Nora Ali
About Nora Ali
Hi! I'm Nora Ali, Co-Founder and CEO of Mason Media - a TV/film/audio production company co-founded by Alex Rodriguez, Marc Lore, and myself (currently raising a round of equity financing - reach out if you want to chat!). I started my career on the Goldman Sachs trading floor, then helped build and launch Jet.com through its $3.3bn acquisition by Walmart as an early member of the marketing & product teams. I recently was an anchor at Cheddar and host of the Business Casual podcast at Morning Brew. Now I'm taking everything I've learned in my career across capital markets, start-up building, technology, business media / digital media, and covering tech / biz / entertainment as a journalist and anchor... to build Mason. I've recently come to realize that this word encompasses what I stand for, and what has led me through each step of my career: "access." I've been lucky enough to have had several very different jobs, which have all built on each other. From Wall Street, to tech & retail startup, to anchoring and creating television, now to building a media company from the ground up... I was always given a "chance" even if I didn't have the prerequisite experience that would have been traditionally "expected" for a particular role. In other words, people who believed in me gave me access to new roles (in new industries!) and trusted that I'd learn how to do the job, ON the job. I'm now a fierce advocate of providing access to others. From working with or hiring people who have non-traditional backgrounds, to educating others and myself in totally new fields, to — most importantly — elevating overlooked and underestimated voices. If you offer access to those who otherwise wouldn't have it, then you're automatically opening up a wealth of unique opportunities and stories. My inbox is always open: nora@noraali.com