Startup Dad
by Adam Fishman
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Is A Growth Mindset Bad?! | Dan Beck (Dad of 9, 401GO)
Is A Growth Mindset Bad?! | Dan Beck (Dad of 9, 401GO)
About this podcast
Adam Fishman (author of a top business newsletter on Substack with 11K+ subscribers) interviews executives, entrepreneurs, and company leaders in technology companies who are also fathers. They discuss the tough aspects of work, parenting, family, the mistakes made and lessons learned along the way. All episodes at www.startupdadpod.com.
Episodes
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- Is A Growth Mindset Bad?! | Dan Beck (Dad of 9, 401GO) · 1 h 4 minDan Beck is the Co-Founder & CEO of 401GO, a company making retirement benefits more accessible to small businesses across America. He built the company alongside his brother and…
- What Is Maternal Gatekeeping? | Sarah Schoppe-Sullivan (Mom of 1, Ohio State) · 1 h 25 minSarah Schoppe-Sullivan is a Professor of Psychology at The Ohio State University and Director of the Children and Parents Lab. For nearly two decades, she has studied how couples…
- I Quit My 7-Figure Job To Take Back My Time | Peter Yang (Dad of 2, Behind The Craft) · 1 h 2 minPeter Yang is the creator of Behind the Craft, a 100k+ subscriber YouTube channel and 150k+ subscriber newsletter focused on product, AI, and building. Previously a product…
- Build an AI-Powered Parent OS | Aakash Gupta (Dad of 2, Author/Podcast Host) · 1 h 8 minAakash Gupta is a creator, product advisor, author, and the host of one of the most popular newsletters, podcasts, and social accounts for product managers and AI builders. He…
- Why I Stepped Down to Spend More Time With My Son | Ankit Gupta (Dad of 1, Founder of Bicycle Health) · 1 h 20 minAnkit Gupta is the Founder of Bicycle Health, a company he built and led for nearly nine years before handing over the CEO role and becoming a stay-at-home dad. Before Bicycle…
- Why Dads Want to Do More at Home—but Still Don’t | Brad Harrington (Dad of 3, Work-Family Scholar) · 1 h 23 minBrad Harrington is the former Executive Director of the Boston College Center for Work & Family and spent nearly two decades at Hewlett-Packard, earning his PhD along the way…
- He Trained a Trillion-Parameter Model on Dad Jokes for $200 | Adam Grenier (Dad of 3, AI Matey) · 1 h 13 minAdam Grenier is the Founder of AI Matey, a growth and product advisor, longtime startup operator, and the creator of DadBench, an AI evaluation system built around one…
- Our Screen Time Fear Misses the Evidence | Jackie Nesi (Mom of 3, Brown Professor, Techno Sapiens) · 1 h 5 minJackie Nesi, PhD is a clinical psychologist, researcher, and associate professor at Brown University. She is also the creator of Techno Sapiens, a weekly Substack newsletter with…
- The Founder Habit That Backfires At Home | Harry Roegiers (Dad of 3, Founder of Stuntpony) · 1 h 1 minHarry Roegiers is the founder of Stuntpony; a live call coach for B2B salespeople. He’s spent the last decade working in sales performance, growth, and revenue strategy, helping…
- What Happens When Parents Stop Hovering | Dirk Doebler (Dad of 1, Parento Leave) · 57 minDirk Doebler is the Founder and CEO at Parento Leave, a company dedicated to helping organizations build better parental leave programs. He lives with his wife and 3-year-old…
- Your Kids Are Smarter Than You. Let Them Govern Themselves. | Matt Fairbanks (Dad of 4, CMO at Island) · 1 h 8 minMatt Fairbanks is the Chief Marketing Officer of the enterprise browser and platform company, Island. He built a highly successful career as a tech executive in Silicon Valley…
- The New Fatherhood: What Modern Dads Need Instead | Kevin Maguire (Dad of 2, Author) · 1 h 15 minKevin Maguire is the former Head of Strategy for Consumer Apps at Google and is now the author of The New Fatherhood and creator of the newsletter of the same name, a community…
- AI Has Changed The Summer Job Playbook | Ghazi Masood (Dad of 2, CRO of Replit) · 53 minGhazi Masood is the Chief Revenue Officer at Replit, where he leads revenue for one of the fastest growing AI coding platforms in the world. He’s also a father of two teenage…
- We Drove Through the Night to Meet Our Daughter | Matt Korn (Dad of 4, Founder of Dad Esquire) · 1 h 16 minMatt Korn is a Partner at Pierson Ferdinand LLP and the founder of Dad, Esquire, an online community dedicated to supporting fatherhood within the legal profession. He built the…
- Did I F*ck Up Already?” My First 24 Hours as a Dad | Zach Jaffe (Dad of 1, Create Music Group) · 1 h 16 minZach Jaffe is an M&A professional at Create Music Group, where he focuses on independent record label acquisitions. After years in the LA music industry and startup world, Zach…
- From TBS’s My Boys to Stay-at-Home Dad | Jamie Kaler (Dad of 2, Actor and Comedian) · 1 h 20 minJamie Kaler is a former Naval Officer turned actor, stand-up comedian and stay-at-home dad. He is best known for his role on TBS's "My Boys" and decades of work across television…
- Cotopaxi Founder: How I Built A Values-First Company And Family | Davis Smith (Dad of 4) · 48 minDavis Smith is the Founder and Chairman of Cotopaxi, an outdoor gear brand built around fighting poverty and doing good in the world. Before stepping back as CEO after a decade…
- Science of Reading: Teach Any Kid to Read | Matt Pasternack (Dad of 3, Once) · 1 h 7 minMatt Pasternack is the co-founder and CEO of Once, a science of reading-based software that teaches children ages three to seven how to read. He built the company after watching…
- 40 Kid Emails a Week. So I Built a Bot | David Reich (Dad of 3, Founder/CEO of Fambot) · 1 h 14 minDavid Reich is the Founder and CEO of Fambot, an AI-powered assistant built to help parents manage the overwhelming admin work that comes with modern family life. Previously…
- The Bar for 'Involved Dads' Is Embarrassingly Low | Richard Petts (Dad of 2, Associate Dean at Ball State University) · 1 h 11 minRichard Petts is a Professor of Sociology and Associate Dean of the College of Sciences and Humanities at Ball State University. He’s also the author of Father Involvement and…
