This is a guest post by my friend Paul Koop, a father who recently founded his first software startup.

What started with a text exchange led to Paul taking me up on the idea of sharing his early impressions of the startup journey—and its similarity with early parenthood.

A key theme: You’re never really “ready.”

Check out Paul’s post. As a bonus, in this podcast version, we have a sit-down conversation that I’m sure you’ll enjoy.

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