What happens when a newborn baby joins an executive board meeting?

Shannon shares the story behind one of the defining moments that inspired Full Stack Moms: bringing her exclusively breastfed infant to a startup board meeting in New York.

In this conversation, Shannon opens up about returning to work just weeks after giving birth, leading strategic discussions while caring for her baby, challenging traditional expectations of working mothers, and embracing the mindset that sometimes you have to ask, "What if you just did it?" Together, we explore vulnerability in leadership, work-life integration, parenting in public, and the reality that everyone is figuring things out for the first time.

If you're a working parent navigating career growth, leadership responsibilities, postpartum challenges, or the constant balancing act between ambition and family life, this episode will resonate with you.

Jump into the conversation:
(00:00) We’re all figuring it out together
(02:04) Building a business while pregnant

(03:15) When your client asks you to return five weeks postpartum

(06:42) The baby at the board meeting

(09:41) Nursing through executive board discussions

(13:14) How to lead without the CRO in place

(14:55) Changing a diaper on the 29th floor

(17:37) Everyone’s doing this for the first time

(19:14) SVB crisis and emergency board meetings

(22:22) Rethinking work-life integration

(24:57) Baby socks as a service

Connect with Mallory Lee: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mallorylee/

Connect with Shannon Curran: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shannon-sweeny-curran/

Produced in partnership with Share Your Genius

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