Built From Scratch: A Drink & A Yap with Two Women Who Mean Business
You have the idea. Maybe it's a side hustle that's been simmering. A passion project you keep meaning to start. Or a business that's already running, but held together by spreadsheets, group chats, and sheer willpower.
This event is for you.
Join us at Airtable's NYC office for an evening fireside chat with two Black women entrepreneurs who built their businesses from scratch by building real systems to make them run. We're talking real operations, live demos, and honest conversation about what it takes to go from idea to infrastructure.
🔥 What to Expect
A Good Yap
A moderated conversation on how Amber and Emily each built their businesses, the lessons they learned the hard way, and what it means to build with the right tools in the age of AI.
Builds IRL
Both speakers will show you what their businesses actually look like behind the scenes: how they use Airtable and Hyper Agent to manage operations, vendors, events, and workflows in real time. A peek under the hood.
Community & Connection
This is a room for founders, operators, builders, creatives, and anyone curious about what's possible when ambition meets infrastructure. Come to listen, stay to connect.
Books & Bites
Attendees are eligible to receive a signed copy of Amber's debut book, "Your Turn to Host." Light bites and beverages will be served.
🎙️ Meet the Speakers
Amber Mayfield Hewett is the founder of To Be Hosted, creator of While Entertaining, and author of "Your Turn to Host". She got her start in NBCUniversal's Page Program, supporting live studio operations for the Today Show, the Tonight Show, SNL, and more.
In 2017 she launched the To Be Hosted supper club and has since grown it into an event production brand trusted by Pinterest, Spotify, and YouTube. Her work has been featured in Forbes, The New York Times, Good Morning America, Vogue, The Washington Post, Martha Stewart, and more. Forbes 30 Under 30. BizBash 40 Under 40.
Emily Anadu is the founder of On The Lay Out, a Brooklyn-based marketplace and events platform centering Black joy since 2014. Emily manages 100+ vendor weekends entirely through Airtable and has built her full operations stack on Airtable, Softr, Make, and Stripe — and is one of the earliest adopters of Airtable's AI-powered Hyper Agent. Her work has been featured in The New York Times and PopSugar.
🎙️ Your Moderator
Afua Laast is Lead, Change Management & Enablement Strategist at Airtable and co-lead of the BlackViews ERG. She works at the intersection of people, technology, and adoption — helping teams not just buy AI tools, but actually want to use them.
Whether you're running a full-blown business or still figuring out the idea — pull up. Space is limited.
PRESENTED BY
Airtable's BlackViews & Women at the Table ERGs