Kyle Westaway

Kyle Westaway is an attorney, writer, and builder.

For over 15 years he’s helped startups scale their companies smarter. He’s the author of Profit & Purpose: How Social Innovation is Transforming Business for Good and a Contributor at Forbes, where he writes about entrepreneurship. He writes two popular newsletters: Weekend Briefing and Founder Fridays. Kyle taught for a decade at Harvard Law School and Cornell Law School.

When he’s not practicing law or writing, he’s building with AI and loving it.

Work

2008 – Now
Managing Partner at Westaway
A founder-friendly startup law firm.
2019 – Now
Contributor at Forbes
Writing about entrepreneurship.
2020 – 2022
Adjunct Professor at Cornell Tech
A course on social ventures.
2013 – 2020
Lecturer on Law at Harvard Law School
A course on social entrepreneurship.
2014
Author of Profit & Purpose
A book about social entrepreneurship.

Newsletters

2014 – Now
Weekend Briefing
A Saturday morning briefing on innovation and society.
2022 – Now
Founder Fridays
A Friday morning email helping startup founders and operators scale smarter.
2025 – Now
Acquired Briefing
Capturing brilliant insights from the Acquired podcast in a written briefing.

Builds

2026
Stack
A minimalist habit tracker.

Interests

Ongoing
Music
Monthly playlists.
Ongoing
Books
Books I’ve read recently.
Ongoing
Mental Models
Catalog of mental models.
Ongoing
Learning
Courses and conferences.
Ongoing
Adventure
Field notes from my adventures.

Writing

Features

Awards