Join us for a discussion and Q&A with independent writers and media founders building their brands through the power of the written word. We'll talk about:
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The pros and cons of running your own newsletter
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How to build a brand as an independent writer
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Where writers can find their edge in an AI-age
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How founders and other professionals can use writing to develop their thinking and create career opportunities
Speakers:
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Alys Key: an editor and journalist reporting on technology and politics on her Substack UK 2.0. She was previously features editor at Digital Frontier and before that was deputy money and business editor at The i Paper.
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Eleanor Warnock: a writer and communications expert who is currently managing editor at the Reid Hoffman backed publication Every and writes a newsletter on AI and writing. She has written for the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, and was deputy editor at Sifted.
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Isabel Woodford: journalist, producer and moderator with a focus on covering culture, money and psychology. She has been published in The FT, The Atlantic, The Guardian, the Times, the Telegraph, the New Scientist, The Observer, and the BBC. Earlier this year, she launched a course for freelance journalists - outlining the blueprint she used to build her solo career.
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Aled Maclean-Jones: a writer and former Treasury special adviser, whose work has appeared in the New Statesman, Works in Progress, and the London Magazine. He writes on Substack at Rake's Digress, and is also the co-founder of Ashore.
This event is generously hosted by Marker.
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.
