Work-life Balance Is Overrated | Siqi Chen (father of 2, co-founder/CEO Runway)

Startup Dad

Siqi Chen is co-founder and CEO of Runway, the finance platform you don't hate. He was also the president, chief product officer and CEO of Sandbox VR, the VP of Growth at Postmates and he sold his first company to Zynga in 2010. He is an angel investor who has invested in companies like Touch of Modern, Amplitude, Italic, and Clubhouse. He is a husband and the father of two daughters. In today's conversation we discussed:

* His life moving back-and-forth to China as a kid

* The realities and myth of work-life balance

* Sharing the load with your spouse

* How his parenting and leadership has evolved over time

* How to exercise with your kids and incorporate them into your day

* Teaching kids how to use technology as a tool for leverage

* A fascinating story of how his daughter uses ChatGPT

Listen now on Apple, Spotify, Overcast and YouTube.

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Where to find Siqi Chen

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/siqic/

Twitter / X: https://twitter.com/blader

Runway: https://runway.com/

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In this episode, we cover

[1:34] Welcome

[2:27] Work/life balance[6:49] His childhood[10:52] All about his kids[11:30] How did you meet your wife?[13:37] Decision to start a family[15:33] Load balancing parenting[18:50] Earliest memory of being a dad[21:04] Most surprising thing about becoming a dad[23:13] Giving younger self advice[25:52] Advice to ignore[27:45] Favorite book to read to his kids[29:10] Frameworks[32:35] Any parenting evolutions?[35:11] Kids’ dynamic[35:42] Where do you and your partner not align?[37:47] Kid’s relationship with tech[40:45] Most interesting way kids used ChatGPT[43:11] What did you give up to be a dad?[45:30] How do you recharge your batteries?[46:10] What is a mistake you made as a dad?[49:16] Rapid fire round[53:31] Thank you

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Show references:

The Matrix: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0133093/

Transformers: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0418279/

Scratch: https://scratch.mit.edu/

Talktastic: https://talktastic.com/

Amazing Panda Adventure: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112342/

Stanford: https://www.stanford.edu/

Bye Bye Baby: https://buybuybaby.com/

Dalian, China: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalian

Peter Thiell, Thiel Scholarship: https://thielfellowship.org/

Unity: https://unity.com/

Gundam: https://en.gundam.info/

Postmates: https://postmates.com/

Sandbox VR: https://sandboxvr.com/

ChatGPT: https://chat.openai.com/

"Blub Blub Fish" Book: https://www.amazon.com/Pout-Pout-Fish-Deborah-Diesen/dp/0374360979

Work-life Balance is Overrated: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/siqic_work-life-balance-is-overrated-implicitly-activity-7161735570757550081-8Yd4

Second Time Founders Podcast reference: www.youtube.com/watch?v=257w17EkYn4&t=1s

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