Startup or Family? Understanding Priorities and Paternal Leave — with Matheus Riolfi of Tint

Matheus is the founder of Tint. They’re doing some cool stuff with embedded insurance products and are backed by Y Combinator and QED. They have a fully-remote global team.

This week, Matheus takes us to a crucial time when his business was in the midst of fundraising. 

His daughter was just about to be born. And, at the same time, there were just 4 months of runway left. 

To add to the stress, his co-founder was also expecting his first child. 

Both wanted paternity leave. And both wanted to keep their business afloat.

So they had to make a choice — what comes first?

This was Matheus’ breakthrough moment.

His business was very much a part of him. But it could never come before his child and wife. 

Join the discussion as we talk about

• How hard it was for Matheus to have this breakthrough
• What has changed for Matheus since he had this realisation
• Why he would never do things differently if he had the chance today

Matheus took a calculated risk and went on paternity leave. But the learnings he took from that risk were much more powerful! 

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