Soam Lall, the founder of Kinnecting the app that can be summed up as the Tinder for parents, here is the story.... When a father was left to fend for himself with his 15 mo. old daughter for nearly a week, he realized he was at a loss. He didn’t have a network of parents, let alone parents with kids of similar age near him. Random encounters at a playground. A passing nod on a stroll. There were parents everywhere, but they were not accessible. There had to be a way to help … [Read more...]
Veteran Entrepreneur Tom Rossi
Tom Rossi a serial software entrepreneur joins the podcast. His resume includes... founded the software consultancy Capernaum in 1996 co-founder of Higher Pixels co-founder StreamCare He shares true words of wisdom from his time in the trenches. Tom's 2 Cents... entrepreneurs talk about their business like it is their child but really it is more like a wild stallion and it will run away with your life and it will take everything you give it show notes resources … [Read more...]
Y Combinator, Obama, and Layering on Love with Nate Kontny
Nate Kontny has been through Y Combinator twice, worked for the Obama re-election campaign in 2012 and now runs two companies, Draft which is a tool that offers version control and collaboration for writers and the CRM Highrise. Links/concepts from the episode 1000 true fans http://kk.org/thetechnium/1000-true-fans/ Brain Rules book http://www.brainrules.net/ just talking to your infant/toddler with little care for what they are retaining Thirty Million words book … [Read more...]
Triplets, DNS, and France with Anthony Eden
Anthony Eden is on the podcast today. He has been running DNSimple since 2010, which helps entrepreneurs with Domain Name Services. As a father of 15yr old triplets (and a 7yr old) he’s been forced to become efficient at managing his business and time with his family. He talks about raising a family while doing extensive travel as well as the practice of having his kids to do internships at local companies to broaden their exposure to work and careers. A native of Florida, he currently lives in … [Read more...]
Fatherhood Advice from 5x Founder David Cancel
David Cancel is a 5X founder, former CPO at Hubspot and currently the CEO of Drift. Wonder how he does it while having two young children? Well it's not balance thats for sure, he is not a believer in balance. Oh yeah, he wakes up at 5:30am, rarely travels and brings his family into his office on occasion. David brings some ultra practical advice on founding companies and being an intentional father. You can also find David dropping knowledge on his business podcast over at … [Read more...]