An Investor Doubted Me and My Business Because I’m a Working Dad — Here’s Why You Don’t Have to Sacrifice Work or Your Family.

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I’ve never believed in the Silicon Valley idea that you’ve got to work 24/7 and sacrifice everything to build a successful company. For me, building a business and raising a family go hand in hand. These contrasting views are perhaps best illustrated with a personal anecdote.

Long ago, when a former business partner and I were raising our A round for a company we’d founded, I found myself sitting across some investors from Silicon Valley. I knew they wouldn’t have flown out to meet us unless they were fairly serious about investing — they weren’t the type of people to waste

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