What Building an App Taught Me About Parenting — and What Parenting Taught Me About Startup Success

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I never thought parenting and startups had much in common until I found myself navigating both at the same time. As a mom and a person in the tech space who has built products at PayPal and Ford, my job has always been hyper-focused on solving problems.

However, launching an app designed to help families streamline household management showed me something I did not expect: running a startup and raising a child are really similar.

Both require patience, adaptability and the ability to function under extreme uncertainty. Both demand that you make decisions with incomplete data, trust your instincts and learn from

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