Episodes
Taking Paternity Leave As A Founder | Luke Millar (father of 5, SVP P…
Luke Millar is the SVP of product and engineering at Medium, where you can discover stories, thinking and expertise from writers on just about any topic. He joined there after the company he co-founded was acquired by them in...
Building an "Indistractable" Household and Forming Healthy Habits | N…
Nir Eyal writes, consults and teaches about the intersection of psychology, technology and business. He is the best-selling author of Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products and Indistractable: How to Control Your Attenti...
Finding More Time vs. More Energy | Immad Akhund (father of 2, co-fou…
Immad Akhund is the co-founder and CEO of Mercury, a business banking platform that has raised over $160M in funding and has over 100,000 customers. He has also founded two other companies – Clickpass and Heyzap; the latter o...
Parental Guilt, Legal Considerations For Parents, and Career Change |…
David Lat is a lawyer turned legal writer who created Above The Law and his current, legal newsletter and podcast Original Jurisdiction, which is now his full-time job. Prior to writing he was a practicing attorney and worked...
How To Actually Build Lasting Memories With Your Kids | Tod Francis (…
Tod Francis is the founder of the world-renowned investment firm Shasta Ventures. He has made early investments in companies like Canva, Tonal, ClassDojo, LiquidSpace, Task Rabbit, Mint and more. About 15 years ago Tod starte...
Three Generations Under One Roof | Eben Pingree (father of 3, founder…
Eben Pingree is a serial startup founder who is currently building the startup Kinsome -- a product focused on helping grandkids better connect with their grandparents. He has founded and sold multiple companies over the past...
Autism, The Fallacy Of Control And Putting In The Reps | Stew Bradley…
Stew Bradley is a former linebacker in the National Football League and played for the Philadelphia Eagles, Arizona Cardinals and the Denver Broncos. Following a successful NFL career he joined Goldman Sachs and then found hi...
Parenting Strategies For Raising Four Kids | Brian Rothenberg (father…
Brian Rothenberg is a general partner at Defy, an early-stage venture firm. He was the former Head of Growth at Eventbrite and has been a serial marketplace founder; starting a services marketplace that was acquired by TaskRa...
Bringing Up Bebe, Simplicity Parenting and Lessons from Growing Up on…
Tye DeGrange is the founder and CEO of Round Barn Labs, a performance and affiliate marketing company that has worked with companies like Oculus, thredUp, ModCloth and Nextdoor. Prior to that he had career stints at Amazon, e...
Astrophysics, Saving the Planet and Raising Three Kids | Casey Handme…
Casey Handmer is the founder of Terraform Industries, a company that is turning CO2 into natural gas through solar electricity. He's an astrophysicist with a PhD from Caltech who has worked on frontier technologies at NASA an...
Navigating Cultural Identity and Aging Parents | Patrick Moran (fathe…
Patrick Moran is the Head of Growth Marketing at Robinhood, a fintech platform helping to democratize finance. Prior to that he had an illustrious career at Houzz, Spotify, YikYak, Netflix and more. He is a loving husband and...
Exploring the Spectrum of Discipline and Parenting Principles | Mike …
Mike Smith is General Partner and co-founder at Footwork, an early stage venture capital firm. Previously, Mike was President, COO, and interim CFO at Stitch Fix, the online personal styling service where he oversaw operation...
How Upbringing Shapes Our Views On Parenting, Technology, and AI | Ch…
Chris Miller is the VP of Product at Hubspot focused on Growth and AI where he has worked for nearly 8 years. I consider Chris to be one of the most forward thinking leaders on AI, monetization and growth. Prior …
Becoming An Empty Nester And A Trusted Advisor To Your Kids | Darin S…
Darin Swanson has been a technical advisor to founders and CEOs for the last 7 years at companies like Pipefy, Outreach, Kite, Edify, and Gatsby. Prior to that he was the VP of Engineering for New Relic and led engineering …
Building A Community For Dads And Your Family | Matt Ragland (father …
Matt Ragland focuses on the intersection of productivity and the creator economy. He started an online community for creative Dads called Digital Dads. Matt was the 5th employee at ConvertKit, ran Creator Success at Podia, an...
The Best of Startup Dad for 2023 (Multiple guests)
Welcome to the last Startup Dad episode of 2023! It has been one hell of a year. Starting in June I released a show a week for the entire rest of the year; 27 episodes in total. Talking parenthood with …
Favorite Holiday Traditions, The Best Recipes, and The Most Disastrou…
Welcome to another special Holiday Edition of Startup Dad! I went back and talked to many of my guests about their most memorable holiday traditions, the best and most secret family recipes, and most disastrous holiday memori...
A Gulf War Refugee, The Power Of Community and Losing A Twin | Lloyed…
Lloyed Lobo is the co-founder of Boast.ai and the author of Wall Street Journal best-selling book From Grassroots to Greatness. After escaping the Gulf War as a child and seeing the power of community in helping navigate impo...
Startup Dad Holiday Gifting Episode - The Best and Worst Parenting Pu…
Welcome to a special Holiday Edition of Startup Dad! As parents we all need to go easy on ourselves at this time of the year. To bring a little holiday cheer to your lives I went back through 2023's roster …
Surviving Cancer, Stepping Back From The Workforce And Then Working F…
In this special Startup Dad (and Mom) episode I interviewed husband and wife team Eric and Sara Mauskopf. Sara is the co-founder and CEO of Winnie, a platform that helps parents find much needed childcare and helps childcare ...
Creating A Culture That Prioritizes Family | Guy Yalif (father of 2, …
Guy Yalif is the co-founder and CEO of Intellimize, a platform that helps optimize web experiences through testing, personalization and AI. He has been an ad tech and product leader at companies like Brightroll, Twitter and Y...
Battlefields, Boardrooms and Fatherhood - a Special Veterans Day Edit…
Jake Wood is a decorated Marine Veteran, the founder of Team Rubicon, and currently the founder and CEO of Groundswell. Jake served in both Iraq and Afghanistan as a Marine sniper, was the subject of the book "Charlie Mike" a...
Amazing Parenting Frameworks for You and your Partner | Gaurav Vohra …
Gaurav Vohra is the Head of Growth at Superhuman, where he created the fastest email experience ever with his brother as part of the founding team nearly 9 years ago. Gaurav is the child of immigrant parents and decided not …
What It Takes to Raise SIX Kids and be a CEO | Tobi Emonts-Holley (fa…
Tobi Emonts-Holley is the CEO of Tiphereth where he started as a volunteer nearly 18 years ago. Tiphereth is an Edinburgh-based community for adults with learning disabilities and other support needs. He also holds a PhD in E...