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Me, Me, and We Nights: Keeping Identity as Parents | Jeff Okita & Jamie Lee (Parents of 1, Tilt & JME Labs)

Jamie Lee is the Founder of JME Labs , a consulting business supporting startups and small businesses. Her husband, Jeff Okita , is the VP of Product at Tilt , a leave management platform. Together, they’re raising their 14-m...

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June 12, 2025

Me, Me, and We Nights: Keeping Identity as Parents | Jeff Okita & Jam…

Jamie Lee is the Founder of JME Labs , a consulting business supporting startups and small businesses. Her husband, Jeff Okita , is the VP of Product at Tilt , a leave management platform. Together, they’re raising their 14-m...

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June 5, 2025

This Founder Started A Company To Save His Son's Life | David Apple (…

David Apple is the Founder of Shark Tooth Biotech , a company focused on developing treatments for CMT 1A, a rare genetic disease affecting his oldest son. Previously an executive at Typeform, Notion, and Zingtree, David step...

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May 29, 2025

Juggling Startup Life and Single Parenting | Alex Medick (Dad of 2, T…

Alex Medick is the Director of Marketing at TensorWave , an AI infrastructure company. Prior to this role, he served as the President and Chief Marketing Officer of Inside.com. He’s also a single dad to two kids, a son and a ...

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May 22, 2025

Marriage, Money, and Managing the Startup Rollercoaster | Jordan Gal …

Jordan Gal is the CEO of Rosie , an AI answering service for small businesses. He’s also a five-time founder, husband, and dad to three daughters. Born in Israel and raised in an immigrant entrepreneur household, Jordan share...

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May 15, 2025

Navigating Divorce and Co-parenting Relationships | Sol Kennedy (Dad …

Sol Kennedyi is the founder of BestInterest which helps co-parents navigate the messiness of that complex relationship. He is a serial founder who has built and sold multiple companies and has been the head of product at Drop...

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May 8, 2025

You Can Be Ambitious And A Great Dad | Nikunj Kothari (Dad of 2, Khos…

Nikunj Kothari is a former investor with Khosla Ventures and a product and growth leader from companies like Opendoor, Shyp, and LinkedIn. He’s now out on his own advising, investing and spending time as a husband and a fathe...

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