When Caitlin Zaino, Founder of Porter & Sail, a hospitality company, was expecting her first child, she was desperate find an example of another female founder who’d juggled childbirth and running a startup. She found the role model she was looking for in Birchbox co-founder Katia Beauchamp, who shared this advice.
“Everyone wants to think that they are the most important person in an organization but the team still thrives, if you’ve done your job well, all should move forward.”
So when the time came, Caitlin took time off, wanting to show that it was more than OK for anyone — even the founder — to take time away for a new baby.
Read more about how you can strike out on your own, start a new company, grow the economy, and have a baby.
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