A show for fathers who are also founders. Andrew Kaluza is building a company and raising his first child at the same time, and this is the conversation about doing both well.
Starting a company and bringing a baby into the world ask the same things of a man at the same time. Uncertainty. Pressure. More information than anyone can sort through. Responsibility that does not pause for the other half of your life.
This podcast is about doing both well. Raising a family with love, joy, presence, safety and security. Growing a company that makes something beautiful, serves the world, and leaves a legacy beyond the man who built it.
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.
The baby is here or on the way, and every answer online contradicts the last one.
The company is growing and it wants every hour you have, including the ones you promised at home.
Father first, founder second — and looking for other men who take that order seriously.
Founding Fathers is a club as well as a show. We cap each city at 50 so the room stays a room. Tell us about your company and your kids. We answer within a week.