Real Quick

Although Quinnton Harris of Retrospect is still in the beginning stages of a long entrepreneurial journey, he’s already learned a few important lessons about spending time and energy on the right priorities. In this episode, Quinnton opens up about the grind of entrepreneurship, overreacting to the wrong things, and the importance of the interpersonal relationships you build while growing a business.

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While in medical school in the Dominican Republic, Alejandra had an idea. To bring it to life, she left everything she knew and moved to Paris to build FlyWallet in one of the largest startup incubators in the world. In this episode, she chats with Izzy about staying humble, recognizing that not everything will be perfect right away, and how she’s responded to wake-up calls along the way.

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When a potential business partner ghosted him, materials chemist Brantly Fulton of Lamar didn’t let that stop him. In this episode of Real Quick, he shares what that experience taught him and how it helped him push his company forward to continue fixing gaps in the supply chain.

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In this interview with Alex, we talk through why she started Get Sh!t Done, sustainable growth, how she avoids overreacting to the small stuff, and how her squad helps her build.

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Missteps in the early stages (or later stages) of growing a company are the best way to gain perspective. In this issue, I chat with four founders about the big and little things that went wrong for them — and ended up in lessons learned and better perspective on where to spend their time and energy going forward.

Izzy shares his takeaways and lessons from his five distinct, honest conversations about self-care for founders.

Stay tuned for next issue to hear five more quick convos with real founders!

Instead of continuing to swipe left, Naza Shelley took matters into her own hands and created a video-based dating app, CarpeDM, to meet the dating needs of professional Black women. In this episode, Naza talks about the importance of “me” time, how she plans for self-care, and the impact dating has on mental health.

Oakland native and Fitnesse founder Michael Garrick is no stranger to stress — and as a former Division 1 collegiate athlete, he often uses exercise as an outlet. In this episode, Michael talks with Izzy about his experience building Fitnesse and how important it is for founders to have a consistent workout regimen, especially while raising capital.

How does Saraa Green balance her full-time role at Adidas while starting her own successful business? Through resilience, time management, and a commitment to self-care. In this episode, Saraa chats with Izzy about the mental health challenges that come with the stress of being a founder and the roles that self-care and therapy have played in her entrepreneurial journey.

When taking over the family business didn’t work out, Khalif El-Amin didn’t let that stop him. In this episode, Khalif talks about the importance of surrounding yourself with positive influences, what self-care means to him, and the steps they’re taking at his organization, Young Enterprising Society, to ensure that the next generation of entrepreneurs puts their needs first.