How two corporate HR veterans launched a pumpkin display business

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Rebecca Paxton, the 35-year-old cofounder and managing partner of My Front Porch, a Dallas pumpkin-display business. It's been edited for length and clarity. I was working in corporate America at a Fortune 100 company with my cofounder, Jen Carmichael, when we got the idea for My Front Porch. We'd worked together in HR for 10 years, but life changes made us realize we needed more flexibility. One day in 2022, Jen…