Today I’m releasing the best of Startup Dad from 2024! Across over 50 hours of conversations, hundreds of topics, and approaching 100 Dads (and Moms) I’ve covered a lot. In this episode you’ll hear from dozens of executives and founders like Scott Belsky of Adobe, Immad Akhund from Mercury, Siqi Chen from Runway, Chris Miller from Hubspot, Lane Shackleton from Coda and Adam Nash from Daffy. You’ll also hear best-selling authors and experts like Sean Ellis, Nir Eyal, Linda Flanagan and “Dad Brain” expert Darby Saxby alongside some lesser-known founders and solopreneurs who are making it work or sometimes just barely surviving.

The goal of Startup Dad has always been to learn something new about parenting and to normalize hearing more successful male leaders talk about their families—the struggles and the successes.

In this episode highlights include:

* The role of technology and artificial intelligence in our kids’ lives

* The importance of modeling the right behavior and how to recover when you don’t

* How to partner successfully with your significant other

* How we approach our own aging parents

* Navigating cultural differences inside your own family

* Building companies while raising kids

* How to approach paternity leave as a startup founder

* Defining and creating quality time

* Whether work/life balance is possible, a myth, or should be re-thought entirely

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In this episode, we cover:

[1:49] AI/Tech & parenting

[7:56] Talking to kids about over-reliance on AI?

[8:57] What's the most interesting thing that one of your kids has done with ChatGPT?

[19:46] Tech parents limiting kid’s access to tech

[21:53] Modeling behavior

[33:15] Adult children & relationships

[41:18] Aligned & disaligned w/ partner in parenting

[55:45] Raising families with cultural differences

[1:09:25] Parenting & Startups

[1:28:52] Paternity leave as a startup founder

[1:30:23] Partnership

[1:52:33] Healthy habits & kids

[2:01:39] Being present

[02:23:39] Cooking as a Dad

[02:27:39] Difficult times/adversity

[02:49:50] Frameworks

[3:20:10] Nurturing kid’s growth

[03:41:10] Thank You

Show references (more coming soon!):

Harriet Tubman: https://www.biography.com/activists/harriet-tubman

Gundam: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gundam

Transformers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transformers

ChatGPT: chatgpt.com

Troomi: https://troomi.com/

Inside Out 2: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt22022452/

Bringing Up Bébé: One American Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting

by Pamela Druckerman: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/bringing-up-b-b-pamela-druckerman/1111325335

Episodes Referenced:

Scott Belsky https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SKpsGBYwcE

Kevin Hannaford https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShD_P9fCwts

Ethan Austin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxNU_BAC9o0

Dan Doty https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmF2htq2MKk

Linus Ekenstam https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIJDVGUQrJ0

Siqi Chen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2Nm5Mkj0s0

Chris Miller https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TlpdCCof90

Jordane Guily https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SI-TKN1W1-k

Carlo Navarro https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19-YI8OukPI

Kevin Hanaford https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShD_P9fCwts

Matt Ragland https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bz04HgHcQcE

Ethan Austin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxNU_BAC9o0

Nathan Jefferson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sL3BL9zY3Oc

Rob Taylor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5c4Fgpn3Go

Darin Swanson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2NB2G9OECI

Sean Ellis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYi6xHcMQmE

Martin Glover https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zghatBo_Ic

Bianca Shulze https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jelUrKlv6OY

Immad Akhund https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FR2ws9UKJ2k

Nir Eyal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqogSRDhzeU

Brian Rothenberg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MY5Ph4N4RCc

Mike Smith https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HldXH7_2D30

Martin Pannier https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXMobJLtX3s

Patrick Moran https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQAJrWYdOyE

Tye Degrange https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVs8FnMNIQI

Andrew Capland https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1p-4ir53gZc

Phil Carter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elcZ7IiM73k

Patrick Thompson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDbmT4AgizQ

Adam Nash https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaOCL5WSzhc

David Lat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnyeq_0z1sE

Eric Bahn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaV5DEgkB8Y

Kyle Lacy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbBdVw-ncyQ

Dave Boyce https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytl2ZX8oHJY

Luke Millar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BugNTPG0xb0

David Haddad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iL_9JO7vP4

Darby Saxbe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBvgqimMv6E

Matt Wensing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVxcs86HCpU

Linda Flanagan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLqEX8lZeFI

Yousuf Bhaijee & Chris Lloyd https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3ZOVy1wjp8

Lane Shackleton https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQDiJJoPfMQ

Rob Schutz https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g611gCs4g0A

Ryan Bozarth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lkkXHqh714

Tod Francis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwFYEpFSi3A

Stew Bradley https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0iyEAdzLr78

Carla Naumburg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcrzFhbeIVs

Michael Perry https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AP6JJhiFfK4

Eben Pingree https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8cnEiUCo-A

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