Founder of Founding Fathers and host of the podcast. A father since July 2026. This is the short version of why the club exists.
For two years, I helped grow a national pickleball league for founders and executives. I took it from one city and expanded it into 17 markets and more than 1,500 members.
It was ambitious, energizing and a lot of fun. Most importantly, it showed me the power of bringing founders together outside of work — not simply to network, but to build genuine relationships with people who understand the unique weight of creating and leading something.
Fatherhood changed my life permanently. It changed how I think about responsibility, happiness, health, work, money and the kind of impact I want to make.
So much of the world is fleeting. Ideas, opportunities, trends, and companies come and go. But becoming a father is not a moment you move on from. It transforms the way you see your life forever.
How can I scale?
How can I be the best father I know I can be and build something great?
For founders, that question carries a unique set of pressures. Building a company can be deeply meaningful, but it can also consume the very life you are building it to support. Fatherhood and entrepreneurship both ask a great deal of us, but neither is a road we are meant to walk alone.
That is why I created Founding Fathers: a national community for fathers who are also founders, united by a desire to—
Founding Fathers exists to support the man behind the mission
Because building a company is hard, raising a family is sacred, and both become a hell of a lot easier with the right people beside you.
Andrew Kaluza · Founder
We cap every city at 50 so the room stays a room. Tell us about your company and your kids — and the city you’d meet in. We answer within a week.