If I hadn't been a Founder, I'd be an awful parent.

Now, I'm already giving myself too much credit here because it's assuming I'm not an awful parent, which let's be honest, many of us just might be. But I've definitely come to appreciate over the years raising my 5-year-old son and 10-year-old daughter how my best parenting traits are directly mapped back to what I've learned as a Founder.

Surprisingly, it really has little to do with "building a startup" and more to do with how I've come to think like a Founder.

The Power to Question Me

The day my son Wil was born, I wrote him a long letter. In it, I gave him all of the advice I had in me about preparing him for the world. The one piece that's always resonated the most was "Question every...