Aug 31, 2020
Ildiko Ferenczi is a model, entrepreneur and the founder of the first woman-owned architectural concrete company in Canada. Dan Caldwell is a serial entrepreneur and founder of the Tapout clothing brand. Together, they’re figuring out how to run a business and raise their kids while navigating the challenges of entrepreneurship under lockdown.
In this episode, they take us through their experience of parenting during a pandemic, including how they divide business and childcare responsibilities. Dan explains how he can’t help thinking about work when he’s playing with the kids, and Ildiko gives us some insight into how she learned negotiating skills from her mother. Meanwhile, their son Daniel has picked up some phrases that he’s overheard them use in meetings! They wrap up with their predictions on how the world is changing, and whether things will ever go back to “business as usual.”
“It is possible for an entrepreneur and a parent to get business done while you have two kids in diapers.” - Dan
“I think that’s a lot of people’s struggle. When they’re with family they’re thinking about work, and when they’re at work, they’re thinking about family.” - Ildiko
This week on Pretty and Punk:
- How Dan and Ildiko divvy up business responsibilities
- Why Ildiko is afraid to leave Dan to watch the kids
- Why Ildiko’s Eastern European background means she “speaks passionately”
- The moment when Ildiko decided to raise her son herself, even though she had planned on having a nanny
- How Dan gets anxious thinking about work while doing Daniel’s ABC’s
- How Daniel has started talking like they do at meetings
- What Ildiko learned about being an entrepreneur from her mom
- How someone hacked into their their Netflix account
- How early stage entrepreneurs can use UpWork to outsource tasks
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