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In this podcast, Host Daniel Berk dive into the world of software with the wit of a seasoned tech veteran and the subtle chaos of raising kids. From the industry's hottest trends to the awkward questions no one asks at standups, Daniel tackles it all with dry humor and a dash of relatability. If you’ve ever wondered what a dad in tech really thinks about juggling family and startup life, this is the podcast you didn’t know you needed.
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Hey. What's up? Troy? How you doing, man?
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Daniel Burke. What's up dude? I'm good.
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It has.
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To
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dude.
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Yeah, yeah. And to add on to that, we kind of analyzed all the messages that we got from people saying that they enjoyed the podcast. And honestly, not one message was about, oh, I love they told me about the software. It was always about how somebody resonated or how some specific scenario was relevant to them in their life.
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And it was always, I spent too much time on my screen, or I love this moment with my son, or me and my wife are trying to figure this out. That's what we want to focus on, and that's the
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impact that we want to bring. Moving forward. So I love this. I love the switch.
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I think it's going to be so cool. And I think 2026 is going to be huge for us.
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Us too. Tell us what you think. Email me Daniel at Two Dads intercom. Hit us up on our website. Two dads intercom and enjoy. Episode one with the new strategy with an upcoming guest. Take it away.
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Welcome back to another episode of TD fit. And today we are joined by Brendan Hufford, the founder of Growth Sprints, where he helps B2B SaaS teams build content strategies that actually drive revenue. But outside of that, and more importantly, he's married. He's raising four boys just outside of Chicago, balancing work and running his own company, fatherhood and whatever emotional roller coaster Chicago sports teams are putting in front of him that week.
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Brendan Horford, how are you?
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Oh, hey. But good and bad. Good and bad.
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Yeah.
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Yeah. Yeah. You know, I hated Caleb Williams the first two years. And I think and I think a lot of people did because he walked around like he had already won a Super Bowl and he had that mindset of like, I am the best. And he didn't have the numbers to prove it this year I'm like, and I, I'm a Cowboys fan, but I'm kind of like married into the Packers fam as well.
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So this year I'm like, you know what? Like you're actually kind of a good guy. You're smarter than what you came off as the first two years and you're a good quarterback. And what's really sad is what might be the best throw in NFL history will never go unnoticed because he threw the interception to lose the game. And that's sad.
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But that's all right Caleb Williams much love to him. If you're listening. He should because it's us. But but yeah. Relax. Go win games. Record as well. Hey Brendan, thank you so much for joining. Let's start off with, like, a open ended question here. You have four boys. Daniel and I both have two boys. Your husband, you're running a company.
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Tell us, how in the world did you get here?
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Beautiful. This.
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That.
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Yeah. Yeah.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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Yeah. Yeah.
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So.
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So we real quick back up. You moved to Chicago for. Where were you before that?
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I'm familiar.
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Yeah.
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Yeah, yeah.
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So, yeah, my wife just she literally.
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I was on the phone with her. She was like, you know, my girlfriend at
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Oh.
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Oh.
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the teachers to sales or not even sales tech kind of train is one that I believe firmly and I, I'm I'm not a teacher. I've never been a teacher. In fact, I
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The the.
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Oh my goodness. Well, I'm here in my garage. That classic video.
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This is knowledge.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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cover that I made for it is ripped off. But you can see all these little things in
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Yeah.
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So. Of course, Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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Yeah. Yeah.
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This,
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That is nuts. Yeah. Literally.
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Goodness, goodness. Well, so you have you have four boys. I think you said five, seven, ten and 12 when, when you filled out a doc, I know that that's got to be an active household. What does the morning look like for you?
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Wow.
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Yeah, yeah.
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Yeah, yeah. And with, dive into that.
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Yeah.
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Yeah. Yeah, yeah.
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haven't known you long. I mean, 30 minutes now, and I feel like I'm already gathering the,
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Yeah.
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She.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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Yeah,
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my three and a half year old holds me accountable because he does really bad at biting his nails. So does his dad. So does his mom. And so I say, hey, get your hands out of your mouth, get your hands out of your mouth. And then he will say, dad, get your hands out of your mouth.
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Oh, I get, I get tell you to do that. And then you just turn around and go do it myself. And, to your point of of work, I think that's so true. I feel like many people forget that a marriage is work, and parenting is work. They almost fall into this place of it's just it's just a repetitive process.
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You get off of work and then you go home and it's like, hey, hon, cool, let's cook dinner. Okay, great, kids. Good. Awesome. Like it's they're not working on it. They're just like, I have to do this because I'm in it and I've committed to this and, you know, things like that. I do feel like people forget you have to continue to work on it.
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And that's where things, in my opinion, things slide. I would guess who I don't know the statistic. I'm sure we could chat you better, but
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probably 60, 70, 80% of couples just don't actually work on their marriage. And they're just complacent. They're they're content with where it's at.
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I agree with that. Deeply.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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So, so.
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Yeah. You are,
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Yeah. The.
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no. We love tangents and something. You talked about his work. You work on a marriage, you work on being a parent. Also your work. Right now, you're making way more than you were as a teacher. Where do you feel like you're trying your best, but it still feels like you're falling short.
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Yeah.
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I saw that, I saw that, hey, I saw it. Congrats, dude.
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Interesting to. To. That that platform.
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Yeah.
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Yes. Thank.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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my 2025 of all the days.
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I miss, the periods I miss a lot and like, whatever. Like, I, I don't know, like I put I'm always feeling behind in my fitness, my family, my
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Yeah.
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Only through therapy and a lot of introspection and stuff. Over the last couple years have I started to feel like I'm using that a little bit less. It's a very effective fuel, but it definitely, like,
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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Hey, nothing wrong with that.
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Yeah.
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I could agree with that one, too.
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Yeah. Nice.
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Yeah. Yeah.
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No. Yeah, yeah.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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I don't begrudge anybody else that. My silly thing that I believe to be true about the world is different than your silly thing you believe would be true about the world. It's okay.
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And I know I, I'm now the one on a
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the in that writing.
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And that's kind of how I look at my expression of faith. It's just woven in. If you were to later find out what the influence for that was, you'd be like, makes sense.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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Yeah. We almost. We almost dove into it. Yeah, yeah. Because the.
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Yeah.
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even even now. Like, we're not very we're not very religious. We're not a very religious family. I don't have anything against it. I just didn't grow up with that. Like, my upbringing was not was not revolved around anything when it comes to religion.
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So I don't know it. Right. So it's, obviously, you know, you can make stereotypes, you can make judgments, perceptions, things like that.
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But I, I'm not against I, I'm not against it. I'm not for I, I just don't know it, you know, you can't be, you can't be really deep into something. You're not educated about it in my opinion. So,
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which kind of like talking about upbringing. And I know we only have a few minutes left, but talking about upbringing, you haven't heard much of yours, but
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is there anything from your upbringing that you don't want to repeat as a father, as a husband, etc.?
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You're like, you're like, how long do you have?
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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My wife has two.
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Yeah.
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Amen.
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Yeah, yeah.
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Yeah.
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Yeah, yeah, I relate to that completely. Completely. My mom tried her best. Single mom worked. That's all I that's. I feel like that's why I'm a workaholic. When I think back on it, I don't want to like, say, mom, you're the reason why I want to work so much. But she had to work for us to eat and for us to go to school and for us to do this and that.
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And,
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I mean, she was the only one that worked in the house. So, yeah, I get that. I get that before we wrap up, I did want to ask what is one piece of advice you have for dads, new dads, husbands, whatever, just one piece of advice to leave the audience and then we can get to where they can find you.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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Yeah, yeah.
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Yeah. Just the thought. Yeah.
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Yeah.
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yeah. Do you do that daily, or do you do it in the moment when something happens?
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Okay.
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Yeah. That's sick. That's okay I yeah. That's awesome. I love that.
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Yeah yeah yeah I love that.
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Yeah.
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Yeah.
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Yeah I love that Scott Barker made a post yesterday. I know we're jumping up, but Scott Barker made a post yesterday that said I used to write for people. Now I write for myself and my creative juices have
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just expanded so much.
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But anyways, we only have a minute left. Brendan, thank you so much. I love chatting with you.
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I'm sure Daniel did as well. Where can they find you?
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Oh.
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Yeah.
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Johns well, yeah.
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Oh.
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I love that.
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so many thoughtful nuggets. I can't wait to listen back to this episode.
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If you are listening, find us 2000 tech Spotify,
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YouTube podcast. You can find us at 2000 tech. Com
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this is it. Weekly podcast every Wednesday morning. We are going to kill it this year with guests like Brendan.
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Thanks again Brendan. This has been awesome.