Hilah's Things
Hilah StahlI'm Hilah, the CEO and founder of Spoak. This is a newsletter full of my favorite things, my musings on life and work and design, and the lessons I've learned as an entrepreneur. I hope it brings a bit of joy to your inbox.
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How we operate day-to-day as a small, remote team building a big product
Spoak is a seven-person team working 4 days a week. We work remotely all over the world, from Rome to Dublin to New York to Missouri to Colorado, and have since before the pandemic.
From the outside looking in, this sounds like a recipe fo...
Destruction, construction, and the art of the pivot: part 2
I have pivoted Spoak once before, months after we first launched in 2019. We had about 100 users. What we lacked in size we gained in anonymity.
The stakes were low and the transition seamless. Today, it’s a different undertaking.
After a...
Birth, rebirth, and the art of pivoting: part 1
Maternity leave was explosive both literally and figuratively.
When my second daughter was born in August of 2025, I took a 4-week maternity leave. It was the longest I’d ever been away from Spoak. For the first time in 7 years, the dista...
Design is a verb
Interior design is real life turned art form. In order to love, appreciate, or even understand it, it must be physically experienced. Good design is form meeting function: it’s the light switches exactly where you expected them to be; the l...
Why we've built Spoak on minimal investment
Even before I started Spoak, I was surrounded by entrepreneurs. My career was built at early-stage startups. My dad, my brother and my best friend from college were all Silicon Valley founders. I bore witness to both the highs and the lows...
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CEO & cofounder of Spoak, living on a farm in the Hudson Valley. Lover of all things design and creativity, with a soft spot for ceramics, overalls, and coffee.
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