2 Cent Dad Podcast with Mike Sudyk

Ryan Deiss - Founder of Digital Marketer shares the journey of growing his business while growing his family.

Darius Monsef (aka Bubs) Lover of his wife. Lover of his children. Serial Entrepreneur. Children's Book author. CEO of Brave Care. https://twitter.com/bubs

Nathan Barry is the founder of ConvertKit, a super successful email marketing software company, but the road to success hasn’t been an easy one. Nathan shares how his family’s money struggles growing up instilled in him a sense of resourcefulness, and how he’s passing on those lessons to his kids. Nathan also talks about how his support systems have gotten him through troubled times. Nathan's 2 Cents: If you build into kids a desire to learn and a desire to create, that's really important.

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Ben Toalson joins the podcast. If he sounds like a legit podcaster, it is because he is...he is on the Seanwes podcast as well as a podcast on parenting that he does with his wife. A designer by trade he shares the journey that took him to full time design freelancing and tons of nuggets along the way.

Ruben Gamez is the founder of online proposal software BidSketch. We explore his work habits since starting his own business and "the resistance" which is a concept introduced by Steve Pressfield in his book The War of Art. Ruben's 2 Cents... Parenthood is like practice and every opportunity with your children is an opportunity to practice and get better

Soam Lall, the founder of Kinnecting the app that can be summed up as the Tinder for parents.

Jason Fried the founder of Basecamp and NYT Best Selling author of Rework and Remote talks about freaking out when he became a father and why it should not be taboo. As a well known figure and thought leader in the business and tech universes, and most importantly as a guy that always seems cool and collected, it is fun to hear his humble take on parenting. He admittedly freaked out and was nervous for the first weeks and recalls learning a side of himself that he didn't even know (in a good way). Jason is adamant about telling new fathers that the first weeks will "punch you in the face" and you may not connect with your new child immediately, thats OK, it's normal. It takes some time, so don't feel like you have to fake it. Hearing him preach this advice hit home for me, as I assume it will for most new fathers. It is important to realize that silence in these situations is detrimental. Speak up and share the things you learn, we are all in this together.

What does “passion” mean to you? Perhaps you’ve spent countless energy chasing a passion or you are searching for your one passion in life. Well I think that way of thinking is a path of destruction and we need to model another approach to our children. We need to teach them what it means to live with passion not waste our lives obsessively chasing a single passion. We need to model a passion for the journey not the destination. This is an imperative if we are going to raise children that are happy, fulfilled and a positive influence to the world around them full post at https://getconnectdad.com/2016/06/21/be-passionate-2/

Anders Thue Pedersen is the founder of TimeBlock a web app that focuses on getting teams into the state of Flow, which many people might call “in the zone”, the process of breaking down work into chunks and focusing on doing one thing at a time. A powerful concept that applies at work and with your family. Anders' 2 Cents... Getting in a state of “flow” or cognitive deep work is a skill that you cannot learn but is a very valuable skill that will put you in the top 1% of whatever you are doing www.timeblock.com

Tom Rossi a serial software entrepreneur joins the podcast. His resume includes... -founded the software consultancy Capernaum in 1996 -co-founder of Higher Pixels -co-founder StreamCare He shares true words of wisdom from his time in the trenches. Tom's 2 Cents... "entrepreneurs talk about their business like it is their child but really it is more like a wild stallion and it will run away with your life and it will take everything you give it" resources mentioned -Maverick (book) by Ricardo Semler -Punished By Rewards (book) by Alfie Kohn -The Lean Startup (book) by Eric Ries

Pat Flynn from Smart Passive Income is on the show. Pat not only is a genius at online business, it turns out he is a pretty swell father. He was working as an architect when in 2008 he got laid off and had to figure out how to make ends meet. What started as selling a guide for passing the LEED exam for architects turned into an online empire bringing in over $150,000 per month. His story is pretty unreal but it is encouraging to hear the very practical things that he does with his children and how he admits that he is not perfect and he fails as a father but he is always looking to get better.

Quick tip for boosting your toddler's confidence.

Nate Kontny has been through Y Combinator twice, worked for the Obama re-election campaign in 2012 and now runs two companies, Draft which is a tool that offers version control and collaboration for writers and the CRM Highrise.

Anthony Eden is on the podcast today. He has been running DNSimple since 2010, which helps entrepreneurs with Domain Name Services. As a father of 15yr old triplets (and a 7yr old) he’s been forced to become efficient at managing his business and time with his family. He talks about raising a family while doing extensive travel as well as the practice of having his kids to do internships at local companies to broaden their exposure to work and careers. A native of Florida, he currently lives in France with his family.

David Cancel is a 5X founder, former CPO at Hubspot and currently the CEO of Drift. Wonder how he does it while having two young children? Well it's not balance thats for sure, he is not a believer in balance. Oh yeah, he wakes up at 5:30am, rarely travels and brings his family into his office on occasion. David brings some ultra practical advice on founding companies and being an intentional father. You can also find David dropping knowledge on his business podcast over at SeekingWisdom

Legendary designer Marc Hemeon joins us and offers a very honest and personal look into his experience of attempting to balance startups and family. Marc has been in the startup/tech game since the 90's including stints at YouTube, Google's self driving car project, and most recently founding Design Inc. As a father of 3 and having a marriage of 17 years, he's seen the ups and downs and offers some very very practical advice. It was refreshing to hear him speak so bluntly on the work that it takes to guard your family and your marriage while doing work you care about.

David Heinemeier Hansson (DHH) joins the podcast. For many people, DHH needs no introduction…but just in case, here is a little background on how David keeps himself busy (apart from fatherhood): -Invented Ruby on Rails (which powers Twitter, Groupon, AirBnB, and Basecamp among others). -Founder and CTO at Basecamp -LeMans driver -Best selling author As expected, David brings his energy and passion to the conversation about parenting—a talk which is both opinionated and thought provoking. He shares many of his views, from the “screen time” of his 4-year-old, to which practices promote intrinsic motivation, and why classic reward cycles are completely bogus.

Dave Hoover of DevBootCamp joins us to talk about his journey from being a professional family therapist to becoming a software developer and eventually teaching software development. He shares insights on working for a smaller company, work travel and trying to budget unplugged time devoted to family. Notable Links Dave’s book Apprenticeship Patterns http://www.starterleague.com/ DevBootCamp.com Sharith Bishay of DevBootCamp Jeff Casimir of Turing.io (Jeff's interview on the podcast) Dave’s Last Word of advice Budget a block of time that you are unplugged and offline to be fully

Aaron runs a blog/podcast called Work Life Play, having spent a career in sales and marketing he talks about his 22 years of marriage and the keys to success. On a recent business trip to Spain he spent time with the family of a co-worker and got a fresh dose of perspective on how he was living his life. Having spent a season “living on fumes” he returned from the trip and immediately began a life reboot. He shares the story of this and his philosophy on life and weaving work together with life and play to create a life that is intentional. A very transparent conversation from a guy that has gone through the trenches and seen maybe life changes. Aaron shares honest feedback and insights that come from first hand experience and have shaped his life, great insight of those of us earlier on in the journey. Aaron’s Last Word of advice The point is to be with your children, everything else is not even on the list.