Great Jones Co-founders Sierra Tishgart & Maddy Moelis: How They Decided to Become First-Time Entrepreneurs

My guests this episode are Great Jones co-founders Sierra Tishgart and Maddy Moelis.  Great Jones is a modern cookware company designed to make home cooking simple with beautiful high-performing cookware at an accessible price.  Sierra and Maddy started Great Jones because they believe in the power and pleasure of making food with your own hands. Not only business partners, they’re also childhood friends of 20 years who first met at summer camp, where they bonded over a love of Chipwich ice-cream sandwiches and pizza pockets.  Prior to starting Great Jones, Sierra worked as a Food Editor at New York Magazine and won a James Beard Award for her writing. She also hosted a show for CBS This Morning interviewing chefs. Maddy comes from the start-up world, where she managed consumer insights for Warby Parker and was a Product Manager at Zola. They embarked on the Great Jones adventure together as first-time entrepreneurs.  I visited their beautiful New York office to hear all about: How they met at camp over 20 years ago and how their lives have intertwined since The evening when Great Jones began and how the business grew from a single idea Leaving established careers to become entrepreneurs  What life is like as a business owner and the challenges that come with it It was so inspiring hearing how Sierra and Maddy got their business off the ground, and I really hope their story inspires anyone else who has an idea but doesn’t know what to do to take it to the next level. They’re also amazing examples of people taking leaps of faith into the unknown. Find out more about Great Jones: https://greatjonesgoods.com (https://greatjonesgoods.com/) .