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Startup Dads

Startup Dads

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Hopelessly dedicated to both your business and your children? So is Amrit Santhirasenan, host of Startup Dads. As the CEO of a rapidly growing fin-tech startup and the father of a young daughter, Amrit is regularly taking lessons from one to apply to the other. Every week, he'll discuss these observations with business leaders and devoted parents, discovering their techniques to scale up both their business and children successfully.
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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best Startup Dads episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to Startup Dads for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite Startup Dads episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

Startup Dads - Pete Ward, Humanity: Going again
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04/13/21 • 36 min

Pete Ward is a serial entrepreneur who has ventured from international travel social networks to health and ageing tech. His latest endeavour, Humanity, is on a mission to extend human lifespan by monitoring your rate of ageing and helping you understand the actions you can take to slow it down, or even better, reverse it.

In this episode, Pete reflects on almost going bust 15 times, reveals how he’s developed a daily routine for optimum wellness and productivity, and explains his proactive approach to therapy and mental health development.

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This weeks Startup Shout Outs:

Mindstone

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We’re starting off season 2 with a guest that needs no introduction, Dan Murray-Serter! You may know him as host of Secret Leaders, the UK’s #1 Business Podcast, and co-founder of wellness company Heights. Alongside this he’s an angel investor, and he helps other founders succeed through his startup network Foundrs. In this episode, Dan explains how he discovered that feeding his brain with proper nutrition cured his chronic insomnia and paved the way for Heights. Amrit and Dan also explore how, not taking care of your own wellbeing, can affect your ability to be a good leader and father.

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https://twitter.com/startupdadspod/

This weeks Startup Shout Outs:

Oatsu

Nix & Kix

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Ben Hay leads operations at Collective Benefits, a rapidly-growing insurtech on a mission to make independent work, work for everyone. It’s a noble path, and one that found Ben rather than the other way round! In his chat with Amrit, Ben discusses the importance of generosity, building a great network and not being afraid to reach out for help.

Keep up to date with everything Startup Dads related on Twitter -

https://twitter.com/startupdadspod/

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Startup Dads - The Startup Bit

The Startup Bit

Startup Dads

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02/02/21 • 32 min

Amrit chats with Joe Thompson, Senior Director of Tech and Product at Xoomworks, about the Startup Bit of being a Startup Dad. Joe built and sold a technology company by the time he hit his mid thirties, and he now spends his time building and leading teams that make incredible things happen with technology.

Keep up to date with everything Startup Dads related on Twitter - https://twitter.com/startupdadspod/

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Jonathan Wolf is the founder of Zoe, a health-tech start up that uses science and artificial intelligence to help people feel healthier and lose weight without dieting. Earlier in his career, he was also chief product officer at Criteo - helping to transform it from a 30 person startup to a Nasdaq listed company, bringing in over 1 billion dollars of revenue per year.  Suffice to say this is a founder who really his stuff, and we’re blessed to have him here to share some of his knowledge and experience with us.  Check out Zoe https://joinzoe.com/ (here), and get 20% off with discount code JONATHAN. Keep up to date with everything Startup Dads related on Twitter -  https://twitter.com/startupdadspod/ (https://twitter.com/startupdadspod/) A https://fascinateproductions.co.uk/ (Fascinate) Production. 
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Startup Dads - Trailer

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Startup Dads

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01/26/21 • 1 min

This is a show about entrepreneurship and parenting. How do you scale both your business and your family?

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Jeff Solomon a startup entrepreneur and 5x founder from L.A. He’s founded a number of Startups of varying sizes one of which he sold for $128m in 2017. Jeff is passionate about sharing his experiences with young people, and now teaches at the very high school he attended growing up, where he’s developed a curriculum for entrepreneurship. This episode is jam packed with actionable advice. His chat with Amrit discusses life’s many routes to success, ‘essentialism’ and how to find your focus, and how he applies his critical thinking to raising his children.

Startup Shoutout - Green Disco - https://www.greendisco.earth/

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Markup Hero: https://markuphero.com

Jeff Solomon Personal Site: https://bak.me

Customer Development Course on Udemy: https://www.udemy.com/course/startup-customer-development-finding-product-market-fit/?referralCode=799B301D2B1854B56CEA

Get 6 months free using this code: HERO6FREEYR. This is a limited time offer, but Jeff has invited Startup Dads listeners to email him for another one free of charge!

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Happy Millionaire is a brand-new podcast about building startups and having a great life.

Hosted by Jay Radia, a UK startup veteran who has built businesses worth over £500m, and Dr Rupy Aujla, an OG podcaster and TV personality, beginning his own tech founder journey.

The show features frameworks & principles for building a successful company whilst living a happy life, plus lots of laughs and banter!

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Ben Hay leads operations at Collective Benefits, a rapidly-growing insurtech on a mission to make independent work, work for everyone. It’s a noble path, and one that found Ben rather than the other way round! In his chat with Amrit, Ben discusses the importance of generosity, building a great network and not being afraid to reach out for help.

Keep up to date with everything Startup Dads related on Twitter -

https://twitter.com/startupdadspod/

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Startup Dads - Riding a unicorn: Tom Blomfield, Monzo
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03/29/22 • 39 min

An episode from our friends at Founders Uncut this week! We hope you enjoy...

On the outside, it probably seemed that Tom was living his best life. The reality was very different.

Tom grew Monzo from 0 to over 2,000 employees and was one of the youngest CEOs of a UK regulated bank ever. He raised over $500M on the Monzo journey and over 5 million people use the product they built at Monzo. Tom was also a co-founder of GoCardless. Today, Tom Blomfield is a prolific angel, and a visiting partner for YC. 

In this episode, you will hear more from Tom about: 

1) The reality of the startup founder journey

  • What did the end of the Monzo journey feel like for him? 
  • What does burnout feel like?
  • Why doesn’t he think the word burnout is the right description? 
  • How do you maintain headspace as a founder?
  • What could he have done to make the journey more sustainable?
  • Would he still be running Monzo if he’d done those things?

2) How do you know your startup is living its values?

  • How do you see/feel values in real life?
  • What were some of Monzo’s core values?
  • How did he as the CEO encourage and discourage certain behaviour when it was or wasn’t aligned with the values?

3) Tom’s Leadership Style and Lessons

  • Why showing vulnerability is important in leadership
  • Why crying or showing emotion as a leader is a strength not a weakness
  • What’s the difference between leadership versus management?
  • How do you know if your team is growing at the pace the company needs during startup hypergrowth scaling?
  • What do you do when someone is not fitting in?

4) Fundraising and Who You Need by Your Side in the Startup Founding Journey

  • What does it feel like to fundraise?
  • Why you actually might want VC naysayers and doubters in your corner and not just venture capital cheerleaders.

Check out more from him, including his famous fundraising guide, at tomblomfield.com.

This podcast was produced by Fascinate Productions

https://twitter.com/startupdadspod/

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FAQ

How many episodes does Startup Dads have?

Startup Dads currently has 67 episodes available.

What topics does Startup Dads cover?

The podcast is about Parenting, Kids & Family, Entrepreneurship, Podcasts and Business.

What is the most popular episode on Startup Dads?

The episode title 'Michael Collett & Matt Blom, Kin: Socially responsible social media' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Startup Dads?

The average episode length on Startup Dads is 31 minutes.

How often are episodes of Startup Dads released?

Episodes of Startup Dads are typically released every 7 days.

When was the first episode of Startup Dads?

The first episode of Startup Dads was released on Jan 26, 2021.

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