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Getting Laid Off On Paternity Leave With Two Sets Of Twins | Aaron Francis (Dad of 4, Try Hard Studios)

Aaron Francis is the co-founder of Try Hard Studios, a company he started with Steve Tenuto that makes amazing videos for developers and teaches companies how to do it too. He started Try Hard Studios after being laid off fro...

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March 27, 2025

Getting Laid Off On Paternity Leave With Two Sets Of Twins | Aaron Fr…

Aaron Francis is the co-founder of Try Hard Studios, a company he started with Steve Tenuto that makes amazing videos for developers and teaches companies how to do it too. He started Try Hard Studios after being laid off fro...

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March 20, 2025

Educating Your Kids In A Technology-First World | Jeremy Howard (Dad …

Jeremy Howard is a leader in the data science and AI communities. Along with his partner, Dr. Rachel Thomas, he is the co-founder of Fast.ai - a research lab studying how to make deep learning more accessible and widely appli...

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March 13, 2025

The Unhappy Achiever Paradox | Mike Yan (Dad of 1, Co-founder/CEO, Ma…

Mike Yan is the co-founder and CEO of Manychat, a chat automation tool for social platforms with over 250 employees, 1 million customers and growing 2x year over year. With his team, Mike has built the fastest growing platfor...

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March 6, 2025

Raising Teenagers, Making Movies & Founding Companies | (Eric Colbert…

Eric Colbert, Jay Chandrasekhar and Eli Szasz are the co-founders of VouchVault, a new platform that helps you get trusted recommendations for products and services you need. Eric and Eli have worked together for years at cre...

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Feb. 27, 2025

Tidy Up Your Life | Tyler Moore (Dad of 3, TidyDad, Elementary School…

Tyler Moore aka TidyDad is a school teacher turned internet sensation and best-selling author. Pushed to the brink of a breakdown after the birth of his second daughter, Tyler went on to tidy up his mind, his life and his hou...

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Feb. 13, 2025

Four Companies And Three Kids | Pouyan Salehi (Dad of 3, co-founder S…

Pouyan Salehi is the co-founder and CEO of Scratchpad—a company trying to take the busy work out of sales. He has founded three other companies, including PersistIQ (acquired by Wishpond) and Stackmob (acquired by PayPal). In...

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