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Eric Colbert, Jay Chandrasekhar and Eli Szasz are the co-founders of VouchVault, a new platform that helps you get trusted recommendations for products and services you need. Eric and Eli have worked together for years at creative agency, Spark6. Jay is a comedian, writer and actor best known for his movies Super Troopers and Beerfest. Collectively they’re the dads of 9 different kids along with being loving and supportive husbands (or so they told me). We discussed:
How they all met and decided to start VouchVault
How their new company helps busy parents
Getting into trouble as young kids
Raising teenagers and Eric’s “three pillars” of success
How their relationships have changed as their kids have gotten older
Advice they’d give the younger versions of themselves
A raging debate on minivans
Where to find Eric Colbert, Jay Chandrasekhar and Eli Szasz
Eric
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eric-colbert-9900a65/
Jay
X: https://x.com/jaychandrasekha
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jaychandrasekhar/
Eli
https://www.linkedin.com/in/elijahszasz/
Website: www.vouchvault.com
Where to find Adam Fishman
FishmanAF Newsletter: www.FishmanAFNewsletter.com
Instagram: https://ww.instagram.com/startupdadpod/
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In this episode, we cover:
[2:09] Welcome
[2:49] How did you meet & decide to partner
[4:14] Mission of VouchVault
[9:26] Worst experience of a review
[13:08] What were you like as kids?
[16:59] Ages of children
[22:19] Teenage years/ pillars
[29:17] How has your relationship with your kids changed as they got older?
[33:25] Jay’s movies
[37:44] Earliest memory of becoming a dad
[40:49] Doing things differently the second time around
[42:35] Kid’s relationship to tech
[49:37] Partnership
[55:12] Follow along
[56:27] Lightning round
[1:10:28] Thank you
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Show references:
VouchVault: https://www.vouchvault.com/
Spark6: https://www.spark6.com/
Broken Lizard: https://brokenlizard.com/
Super Troopers 1: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0247745/
Super Troopers 2: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0859635/
Beer Fest: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0486551/
Community: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1439629/
Arrested Development: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0367279/
New Girl: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1826940/
Shantaram: A Novel by Gregory David Roberts: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/shantaram-gregory-david-roberts/1100338449
Blackbirds: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3818366/
Walk the Line: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0358273/
MacGruber: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1470023/
Citizen Kane: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033467/
Generation Kill: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0995832/
Fast Times at Ridgemont High: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083929/
University of Utah: https://www.utah.edu/
Colgate: https://www.colgate.edu/
University of Michigan: https://umich.edu/
St. Andrews: https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/
Tim Urban: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tim-urban-56927430/
American Pie: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0163651/
Tidying Up with Marie Kondo: https://www.netflix.com/title/80209379
Wefunder: https://wefunder.com/
Magnetiles: https://www.magnatiles.com/products/
CocoMelon: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12427840/
Baby Einstein: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9808494/
Dora The Explorer: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0235917/
Spongebob Squarepants: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0206512/
Toy Story: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114709/
Moana: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3521164/
ACDC Highway to Hell: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highway_to_Hell_(song)
Star Wars: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076759/
Back To The Future: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088763/
First Blood: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083944/
Terminator 2: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103064/
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