Startup Dad

Startup Dad

Adam Fishman interviews executives, entrepreneurs, and company leaders in technology companies who are also fathers. We discuss the tough aspects of work, parenting, family, the mistakes made and lessons learned along the way. It's heartwarming and hilarious.

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Fostering interests in your children, maintaining friendships and pandemic tradeoffs | Ryan Johnson (father of 2, CPO at CallRail)

Listen now | Ryan Johson is the Chief Product Officer at CallRail a marketing and AI technology company. He was an early pioneer in the AI industry…

Sep 7 •

Emotional intelligence, navigating race and fatherhood in the UK | Ben Williams (father of 2, advisor at PLGeek.com)

Listen now | Ben Wiliams is a product and engineering executive and was most recently the VP Product at Snyk; an $8B developer tools company. He is…

Aug 31 •

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Balance, the default parent to teenagers and being married to a parenting PhD | Josh Herzig-Marx and Carla Naumburg (parents of 2, Tech Exec…

Listen now | In this special, 10th episode I interviewed husband and wife team Josh Herzig-Marx and Carla Naumburg, PhD. Josh is a product executive and…

Aug 24 •

Amazing frameworks for raising three boys | Matt Greenberg (father of 3, fmr CTO at Reforge)

Listen now | Matt Greenberg is a product and engineering executive and was most recently the CTO at Reforge. He was previously the VP of Engineering at…

Aug 17 •

Feeling ready for kids and being social chair of your marriage | Mike Duboe (father of 2, GP at Greylock)

Listen now | Mike Duboe is a General Partner at Greylock, one of the most well-known venture firms in Silicon Valley. Prior to that he was a Growth…

Aug 10 •

Watching your kids first experiences and quality v. quantity time | Darius Contractor (father of 2, CGO at Otter.ai, Growth and Product…

Listen now | Darius Contractor is the Chief Growth Officer at Otter.ai. Prior to that he was Chief Product and Technology Officer at Vendr, a Growth and…

Aug 3 •

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Coping with the loss of a child and protecting your time | Brian Balfour (father of 2, CEO and founder of Reforge, venture partner)

Listen now | Brian Balfour is the founder and CEO of Reforge, former VP of Growth at Hubspot, and a venture partner at Long Journey Ventures. He is one…

Jul 27 •

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