What it takes to be a founder, with Michael Perry
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Michael Perry is the founder and CEO of Maple, an all-in-one app to help parents get organized and stay organized. He is also a father of 2. This is a great conversation because we talk about Michael's learnings from founding multiple companies, what the future of work looks like, and how busy parents can get more organized. TIMESTAMPS 03:00 - How being a father shapes the way you approach founding a company 05:40 - What it takes to be a great founder 07:00 - Making mistakes while building companies 09:13 - How much of a startup's success is based on the product and how much is based on the execution? 11:55 - What is Maple and why did you start it? 21:20 - Benefits of Maple 25:50 - The future of work 31:30 - Advice for someone that wants to be an entrepreneur 32:36 - Advice for a new working parent 32:55 - Advice for self-care 33:55 - Best advice you've ever received 36:00 - Advice for a Maple user 37:35 - Advice for a new dad EPISODE LINKS growmaple.com @growmaple https://www.linkedin.com/in/mlperry/ SHOW LINKS: contact: ⁠[email protected]⁠ Linktree: ⁠https://linktr.ee/successfulworkingparents⁠  Musical credit: Hippie Beatnix (ID 1913) by Lobo Loco CC-by-nc-nd
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