My Founder Story: Anne Gillaspie on Dying (and Being Reborn) as a Founder | Ep01

What if the version of you that built your first business had to die for the next one to exist? Anne Gillaspie doesn't think that's a metaphor; she thinks it's happened to her three times. In this first-ever solo episode of OnlyFounders, host Anne Gillaspie steps out from behind the mic and into the story herself. She's the founder and CEO of Fix & Form, a Denver branding firm that's quietly rebuilt itself twice in 12 years, and a keynote speaker whose talks on truth-telling and burnout have started drawing crowds who want more than a business card exchange. This episode marks a reset for the show itself, a pivot from co-hosted banter to raw, unfiltered founder testimony, starting with Anne's own. In today’s episode, we talked about: • From brand manager to solo founder, and her "happy divorce" from her old identity • The three-month depression that accidentally launched her business • Why Fix & Form killed retainer marketing for one-time transformations • Miscarriage, motherhood, and rebuilding herself, more than once • Launching Anne's Coffee Club for founders who want real access "I believe that we have many rock bottoms. I believe that we have to die several times to reinvent ourselves and be reborn in this lifetime." She closes the episode with a story about a single birthday candle — and why, at 41, it was the first birthday she'd ever actually had. Subscribe on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2PuNBpW... Subscribe on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Follow Anne Gillaspie on Instagram:   / annegillaspie   Follow Anne Gillaspie on LinkedIn:   / annegillaspie   Join Coffee Club: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FA... Visit our website: https://theannegillaspie.com/ If this conversation resonated with you, subscribe, leave a review, and share this episode with another founder who needs to hear it.