Male Fertility and the Fleeting Nature of Time | Linus Ekenstam (father of 2, co-founder Sensive)
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Linus Ekenstam is a designer and serial entrepreneur who has founded and sold several companies. He has also been a design leader at Typeform, Bamboo Blockchain and Flodesk. He's currently building an AI-powered children's story generator at BedtimeStory.ai and a platform to track and improve mental health called Sensive. He is a partner and the father of two daughters. In today's conversation we discussed: * What it means to be an "AI Gardener" * Struggles with male infertility * Time and relativity * How to navigate the daily grind with two working parents and a 4 and 2 year old * A visit from his youngest daughter while recording * How he thinks technology will transform his daughter's lives * Optimism for the future with AI as a useful tool Listen now on Apple, Spotify, Overcast and YouTube. — Where to find Linus Ekenstam Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/linusekenstam/ Twitter / X: https://twitter.com/LinusEkenstam Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/LinusEkenstam Newsletter: insidemyhead.ai Where to find Adam Fishman - FishmanAF Newsletter: www.FishmanAFNewsletter.com - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamjfishman/ - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/startupdadpod/ — In this episode, we cover [1:47] Welcome [2:15] What do you do here? [3:08] AI Gardener [4:40] Childhood [6:18] Fav US kid’s show [7:32] Difference between his and his kid’s childhood [10:44] kids/partner [11:38] Pull to move back to Sweden during COVID [13:07] Male infertility [23:38] Advice [25:52] Earliest memory of being a dad [27:44] Manage daily grind/work/family [30:25] What did you do w/kids before preschool? [31:51] Most surprising thing about becoming a dad? [36:17] Time & relativity [42:24] Where do you and your partner not align? [45:25] AI change kid’s relationship to tech/what are you working on? [50:11] How do you recharge your batteries? [51:37] What is a mistake you made as a dad? [53:39] Follow along [55:30] Rapid fire round [58:33] Thank you — Show references: Linus’ Tweet on Male Fertility: https://x.com/linusekenstam/status/1696424299773485380?s=46&t=_JjHRNFJidzXB5axbw2gmQ Star Wars: https://www.starwars.com/ Encanto:https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2953050/ Baby Bjorn:https://www.babybjorn.com/ TMNT: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teenage_Mutant_Ninja_Turtles Power Rangers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power_Rangers TypeForm: https://www.typeform.com/ Bamboo BlockChain: https://www.bamboonetworks.com/ Flodesk: https://flodesk.com/ Bedtime Story: bedtimestory.ai Sensive: https://www.sensive.co/ Ikigai: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ikigai — For sponsorship inquiries email: [email protected]. For Startup Dad Merch: www.startupdadshop.com  Production support for Startup Dad is provided by Tommy Harron at http://www.armaziproductions.com/ This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit startupdadpod.substack.com
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