The Parent Track

Written by: Charlie O'Donnell Aja Singer
  • Summary

  • A podcast from two premmie parents trying to figure out how parenting will reshape their careers and about how founders and innovators bring balance to their life as a parent.
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Episodes
  • Noelle Sadler, CMO of ThredUP - Special Needs Parent and a C-Level Exec
    Dec 12 2022
    Noelle Sadler is the CMO of ThredUP and the mom of two very special kids. She talks about the challenges of having a C-level marketing job while having kids of different abilities. Her son Stellan has Cerebral Palsy. She shares how she might be the only person in the middle of the Venn diagram of violent video game makers and people who have sold lipstick. She's an avid runner and Aja and I very deeply appreciated this very honest and positive conversation.
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    53 mins
  • Meghan & Brian Fitzgerald, Co-Founders of Tinkergarten
    Nov 21 2022
    Brian and Meghan Fitzgerald are the founders of Tinkergarten. Not only are they co-founders, but they're parents of three. Meghan spent 18 years as an educator, curriculum developer and school principal. Brian is a product leader that was on the start-up team that developed Rocketmail (acquired by Yahoo), and he later launched 50+ Yahoo consumer apps in leadership roles at the Silicon Valley HQ and London. They're literally experts in making the most enriching experience out of time spend with kids.
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    41 mins
  • Hitha Palepu, CEO of Rhoshan Pharmaceuticals
    Nov 14 2022
    Hitha is a consummate multi-hyphenate - an entrepreneur, author, and speaker. As CEO of Rhoshan Pharmaceuticals, she oversees financing, partnerships, and strategy for the company. She led the raise of a $5M seed round and a licensing agreement with Hyloris Pharmaceuticals for the company's lead product. Hitha is the author of WE'RE SPEAKING: The Life Lessons of Kamala Harris and How to Pack: Travel Smart for Any Trip, which have collectively sold over 50,000 copies. Her longtime blog, Hitha On The Go, established her as an authority on lifestyle topics and gave way to her book (How To Pack: Travel Smart for Any Trip), collaborations with leading brands (Delta, Headspace, and Google), and a highly engaged Instagram following and newsletter. She curates the Webby-honored #5SmartReads every weekday, which reaches nearly 100,000 accounts. She is a sought-after speaker on investing, entrepreneurship, work-life juggle, and motherhood. We talk about how she balances all of these roles and life in her household in an enjoyable chat to the soothing sounds of a Spectra pump.
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    52 mins

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