👉🏼 About the Guest:

Sarah K Peck (The New York Times, Fast Company, The Huffington Post, Fast Company, 99U, Psychology Today, Life Hacker, Thought Catalog, and more) is an author, startup advisor, and yoga teacher based in New York City. She’s the founder and executive director of Startup Parent, a media company documenting untold stories of what it looks like to be a woman in leadership, life, and work. The Startup Parent Podcast shares long-form stories of parenting, business, entrepreneurship, and growth.

👉🏼 About the Host:

Sharath is a founder, creator, and community builder. He is also a serial maker who built and shipped 15+ projects using no-code tools. His SaaS product Shoutout generated $30k ARR, which was sold to a UK-based product studio. Prev, Sharath worked for world-changing startups like Product Hunt and On Deck, where he helped build and nurture communities. He also grew his audience on Twitter from 200 to 22,000 using give-first principles and creating high-value content. Currently, he is the Head of Community + Brand at Threado, building a side project called GuestLab and runs a newsletter called YC Founder Stories alongside hosting this podcast.

👉🏼 Sponsor Corner:

Shoutout to Acquire.com for being the first sponsor of The Undefeated Underdogs podcast! They’re the best online marketplace to buy/sell startups and I know many founders who have sold their businesses there. If you're looking to wind down your business and cash in some of your founder chips, check them out - https://try.acquire.com/sharath/

👉🏼 Description:

Tune in as Sharath and Sarah discuss parenting as founders, building a life with your kids, work-life balance, and more!

👉🏼 Timestamps:

00:00: Episode Highlight
1:01: Shoutout to Acquire.com
5:19: Introduction to Sarah Peck
07:03: How Startup Parent began
23:58: How to transition from being an employee to a founder
27:44: Preparing your finances for a child
32:15: Advice for parent-founders
35:40: Work-life balance as a parent
44:29: The importance of setting expectations
47:24: The need for support systems in parenting
50:23: Living your best life with kids
54:00: Tips for balancing kids and career
58:40: Best communication practices for founders
1:05:45: Lessons for growing your work on the internet
1:10:24: Parent-founders that inspire Sarah
1:15:39: Sarah's next ambitious goal
1:18:50: Outro and closing thoughts

👉🏼 Resources:

Your specific link for Acquire.com: https://try.acquire.com/sharath/

👉🏼 Where to find Sarah Peck:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/agazdecki
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/startup_parent/
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahkpeck
Personal Website: https://www.sarahkpeck.com/
Startup Parent Website: https://startupparent.com/
Substack: https://startupparent.substack.com/
Podcast: https://www.sarahkpeck.com/podcast/

👉🏼 Where to find Sharath:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/5harath
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@5harath
Website: https://5harath.com/
Newsletter: https://5harath.substack.com/

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