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...]

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...]

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...]

Legendary designer Marc Hemeon joins us and offers a very honest and personal look into his experience of attempting to balance startups and family. Marc has been in the startup/tech game since the 90's including stints at YouTube, Google's self driving car project, and most recently founding Design Inc. As a father of 3 and having a marriage of 17 years, he's seen the ups and downs and offers some very very practical advice. It was refreshing to hear him speak so bluntly on the work that it … [Read more...]

David Heinemeier Hansson (DHH) joins the podcast. For many people, DHH needs no introduction...but just in case, here is a little background on how David keeps himself busy (apart from fatherhood): Invented Ruby on Rails (which powers Twitter, Groupon, AirBnB, and Basecamp among others). Founder and CTO at Basecamp LeMans driver David on Twitter As expected, David brings his energy and passion to the conversation about parenting---a talk which is both opinionated and thought … [Read more...]