Latest / Founders Journey Podcast
Alex Jekowsky on Building Cents and Leading Through Startup Pain
Starting where the friction lives
Alex Jekowsky joins us to talk about the kind of founder mindset that starts with real friction. He didn’t chase startup status. Instead, he paid attention to broken systems and asked better questions. First, that showed up on college campuses. Later, it led him into laundry, where he saw how hard operators worked without strong software.
He explains why he dropped out of college, built a campus marketplace, and sold that first business at 23. Then, while exploring laundromat ownership, he noticed something bigger. The opportunity wasn’t only in buying…
The skinny
The skinny isn't ready yet — notes appear once the transcript is processed.