Startup Dad

Fareed Mosavat is Chief Development Officer at Reforge, former Director of Product at Slack, Instacart, Zynga and more. He's a husband and father of two teenagers (!). In this episode we discuss:
Lessons from being raised by his Mom
His decision to s...

Show Notes

Fareed Mosavat is Chief Development Officer at Reforge, former Director of Product at Slack, Instacart, Zynga and more. He's a husband and father of two teenagers (!). In this episode we discuss:


  • Lessons from being raised by his Mom

  • His decision to start a family

  • Earliest memories of being a Dad

  • Regrets he's had as a father

  • Tweens vs. Teens and which is worse

  • Establishing family guard rails

  • What he and his wife don't agree on

  • Hilarious rapid-fire round


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Where to find Fareed Mosavat


- Twitter: https://twitter.com/far33d


- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fareed/


 


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In this episode, we cover:


[1:35] Introductions


[2:25] What is a CDO?


[5:19] Fareed’s career background


[8:19] Childhood


[11:04] Lessons from Mom


[13:49] How he met his partner


[16:36] Their decision to start a family


[20:51] More about his wife


[21:39] Earliest memories of being a Dad


[27:50] Work/life balance and a career story


[32:33] Regrets


[36:38] Tweens vs. Teens and which is worse


[39:46] Establishing family guard rails


[43:44] Where he and his partner don't agree


[46:23] Rapid fire round



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Companies referenced: www.reforge.com


Production support for Startup Dad is provided by Tommy Harron at http://www.armaziproductions.com/


Episode art designed by Matt Sutherland at https://www.mspnw.com/


 



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What is Startup Dad?

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.