
FOUNDERS WITH KIDS
A supportive community of entrepreneurs and parents who are growing successful, sustainable businesses — while also managing the mayhem of family life at home.
Parenting is not easy.
Parenting while also running a business? That’s next level.
Maybe you’re a solopreneur running an indie venture. Or you’re bootstrapping your second business. You might have grown a successful business in one area — an agency business, a service-based business, for example — and now you’re ready to pivot towards products. You might have a bigger team and you need to deal with payroll AND daycare.
You’re figuring it all out: diapers and consequences and team management and taxes.
But the problem?
Your local community doesn’t exactly get what you do.
And the business mentors you used to look to? They don’t understand the demands of parenting.
Wherever you are in your entrepreneurship journey, you definitely don’t need business or life advice from people who don’t get it.
That’s why we’ve created a dedicated community for the smartest business founders we know to connect. Folks who live at the intersection of founder life and parenting.
It’s a paid, invite-only community where business owners, entrepreneurs, and founders can give each other top-notch support to navigate the twists and turns of life while growing sustainable, profitable businesses.
Over the years, I’ve found that I need to curate my business advice and talk to trusted, wise people who have been where I’ve been, and who are navigating a similar stage of life as me.
If this is you, I’m glad you found us.

if you want to join us
It’s a club where parent entrepreneurs hang out, share knowledge, and support each other in building profitable, sustainable, thriving businesses.

Who this community is for
We are a community of experience business owners, founders, and leaders who are also parents.
There are two key criteria for joining our community. You are…
A BUSINESS OWNER with experience. You’re a founder or business owner, and you’ve been in business for a while. This isn’t your first rodeo.
A PARENT or a caretaker. The people who join us are folks who are providing a significant caretaking role in their family lives. We welcome moms, dads, step-parents, and caretakers alike.
In addition, the folks who join us are curious, creative, encouraging, and kind.
WE ARE LOOKING FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE…
- Tired of hustle culture advice and maximalist productivity tools, and more interested in refined strategies that help you focus and succeed.
- Building businesses that fits into a complex life in more holistic, sustainable way.
- Want to learn from other entrepreneurs and parents about what they do (and what they don’t), with tips and ideas for doing work-life in new ways.
- Eager to share insights and tips about what’s working, what’s not working, and how you’ve grown your business.
- Open, kind, and caring — People who are willing to give and receive support, and don’t judge others, because parenting and business are huge realms with lots of different paths and ideas.
- Want more connection and community in your life, and excited about connecting, sharing, and talking shop with other entrepreneurial parents.

Apparently this idea hit a nerve, because in the first three days of our soft-launch, we now have over two hundred applications to join us.

HOW IT WORKS

COFFEE & COWORKING
MONDAY MORNINGS — 11am Eastern
Start your week off with coffee, community, and co-working. We meet for one hour, commit to the work we need to do, and work alongside each other.
Getting your most important work done first? Gold. Doing it alongside other people? You’ll feel like you’re flying.

Member Masterminds
FIRST FRIDAYS — 12pm Eastern
THIRD WEDNESDAYS — 3pm Eastern
Twice a month, we host Member Mixers — a chance to talk business with other folks, breakout into mini-mastermind sessions, and share ideas.
On the calls, we’ll use small group breakouts to mini-mastermind with other members. Exchange knowledge and get the support you need to move forward in business (or life).

LAUGHS + WINS + CHECK-INS
WEEKLY STANDUP + ICE BREAKERS
SHARE YOUR WINS + MEME DROPS
Start your week strong with our weekly Stand Up — share what you’re focused on and chime in on the ice breaker prompts.
Plus, we post calls to show your work (we want to see it!), drop a real-life selfie, and celebrate your wins. Whether that’s surviving a school closure, nailing potty-training, or closing a round, we celebrate ALL the wins from ALL the work you do. Because you are doing a lot.

CHAT ROOMS
BUSINESS — PARENTING — LIFE
FRIENDSHIP — SURVIVAL — GROWTH
Our online community portal has dedicated chat rooms for you to talk about growing your business, the parenting juggle, to share a laugh and even to scream into the void on the days you need to (if you know, you know). All so you can get the support you need. Oh, and memes. On the weekends, we post a thread dedicated to humor to laugh at the chaos of it all.
To be clear, we’re not a parenting advice forum—there are plenty of websites for all that. We specialize at the intersection of parenting and business, and all the chaos that comes from trying to manage both. Which means we might say things like, “Do what you need,” and “Whatever works is what works!”

RESOURCES + SUPPORT
ASK ANONYMOUSLY
LEADERSHIP ARTICLES
ASK FOR ADVICE
If you need advice on a sticky subject that’s hard to talk about, we’ve built an anonymous bot to support you. You can ask any question anonymously and gather support and advice from the community. Plus, we curate weekly articles on leadership, business, and growth for you to continue to build and grow.

IT’S TIME TO RE-IMAGINE how we do THIS work + parenting THING.

PRICING
THE BASICS
CHAT
Get the essential digital forum with chat access and weekly threads. A place to talk business strategy, share resources, and support each other.
COMMUNITY
Member Directory
Community Interviews
Private Member Podcast
FORUMS
Grow Your Business
The Parent Juggle
Show Your Work
Share A Laugh
Scream Into The Void
Ask Anonymously
THE SIGNATURE
CONNECT
Be in community with other founders. Access all of the digital forums, plus live weekly check-ins and monthly masterminds to collaborate and grow.
COMMUNITY
Member Directory
Community Interviews
Private Member Podcast
FORUMS
Grow Your Business
The Parent Juggle
Show Your Work
Share A Laugh
Scream Into The Void
Ask Anonymously
LIVE CALLS
Every Monday, join us for pop-up Coffee & Coworking!
Twice a month, we host Mini-Masterminds to strategize and brainstorm with other founders.
Pop-Up Events — Our members are brilliant, and we invite you to share a workshop with the community.
FOUNDER RESOURCES
The Founder’s Desk — Curated Articles & Resources
THE PREMIUM
FLOURISH
Step into your leadership and growth with CEO calls, leadership deep-dives, small-group coaching, and access to premium advanced trainings.
COMMUNITY
Member Directory
Community Interviews
Private Member Podcast
FORUMS
Grow Your Business
The Parent Juggle
Show Your Work
Share A Laugh
Scream Into The Void
Ask Anonymously
LIVE CALLS
Every Monday, join us for pop-up Coffee & Coworking!
Twice a month, we host Mini-Masterminds to strategize and brainstorm with other founders.
Pop-Up Events — Our members are brilliant, and we invite you to share a workshop with the community.
FOUNDER RESOURCES
The Founder’s Desk — Curated Articles & Resources
PREMIUM EVENTS
CEO Planning Workshop, hosted by SKP every quarter.
Expert-Led Workshops & Advanced Trainings, with new sessions monthly.
Entire Library of Past Recordings

Apply to join us
WHY WE'RE ROLLING OUT SLOWLY
As a founder and parent, I know the value of a supportive, kind space—a place where you can vent about the latest parenting fail and then pick yourself back up again and go deep on the quality of your sales page.
The magic is always in the PEOPLE. With that in mind, we’re building slowly and putting tremendous care into the process of welcoming new members. Each new cohort that joins is 10-20 people, and spends time with us and their cohort before they’re welcomed into the larger space.
The earlier you sign up, the sooner you’ll hear from us.
A STARTUP PARENT COMMUNITY
Brought to you by Sarah Peck + Team

Questions?
Send a note to: director@startupparent.com
PS – Know someone who should join us? Tell them to add your name to the “referred by” section so we know who referred them! We give strong preference to folks referred by current members.
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