Building a Startup While Raising Kids

02/12/2025 51 min

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Episode Synopsis

Most founders struggle to build one thing at a time. Paulina Walkowiak built a UX analytics company while being pregnant, raising two kids, and moving between Berlin, Poland, Madeira, and Lisbon.She's the CEO of CUX.io - a tool helping e-commerce companies eliminate conversion blockers. She's competed against giants like Hotjar and Mixpanel for 6+ years, survived near-failures, hired too fast after investment, and figured out that consultancy beats pure SaaS for her business model.In this conversation, we talk about:-Why she embraces being called a "mompreneur" (and why most women hate it)-How she works while breastfeeding on client callsWhat big companies get wrong about UX despite having all the dataWhy corporate stability is an illusionThe moment she realized she had everything she wanted but wasn't happyWhy freelancing might've been the better pathThis isn't a textbook success story. It's messy, honest, and real.If you're building something while life is happening around you - this one's for you.

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