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Parenting Adventures: Unexpected Bathroom Time
Exploring the humorous yet challenging experience of a child learning to take off their diaper and use the bathroom independently, prompting parents to navigate this unexpected situation with humor and seeking advice on how to address it.
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 to follow in their footsteps at a young age. He is a husband and a father of one toddler!
In this episode we discuss:
* The influence of immigrant parents on his own work ethic and values
* Not following in your parents footsteps
* The challenge and reward of starting a family when each parent has a demanding career
* Starting a company with a sibling and balancing each other out
* Frameworks for days! Vertical Responsibility Management and Delete - Automate - Delegate
* Division of labor in their household using these frameworks
* Developing a system for getting great childcare
* Rapid fire!
Listen, watch and subscribe: Apple, Spotify, YouTube, and Overcast.
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Where to find Gaurav Vohra:
- Twitter / X: https://twitter.com/gauravvohra1
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gvohra/
Where to find Adam Fishman
- Newsletter: http://startupdadpod.substack.com
- Newsletter: http://fishmanafnewsletter.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamjfishman/
- Twitter / X: https://twitter.com/fishmanaf
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/startupdadpod/
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In this episode, we cover:
[1:49] Welcome Gaurav!
[2:14] Professional background
[6:25] Personal background/brother co-founder
[11:42] Pressure from his parents
[13:59] Family life
[15:03] Partner’s career
[17:05] Decision to start a family
[18:45] Full vertical responsibility management
[23:45] Expectations align/verticals
[25:05] Earliest memory of being a dad
[27:27] Most surprising part of being a dad
[31:14] Frameworks for raising your kids
[38:31] Systematically getting great childcare
[44:52] Areas where you don’t align
[48:13] Mistake made as as a Dad
[51:55] Parental leave as a founding team member
[56:07] Follow Gaurav
[56:45] Rapid fire round
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Show references:
Chevy Bolt - https://www.chevrolet.com/electric/bolt-ev
How To Have A Baby - By Natalie Meddings - https://www.amazon.com/How-Have-Baby-Mother-Gathered-Guidance/dp/1527207366
Adjustable Height Kitchen Step-stool - https://www.amazon.com/SDADI-Adjustable-Kitchen-Learning-Mothers/dp/B07YJLHXPQ
KiwiCo - https://www.kiwico.com/
Lovevery - https://lovevery.com/products/the-play-kits
Thomas The Tank Engine - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_the_Tank_Engine
Winston Churchill - https://winstonchurchill.org/
Superhuman - https://superhuman.com/
Oliver Wyman - https://www.oliverwyman.com/index.html
Command & Conquer - https://www.ea.com/games/command-and-conquer
Rapportive - https://rapportive.en.softonic.com/web-apps
The Emperor's New Groove - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120917/
Aristocats - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065421/
Fair Play by Eve Rodsky - https://www.amazon.com/Fair-Play-Game-Changing-Solution-When/dp/0525541934
The Seven Principles For Making Marriage Work by John M. Gottman PHD - https://www.amazon.com/Seven-Principles-Making-Marriage-Work/dp/0553447718
Upchoose - https://www.upchoose.com/
Parenting By Design - Lyndall Schreiner - https://www.lyndallschreiner.com/parenting-by-design
Lyndall Schreiner's LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/lyndallschreiner/
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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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