Navigating Family Meetings for Connection and Growth

Phil Carter is a consumer subscription growth expert and advisor. He has built a popular Reforge course on consumer subscriptions and advises companies on their growth strategy. Prior to that he led growth and product functions at Faire, Quizlet and Ibotta. Phil is also a husband and the father of two kids.

Phil’s wife, Ashley, founded a non-profit called Daring Girls that comes up in today’s episode and has helped over 20,000 Tanzanian women further their education. Donate today!

In our conversation today we discussed:

* Raising kids during the pandemic

* Traveling internationally with young children

* How to teach kids cultural empathy and understanding

* Protecting coveted time with your spouse

* Avoiding everything becoming a household logistics conversation

* The weekly family meeting and how that works for Phil and his family

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Where to find Phil Carter

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/philgcarter/

X: https://x.com/philgcarter

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* LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamjfishman/

* Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/startupdadpod/

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In this episode, we cover:

[1:29] Welcome

[2:03] Professional background

[4:14] Childhood

[5:32] What family are you close to now?

[7:27] How you met your wife

[8:39] Daring Girls and his wife’s work

[11:28] Decision to start a family

[13:27] Earliest memory of becoming a dad?

[16:36] Raising kids during the pandemic

[20:21] Taking kids to Tanzania

[25:42] Talking to kids about diversity

[29:02] Family meeting

[32:37] Advice for younger Phil

[35:56] Advice to ignore

[37:43] Protecting time w/ spouse

[40:59] Standing date-night time/sitter

[42:03] Keeping date-nights from becoming logistical discussions

[44:09] Where do you and partner not align?

[47:16] Mistake you made as a dad?

[49:05] Halloween

[51:11] #1 book recommendation 

[52:29] Fav holiday recipes or traditions?

[54:10] Follow along

[54:49] Lightning round

[1:03:56] Thank you

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Show references:

Daring Girls: https://daringgirls.org/

Donate to Daring Girls: https://daringgirls.org/donate/

Quizlet: https://quizlet.com/

Ibotta: https://home.ibotta.com/

Bain: https://www.bain.com/

Stanford: https://www.stanford.edu/

Turo: https://turo.com/

Faire: https://www.faire.com/

Reforge: https://www.reforge.com/

Harry Potter: https://www.harrypotter.com/

Tanzania: https://www.britannica.com/place/Tanzania

Pokemon: Detective Pikachu: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5884052/

DinoLingo: https://www.dinolingo.com/

Duolingo: https://www.duolingo.com/

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini: https://www.amazon.com/Kite-Runner-Khaled-Hosseini/dp/159463193X

Children Of The Corn: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087050/

Lion King Soundtrack: open.spotify.com/album/7e8y48Z2fkJNGBOKSECCeS

The Five Love Languages: https://5lovelanguages.com/

Osprey backpacks: https://www.osprey.com/

How to Train Your Dragon: https://www.dreamworks.com/how-to-train-your-dragon

Bluey: https://www.bluey.tv/

The Wild Robot: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt29623480/

Mighty Ducks: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104868

The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness by Jonathan Haidt:https://www.amazon.com/Anxious-Generation-Rewiring-Childhood-Epidemic/dp/0593655036

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