Rewriting the Founder Playbook: Building & Scaling While Raising a Family
There has never been a more energized time to build a company.
It's also clear there is no longer a single blueprint for building. There are more pathways to start and scale than ever before.
This is the moment to rewrite the founder playbook.
At MomFounder Collective, we're here to learn from women who are doing exactly that — building and scaling meaningful companies while raising families.
At this curated panel, you'll hear first-hand from women who are actively building across business types, stages, and funding paths while navigating motherhood in real time.
They are builders. Leaders. Mothers:
-Tamara Hinckley: ex-Pinterest Product Director leading 100+ people, Harvard MBA, founder and writer with 4k+ Substack readers and 20k LinkedIn followers. She's building the playbook for mothers leading without burning it all down.
-Kate Kruizenga: Founder of Phero Collective, fractional People & Talent leader helping early-stage startups build foundations that scale, after a decade leading ops + people teams at Dropbox, Kaiser, and beyond.
-Julia Chou: COO and first business hire at Abridge, building the fastest growing company in health AI from its earliest days to nationwide scale across 250+ major health systems. Previously co-founded Binti, brought Google products to emerging markets, and cooked at Michelin-starred restaurants in San Francisco.
They'll get into how they chose their path, navigated growth, challenged bias and protected their energy while staying wildly ambitious, and what motherhood actually looks like in the middle of all of it.
We will bring the audience into this conversation to make it interactive and get more voices heard!
This is an honest conversation not about doing it all, but about building intentionally.
+an awesome opportunity to network with 100 mom founders in one room!
About MomFounder Collective:
MomFounder Collective is a Bay Area community of mothers building and scaling startups and companies.
We create space for real conversation, genuine connection, and the kind of collaboration that only happens when ambitious people are in the same room. Because mom founders are not a niche, they are a force.
If you are a mother+founder or mother+leader: building, scaling a company or exploring an idea you are welcome.
To learn more about MomFounder Collective or join our community (free): https://tally.so/r/w8OBpO
A warm thank you to SVB for hosting, Sundays, Stork & Spark & Emmy for sponsoring!
About Silicon Valley Bank
Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), a division of First Citizens Bank, is the bank of some of the world’s most innovative companies and investors. SVB provides commercial banking to companies in the technology, life science and healthcare, private equity and venture capital industries. SVB operates in centers of innovation throughout the United States, serving the unique needs of its dynamic clients with deep sector expertise, insights and connections. SVB’s parent company, First Citizens BancShares, Inc. (NASDAQ: FCNCA ), is a top 20 U.S. financial institution with more than $200 billion in assets. First Citizens Bank, Member FDIC. Learn more at svb.com
About Sundays:
Sundays provides world-class executive assistant support for founders and families. https://withsundays.com/
About Stork & Spark:
Stork & Spark provides coaching and community support to expectant, new, and seasoned parents who are navigating ambitious careers. Learn more at https://www.storkandspark.com/
About Emmy:
Emmy is the AI that handles the logistics of family life - so moms can focus on the rest. https://heyemmy.com/