She Built the Village: Britt Rile...

She Built the Village: Britt Riley on Haven, Working Parenthood, and Rewriting the Rules of Childcare

What She Does Podcast by Annie Sinzinger & Liane Starr

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What if the answer to the childcare crisis wasn't a policy fix — it was a building with a community membership?

Britt Riley is the founder and CEO of Haven, an integrated childcare, coworking, and fitness space designed for working parents — where kids learn downstairs while parents work upstairs, all under one roof. What started as Britt's own frustration with the impossible juggle of career and parenthood became one of the most innovative care models in the country.

In this episode, Britt talks about leaving her marketing career to build something that didn't exist yet, surviving a pandemic six months after opening, growing Haven through franchising without losing its soul, and why the childcare industry is long overdue for a rethink.

This one is for every parent who has ever felt torn in half. And for every founder w ... 

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