This group is to support people who are building their brand and edge through writing.
Side-project September: Discussion and Q&A
Making your writing goals happen can often mean spinning multiple plates at once.
Running a newsletter in addition to a day job, cobbling together freelance assignments, or finding time to write between caring responsibilities. How do you make it all work?
45 minutes: Discussion
15 minutes: Q&A
The rest: Time to mingle!
We'll talk about:
How to maintain more than one project at once
Writing and editing well, even when it's for a side-hustle
When it's time to stop spending energy on a project
Speakers
Nick Hilton – Director and co-founder of Podot, an independent podcast production company. Nick is also chief TV critic at The Independent.
Lauren Gilbert – Founding editor-in-chief of In Development, a new magazine about the developing world. Lauren is also a non-resident fellow at the Energy for Growth Hub, the Centre for British Progress, and the Roots of Progress Institute.
Alys Key – Founder of the UK 2.0 newsletter on Substack, Alys was previously Features Editor of Digital Frontier and has written for Unherd, The New Statesman and Prospect Magazine.
About The Founder-writer Collective
Writers are now founders. From Emily Sundberg's "studio mindset" to Ashlee Vance's bet on independent storytelling, professional writers own and operate their own brands.
At the same time, company founders increasingly see the value in being writing-first practitioners. By thinking and writing in public, they create new opportunities and cultivate a point-of-view. In the tradition of Warren Buffett and Paul Graham, by way of Julie Zhuo, founders are now writers.
We want to bring these groups together to discuss the future of writing (and editing), find new collaborators, and create time to just get on with writing.
This event is generously hosted by Marker.
This group is to support people who are building their brand and edge through writing.