# Startup Dad Interviews with executives, entrepreneurs, and company leaders in technology companies who are also fathers. Hear the tough aspects of work, parenting, family, the mistakes made and lessons learned along the way. It's heartwarming and hilarious. Page: Feed: --- ## [Replit CRO: AI Has Changed The Summer Job Playbook | Ghazi Masood (Dad of 2)](https://startupdadpod.substack.com/p/teach-your-teenagers-to-build-with-ai-ghazi-masood-cro-replit) _2026-08-13 · Adam Fishman_ Replit’s Chief Revenue Officer joins me to talk about raising teenage boys in the AI era, being a husband for 25 years and why building is a compounding skill for kids. ## [Adoption: 30 Minutes To Decide | Matt Korn (Dad of 4, Founder of Dad Esquire)](https://startupdadpod.substack.com/p/learn-about-adoption-matt-korn-dad-esquire) _2026-08-06 · Adam Fishman_ Lawyer-dad Matt Korn joins to talk about getting called out for not paying attention, having your wife tell you she feels like a single Mom, and his unexpected adoption journey. ## [Did I F\*ck Up Already? My First 24 Hours as a Dad | Zach Jaffe (Dad of 1, Create Music Group)](https://startupdadpod.substack.com/p/did-i-fail-already-my-first-24-hours-as-a-dad-zach-jaffe) _2026-07-30 · Adam Fishman_ Zach Jaffe talks about newborn panic, why the first 6 months of parenting are brutal, and parenting with his own ADHD. ## [From TBS’s My Boys to Stay-at-Home Dad | Jamie Kaler (Dad of 2, Actor and Comedian)](https://startupdadpod.substack.com/p/from-tbs-my-boys-to-stay-at-home-dad-jamie-kaler-actor-comedian) _2026-07-23 · Adam Fishman_ Comedian and actor Jamie Kaler on becoming a stay-at-home-dad at 50 and why family is the new foundation for his comeback to stand-up and his viral personas. ## [Cotopaxi Founder: How I Built A Values-First Company And Family | Davis Smith (Dad of 4)](https://startupdadpod.substack.com/p/cotopaxi-founder-i-walked-away-to-follow-my-values-davis-smith-founder-ceo-cotopaxi) _2026-07-09 · Adam Fishman_ The founder of Cotopaxi on why he walked away from the company he built, raising kids across the US, Latin America and Brazil and the S.M.I.T.H. family values. ## [Science Of Reading: Teach Any Kid To Read | Matt Pasternack (Dad of 3, Co-founder Once)](https://startupdadpod.substack.com/p/the-science-of-reading-teach-any-kid-to-read-matt-pasternack-founder-once) _2026-07-02 · Adam Fishman_ Reading is one of the most fraught topics and every parent feels enormous pressure to help their kid learn. I talk Science of Reading with the founder of Once and how to fix our broken learning system ## [40+ Kid Emails a Week, So I Built a Bot | David Reich (Dad of 3, Founder/CEO of Fambot)](https://startupdadpod.substack.com/p/40-kid-emails-a-week-so-i-built-a-bot-david-reich-founder-fambot) _2026-06-25 · Adam Fishman_ Parents are drowning in emails from school, sports, extracurriculars and invites and David Reich is on a mission to save them while raising his own kids across cultures and making work more human. ## [Why Is The Bar For Dads So Low? | Richard Petts (Dad of 2, Associate Dean at Ball State University)](https://startupdadpod.substack.com/p/the-bar-for-involved-dads-is-embarrassingly-low-richard-petts-author-professor-dean-ball-state-university) _2026-06-18 · Adam Fishman_ Richard Petts literally wrote the book on fatherhood involvement and he joins today to talk about all of it. ## [I Had To Perform CPR On My Infant | Ben Norment (Dad of 3, Founder/CEO of Stork Exchange)](https://startupdadpod.substack.com/p/everything-is-trivial-after-infant-cpr-ben-norment-storkexchange-founder) _2026-06-11 · Adam Fishman_ Ben Norment, founder and CEO of Stork Exchange, joins to talk starting a company as a new Dad and becoming your own target customer, how infant CPR puts everything into perspective, and boredom. ## [Code Faster with Clear Tutorials (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/sU4nMz6Ys9rF) _2026-06-11 · **Sponsored**_ Short, step-by-step coding videos you can follow along ## [Everything You've Ever Wondered About Dad Bods, Brains and Testosterone | Darby Saxbe (Mom of 2, Author and Professor at USC)](https://startupdadpod.substack.com/p/dad-bods-brains-and-testosterone-darby-saxbe-author-usc-professor) _2026-06-04 · Adam Fishman_ Darby Saxbe joins me for a second time with updates on how the brain changes during fatherhood, new science on testosterone and masculinity, and making fatherhood more supported at work and home!