Why am I starting a new venture right before giving birth?
It’s a question that’s come up several times in my conversations with friends after I shared that I’m leaving Venwise last week.
I’m not ready to share what I’m working on publicly just yet, but I wanted to share my thinking around my decision.
Since before Zach Roseman and I decided to start a family, we’ve always been very adamant about decoupling our personal and professional lives/choices.
When this new venture began coming to life, we didn’t let the fact that I was 5 months pregnant influence my decision to keep building.
And it’s not the first time:
1️⃣ Right before Noa was born, Zach quit his full time job with little plans for what came next. This was before he even thought about becoming a founder, before the idea of Draftboard came to be, and way before he raised his seed round.
2️⃣ A year ago, we decided to move to Israel. I was still working at Venwise, a US based company, Zach’s only employee was in the US. But we knew we wanted to build a life in Israel and that we’d make it work.
3️⃣ Today, 1 month from my due date, I officially start working full time of this new business.
On one hand, none of it makes sense (to others). On the other hand, it all makes sense (to us).
Here’s why it’s possible.
💛 Total trust in one another - either our plans work out, or we’ll make new ones that do! We know we’re hirable. We live a life we can afford. And if we take a hit, we’ll make it work.
💛 Equal partnership - we’re both very committed to our family and very committed to our careers, and equally committed to the other persons ability to do both well
💛 Accepting the messiness - it’s not always cute, there’s friction along the way, balls get dropped here and there and we’ve decided we’d rather have that than play a “safer game”
Is life “harder?” Maybe. There are DEFINITELY more variables to juggle, transitions and shifts to navigate and lots of clear communication needed.
But nothing feels more exciting to me than looking at our life and knowing we’re not compromising our dreams - for our family, and for our careers.
Director, Global Talent Development
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