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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| Issues | 19 | Founded | 3 years ago | Last Issue | 10 days ago |
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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...
My hard-won strategy for hiring
Spoak is made up of seven full-time employees.
I’ve always wanted a big business, but never a big company. I resist corporate bureaucracy and middle management at all costs, and I have no interest in being the primary source of motivation...
Building publicly beyond the “girlboss”
Like no good deed being truly selfless, there’s no entrepreneur devoid of ego. Spoak would not exist if there wasn’t some small part of me that yearned to one day be on the cover of Fortune, to have a TED talk, to be someone of importance,...
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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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