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’re 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),
- Eager to share insights and tips about what’s working, what’s not working, and how you’ve grown your business
- Want more connection and community in your life, and excited about connecting, sharing, and talking shop with other entrepreneurial parents.
if you want to join us
HOW IT WORKS
MEMBER MIXERS
FIRST FRIDAY — 12pm Eastern
THIRD WEDNESDAY — 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 mini-mastermind sessions to deep dive with other members, exchange knowledge and support you in the next steps to move forward in your business.
WEEKLY CHECK-INS
MONDAY MORNING — STAND-UP
FRIDAY — SHARE YOUR WINS
Every week, we post a thread for you to write down what your priority is for the week ahead. This is often called a ‘Stand Up’ in the founder world, but ours is a pinned post in our chat room.
Then, at the end of the week, we post a ‘Wins’ thread for you to share any and all wins from the week. 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.
CHAT ROOMS
BUSINESS — PARENTING — LIFE
FRIENDSHIP — SURVIVAL — GROWTH
Our online community portal has dedicated chat rooms for you to talk about business, life, and parenting, so you can get the support you need. We also have a dedicated channel for Screaming Into The Void for the weeks you need it (if you know, you know). And, we have a dedicated place for you to show your work and talk about what you’re up to.
Oh, and memes. Every Saturday, we post a thread dedicated to parenting and business humor to laugh at the chaos of it all.
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.
if you want to join us
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.
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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