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Negotiating Maternity Leave as a Founder

Recorded Sep 19 · 28 min · Panel: three members who stepped back and came back

There's no HR department to negotiate with when you're the founder — which means the leave you take is entirely the one you design. This panel of three members talks through how they actually structured time away: what they delegated, what they didn't touch, and what surprised them about client and investor reactions.

Frank talk about revenue dips during leave, how to communicate a leave plan to clients without inviting doubt about the business, and the systems each of them built beforehand so the business didn't depend on them answering every message.

What you'll walk away with

  • ✓Three real leave structures, from a 2-week to a 4-month version
  • ✓A delegation checklist to run before you go
  • ✓How to message a leave to clients and investors