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What Does FeedBurner Cofounder Matt Shobe Say People Miss About a New Baby?

On Geek at Sea, FeedBurner cofounder Matt Shobe tells host Kirill Zubovsky that people without children have no idea how much physical and emotional exhaustion a baby causes. Matt, who sold FeedBurner to Google with Dick Costolo, says Eric and Steve, who were building alongside him, had their first kids within two or three years of his, so they understood it. When his first son, Austin, was born healthy, Matt still came home from the hospital with no sense of what to do next. He says the exhaustion is the part friends without kids cannot see.

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Matt Shobe. Feedburner 2 Google and Beyond. ·

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  1. Who Is Matt ShobeMatt Shobe is a startup founder and entrepreneur. He was previously a co-founder of what Might AI, Feedburner, and Spyonit.
  2. How Do You Achieve Work-life Balance?For the whole work-life balance to work you really just need to set your own barriers.
  3. What Was Company Called SpyOnItSpyOnit was a software started by Matt Shobe, Dick Costolo, Eric Lunt and Steve Olechowski.
  4. Can You Start a Company While Having Children?Most certainly it is possible to start a company while also being a parent.
  5. Did Matt Shobe's First Baby Come With a Manual?No.
  6. What Does It Feel Like to Have a Brand New Child?The child does not come with an instruction manual. You don't know what you will do next, but somehow you figure it out along the way.
  7. How Did Shobe and Co Start SpyOnIt and Startup Life in the 90sThe team was consulting to pay the bills while working on their startup. Meanwhile, startup bubble was growing.
  8. How to Delegate Work Between Startup CofoundersYou can't get anywhere without working hard, but you can work smart and have overlapping skillsets.
  9. Can You Work Hard on a Startup While Also Being a Good DadYou can't get anywhere without you know. There's nowhere to hide and you either contributing and adding value or you hitting the bricks.
  10. Do Routines Greatly Improve Your Life as a ParentAccording to Matt Shobe, having a predictable schedule can really help to separate work time and time with family, making it easier for all involved.

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