Episodes
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...
Surrogacy, Raising Twiblings, and Navigating Fatherhood as a Gay Man …
George Arison is the CEO of Grindr and the former co-founder and CEO of Shift. George grew up in Republic of Georgia when it was still part of the former Soviet Union and immigrated to the U.S. as a teenager. …
Balancing Career Ambition With Your Prime Parenting Years | Casey Woo…
Casey Woo is the founder of Operators Guild, a community of engaged ops professionals who help each other navigate the issues that arise when scaling a company. He is a reformed Finance leader who found his passion growing a ...
Two married company founders on starting companies and family | Trae …
In this special Startup Dad (and Mom) episode I interviewed husband and wife team Trae Stephens and Dr. Michelle Stephens. Trae is a partner at Founders Fund, and is also co-founder and Executive Chairman of Anduril Industrie...
Fostering creativity, managing ADHD and internet celebrity with the “…
Aaron Huey is an award-winning National Geographic photographer, a three time Stanford Fellow and the founder and chief creative officer of Amplifier.org . He has broken crowdfunding records when he raised $3 million in a few...
Newborns, standup comedy and a new definition of fatherhood | Will Ro…
Will Rocklin is a product advisor, the former Head of Product at Safara and former product leader at Square and Google. He is also an aspiring standup comic, having performed in New York and Los Angeles. He now helps climate …
Raising responsible teenagers, how to let kids make their own decisio…
Tom Willerer is the Chief Operating Officer at Reforge. Prior to that he was the Chief Product Officer at Opendoor, Coursera and a VP of Product at Netflix. Tom is a husband, father of two teenagers and a fellow Michigander. …
Fostering interests in your children, maintaining friendships and pan…
Ryan Johson is the Chief Product Officer at CallRail a marketing and AI technology company. He was an early pioneer in the AI industry doing fascinating work on computer vision for anomaly detection in videos and images. Ryan is a …
Emotional intelligence, navigating race and fatherhood in the UK | Be…
Ben Wiliams is a product and engineering executive and was most recently the VP Product at Snyk; an $8B developer tools company. He is currently a Product and Growth advisor and owner of PLGeek.com as well as The Product Led …
Balance, being the default parent to teenagers and being married to a…
In this special, 10th episode I interviewed husband and wife team Josh Herzig-Marx and Carla Naumburg, PhD. Josh is a product executive and coach, a former VP of Product, founder and ex-Googler. He is also the "default" parent to two …
Amazing frameworks for raising three boys | Matt Greenberg (father of…
Matt Greenberg is a product and engineering executive and was most recently the CTO at Reforge. He was previously the VP of Engineering at Credit Karma. Matt is a husband and father of three boys and one dog. In this …
Feeling ready for kids and being social chair of your marriage | Mike…
Mike Duboe is a General Partner at Greylock, one of the most well-known venture firms in Silicon Valley. Prior to that he was a Growth leader at Stitch Fix through their IPO and Tilt which was acquired by AirBnB. He …