Fareed Mosavat is Chief Development Officer at Reforge, former Director of Product at Slack, Instacart, Zynga and more. He's a husband and father of two teenagers (!). In this episode we discuss:
- Lessons from being raised by his Mom
- His decision to start a family
- Earliest memories of being a Dad
- Regrets he's had as a father
- Tweens vs. Teens and which is worse
- Establishing family guard rails
- What he and his wife don't agree on
- Hilarious rapid-fire round
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Where to find Fareed Mosavat
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/far33d
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fareed/
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- Newsletter: https://www.fishmanafnewsletter.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamjfishman/
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- Threads: https://www.threads.net/@fishmanaf
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In this episode, we cover:
[1:35] Introductions
[2:25] What is a CDO?
[5:19] Fareed’s career background
[8:19] Childhood
[11:04] Lessons from Mom
[13:49] How he met his partner
[16:36] Their decision to start a family
[20:51] More about his wife
[21:39] Earliest memories of being a Dad
[27:50] Work/life balance and a career story
[32:33] Regrets
[36:38] Tweens vs. Teens and which is worse
[39:46] Establishing family guard rails
[43:44] Where he and his partner don't agree
[46:23] Rapid fire round
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Companies referenced: www.reforge.com
Production support for Startup Dad is provided by Tommy Harron at http://www.armaziproductions.com/
Episode art designed by Matt Sutherland at https://www.mspnw.com/
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