selling to Amazon—and staying on

Jamila Huxtable