I write The Hotpot the way I’d tell a close friend what building something is actually like — a business, a platform, a film, a life — while I’m still in the middle of it, not once I’ve figured it out. Short essays on entrepreneurship, creativity, and the strange logic behind the choices we make while making things. No framework, no ten-step plan. Just one honest idea from inside the process.

Some editions will hand you a new way of looking at something you’re already building. Others will leave you with a question about your own work you didn’t know you had. Either way, you’ll close the email with something worth carrying into your day.

It’s for curious, ambitious people — especially women — who are building something of their own, or thinking seriously about it, and are tired of playbooks. They just want something honest to think about instead.