# Should You Start Your Own Company? ft. Alec Kremins (Founder, Baal Teshuva, Content Expert) From **Shtark Tank with Yaakov Wolff** by Yaakov Wolff. - **Published:** Mon, 10 Aug 2026 04:10:00 GMT - **Duration:** 00:33:18 - **Audio:** https://anchor.fm/s/e45c8048/podcast/play/123988774/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-7-9%2F429520838-44100-2-64e9ea2bfdcd2.mp3 - **Page:** https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/yaakov-wolff/episodes/Should-You-Start-Your-Own-Company--ft--Alec-Kremins-Founder--Baal-Teshuva--Content-Expert-e3n6bb6 - **TorahApp:** https://torahapp.org/share/p/3P_shtark_tank/e/968691b5-2c23-41e3-8ec5-364f6b8bc207

One year ago, Alec Kremins got fired. Same week he found out his wife was pregnant with their first child. He had a choice: go find another stable job, or bet on himself.

He went all in.

Alec built his career at Ramp (now valued near $40B) before making Aliyah and eventually going out on his own. In this episode we get into why he tells most people not to start a company, even though it was the right call for him.

We cover:

The day he got let go, and the decision that followed
Why he thinks life is about meaning, not comfort, and the Lubavitcher Rebbe story about the "contract" nobody signed promising an easy life
The Histadlus/Bitachon dance and why it gets a lot harder when you're working for yourself
Whether your work should be part of your identity, or just what funds it
A surprising parallel between starting a company and childbirth (his words, not ours)
Why he actively discourages most people from starting their own thing
Building a personal brand without losing your Shabbos, your learning, or your sanity to the algorithm
Where AI actually fits in content creation, and where it doesn't touch the core at all

Alec Kremins is the founder of RallyUp. You can find him on LinkedIn.