Adam Fishman (author of a top business newsletter on Substack with 11K+ subscribers) interviews executives, entrepreneurs, and company leaders in technology companies who are also fathers. They discuss the tough aspects of work, parenting, family, the mistakes made and lessons learned along the way. All episodes at www.startupdadpod.com.
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Signup to Generate a PitchAdam Fishman (author of a top business newsletter on Substack with 11K+ subscribers) interviews executives, entrepreneurs, and company leaders in technology companies who are also fathers. They discuss the tough aspects of work, parenting, family, the mistakes made and lessons learned along the way.
Recent episodes include "Maternal Gatekeeping: The “Backup Parent” Trap | Sarah Schoppe-Sullivan (Mom of 1, Ohio State)" (29 October 2026, 86 minutes), "I Quit My 7-Figure Job To Take Back My Time | Peter Yang (Dad of 2, Behind The Craft)" (22 October 2026, 63 minutes), and "Why I Stepped Down to Spend More Time With My Son | Ankit Gupta (Dad of 1, Founder of Bicycle Health)" (8 October 2026, 81 minutes).
Startup Dad publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 70 minutes.
Booking probability for Startup Dad is 35%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Startup Dad requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Startup Dad's contact route on record: verified email.
The strongest fits for Startup Dad are Business & Management Consulting and IT Services & Software Development. Startup Dad has a kids audience.
Startup Dad is a kids podcast.
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Sarah Schoppe-Sullivan is a Professor of Psychology at The Ohio State University and Director of the Children and Parents Lab. For nearly two decades, she has studied how couples become parents, how fathers develop...
Peter Yang is the creator of Behind the Craft , a 100k+ subscriber YouTube channel and 150k+ subscriber newsletter focused on product, AI, and building. Previously a product leader at Roblox, Peter spent years climbing...
Ankit Gupta is the Founder of Bicycle Health , a company he built and led for nearly nine years before handing over the CEO role and becoming a stay-at-home dad. Before Bicycle, Ankit co-founded Pulse while at Stanford...
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Brad Harrington is the former Executive Director of the Boston College Center for Work & Family and spent nearly two decades at Hewlett-Packard , earning his PhD along the way. He walked away from corporate America and...
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Adam Grenier is the Founder of AI Matey , a growth and product advisor, longtime startup operator, and the creator of DadBench , an AI evaluation system built around one deceptively difficult challenge, teaching a model...
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Jackie Nesi, PhD is a clinical psychologist, researcher, and associate professor at Brown University . She is also the creator of Techno Sapiens , a weekly Substack newsletter with over 50,000 subscribers dedicated to...
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Harry Roegiers is the founder of Stuntpony; a live call coach for B2B salespeople. He’s spent the last decade working in sales performance, growth, and revenue strategy, helping teams improve how they sell and scale...
Dirk Doebler is the Founder and CEO at Parento Leave , a company dedicated to helping organizations build better parental leave programs. He lives with his wife and 3-year-old son. Dirk and his wife spent serious time...
Matt Fairbanks is the Chief Marketing Officer of the enterprise browser and platform company, Island . He built a highly successful career as a tech executive in Silicon Valley, navigating the demanding, fast-paced...
Kevin Maguire is the former Head of Strategy for Consumer Apps at Google and is now the author of The New Fatherhood and creator of the newsletter of the same name , a community read by over 23,000 dads. Before writing...
Ghazi Masood is the Chief Revenue Officer at Replit , where he leads revenue for one of the fastest growing AI coding platforms in the world. He’s also a father of two teenage boys, a husband of nearly 25 years, and a...
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Matt Korn is a Partner at Pierson Ferdinand LLP and the founder of Dad, Esquire , an online community dedicated to supporting fatherhood within the legal profession. He built the community after spending years in Big...
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Zach Jaffe is an M&A professional at Create Music Group , where he focuses on independent record label acquisitions. After years in the LA music industry and startup world, Zach became the first in his friend group to...
Jamie Kaler is a former Naval Officer turned actor, stand-up comedian and stay-at-home dad. He is best known for his role on TBS's "My Boys" and decades of work across television and commercials, from Friends and Will &...
Davis Smith is the Founder and Chairman of Cotopaxi , an outdoor gear brand built around fighting poverty and doing good in the world. Before stepping back as CEO after a decade of leading the company, Davis grew...
Matt Pasternack is the co-founder and CEO of Once , a science of reading-based software that teaches children ages three to seven how to read. He built the company after watching his wife teach their daughter to read in...
David Reich is the Founder and CEO of Fambot , an AI-powered assistant built to help parents manage the overwhelming admin work that comes with modern family life. Previously, David was President at UnitedMasters, a...
Richard Petts is a Professor of Sociology and Associate Dean of the College of Sciences and Humanities at Ball State University. He’s also the author of Father Involvement and Gender Equality in the United States , a...
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Ben Norment is the Founder and CEO of Stork Exchange , a company helping parents access high quality baby gear at more affordable prices by working with retailers and manufacturers to resell returned products. He...
Darby Saxbe is a clinical psychologist, professor at USC, and one of the few researchers in the world studying how men’s brains change when they become fathers. She is also the author of Dad Brain: The New Science of...
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clinical psychologist and neuroscientist, USC Center for the Changing Family
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Founder & General Partner, Finloc USA
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