REBL Dads Blog

When Derek & Adam sat down to ask Richard Branson to write the foreword for REBL Dad, they didn't ask for advice on scaling companies. They asked a different question: "What advice do you have for dadpreneurs?" Branson's answer, in the book's opening pages, describes the job about as well as anyone has in print: "A dadpreneur who is raising a family while raising a company (and another, and another) at the same time." That's about as close as anyone gets to a real definition

Three years ago I caught myself doing the math on what my hour was worth mid-diaper change, not proud of it, and the number I landed on made me put my son down a little too fast so I could go "save" twenty minutes I'd already lost thinking about it instead of just finishing the diaper. "Struggles entrepreneur dads face" is a search a lot of guys run and land on almost nothing specific for. You get generic "work-life balance" advice written for anyone with a job, or generic "f

Adam, co-author of the REBL Dad book, describes the exact moment perfectly. His son walks into his office and asks, "Papa, do you want to go surfing with me?" and, as Adam puts it, "my brain splits in three directions" — go, because he won't ask forever; work, because this is how you provide; or just sit there, too drained to do either. I've had my own version of that moment more times than I can count, and so has almost every founder dad I know. That's the part generic advic

Three 45-minute sessions a week plus one walk. The founder-father workout minimum is the defensible training floor that survives travel, kids, and bad quarters.

Kids run four predictable bedtime stalling tactics every night. Learn what each one really wants and the Last Call framework that ends the 8pm fight for good.

A 5-day board prep cadence for founder-fathers: lock numbers Monday, story Tuesday, draft Wednesday, walk Thursday, stop Friday at 6pm. Weekend stays yours.

Decision fatigue makes founder-fathers worse parents by 6pm. Run this 5-step audit to find where your willpower leaks and protect your best hours at home.

Most founders price their time wrong. Here's the 30-minute founder hourly rate calculation that shows what to delegate—and what only you can do.

A spiritual practice for founders isn't soft - it's infrastructure. The non-religious, research-backed case plus a 12-minute daily framework to start now.

Your calendar is the most honest leadership document you publish. The four signals your team reads, and a 30-minute audit to close the say-do gap now.

The 30-minute weekly marriage check-in template founder-fathers keep—Connect, Clear, Calendar—so small friction never compounds into a quarterly blowup.

You hired a friend, the role outgrew them, and now you're stuck. How to fire a friend without losing the friendship—the Clean Cut framework, step by step.

Your most bought-in teammate might sleep next to you. When a spouse out-believes your team, it's either your best asset or a hidden problem. Here's the test.

When it all goes wrong, who do you call? Most founders have 800 contacts and no first call. The 3-test rule for naming the one person who has no stake.

Beat the Sunday scaries with the Sunday founder habit: a 60-minute weekly reset to plan the week, close the last one, and walk into Monday already decided.

A founder father summer plan in one page: coverage, anchor, one big thing. Build the 12-week grid in an hour so you stop winging summer with the kids.

Burnout vs boredom feels identical but points opposite ways. Run the Three-Question Load Test to tell which you're in—before the wrong fix makes it worse.

Drowning in "pick your brain" asks? Here's how to decline founder coffees without burning bridges — a 3-question filter and warm scripts that save your time.

Brotherhood vs networking looks identical until your worst quarter. Run the three-question Ledger Test to tell a brother from a contact before you need one.

Behind the scenes at a REBL Dads Gathering on Necker Island, from mastermind sessions to starry nights.