Melanie Ehrenkranz

5 days ago | laid0ff.substack.com | Melanie Ehrenkranz

Before we dive in… Laid Off hats are here. Did you get yours? In today’s issue, I talk to Leonora Epstein on the ripple effects of tariffs in the furniture space and how her design Substack has become her creative anchor. Leonora Epstein was laid off last month from her role as VP of Content & Creative at a luxury cabinetry startup. “I knew I’d be the first to go,” she said, citing industry-wide tariff pressure and her understanding that creative is often first on the chopping block.

1 week ago | laid0ff.substack.com | Melanie Ehrenkranz

A few weeks ago, some cuties from the Laid Off Discord met up in Fort Greene Park to model the now shoppable Laid Off hats. Nearly every person in these photos has been laid off — including photographer Rona Akbari, who I first interviewed for the newsletter earlier this year. She killed it. I’ve been wanting to make Laid Off hats for a minute. Not just because they’re cool (they are), but because getting laid off shouldn’t be something you have to hide. It happens. It happened to me.

1 week ago | laid0ff.substack.com | Melanie Ehrenkranz

Laid Off is the coolest place on the internet to talk about being laid off. Want to sponsor a future issue and treat readers to coffee on you? Hit reply. This week’s coffee is on TenYour. That means 10 readers will get a $10 gift card to a coffeeshop, on TenYour. All you have to do is open today’s issue, and you’ll be entered to win. Winners will be randomly selected and emailed by tomorrow morning. TenYour is a generational wealth company helping Millennial & Gen Z professionals build wealth.

2 weeks ago | laid0ff.substack.com | Melanie Ehrenkranz

Laid Off is the coolest place on the internet to talk about being laid off. In today’s issue, I talk to Hunter Hewitt, the former SEO strategist at Gambling.com Group, about breaking into the online gambling industry and navigating the stigma that comes with it. Hunter Hewitt had been eyeing the online gambling industry for a while. In 2021, while working as a digital marketing manager at a Bay Area tech startup, he was constantly checking job boards looking for a way in.

3 weeks ago | laid0ff.substack.com | Melanie Ehrenkranz

Laid Off is the coolest place on the internet to talk about being laid off. This week’s coffee is on ! That means 10 readers will get a $10 gift card to a coffeeshop, on creator Ariella Steinhorn. All you have to do is open today’s issue, and you’ll be entered to win. Winners will be randomly selected and emailed tomorrow morning. Ariella Steinhorn has lived several lives as a ballerina, tech exec, startup founder, and now writer.