Salinas: Having kids benefits founders by forcing a big-picture perspective
Julien Salinas · Why Your Kids Force You to Make Better Decisions · Jul 13, 2021 · at 16:37
Julien Salinas, founder and CEO of NLP Cloud, discusses the productivity and strategic benefits of parenting while building a startup with host Sean Weisbrot.
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“I think the best thing Is that kids force you to stop working and then look at the big picture.”
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