‘I still love my career, and that’s okay’: Common co-founder on balancing a start-up business and family

Co-founder and chief operating officer of newly-launched publisher Common, Rachel Henry (Hall), sits down with Mumbrella’s Lauren McNamara to reflect on the journey of launching a new business while pregnant – the challenges, the readjustments, and the stigmas that still surround working mums.

Launched earlier this week, Common – a new publisher with a proposition of good news and positivity – is the brainchild and ‘baby’ of Rachel Henry, with fellow co-founders Joseph Summers and Max Sherry.

And while the past four months have been spent working tirelessly behind the scenes to launch Common, Henry has also been growing her first child and dealing with the challenges associated with pregnancy. 

In every sense of the word, 2024 is her year of growth. 

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