Building a Unicorn While Being Present: Faith, Family & Entrepreneurship - Chris Tinsley

Chris Tinsley is a co-founder of ShopMy, a unicorn-valued creator commerce platform, MBA graduate from MIT Sloan, former finance professional at Cambridge Associates, and father of young children living intentionally outside a major tech hub.Building a billion-dollar company while raising young kids creates impossible choices every single day. Chris reveals how he structures sacred family time that never gets compromised, why he chose proximity to family over NYC's business advantages, and the Catholic values that guide his ethical decisions - including turning away lucrative creator partnerships that conflict with his principles. This conversation challenges the typical entrepreneur playbook of sacrificing everything for growth and explores what masculine leadership actually looks like when you refuse to make your kids feel secondary to your career.Expect to learn how Chris navigated the intense pressure of MBA classmates pursuing traditional paths while he bet on entrepreneurship, the regret minimization framework that gave him courage to take massive career risks, why he believes creators are the modern-day retailers and male creators represent huge untapped potential, the Reed Hastings Thursday date night principle for protecting what matters most, how proximity to family provides accountability beyond your professional identity, why the hero's journey always returns you home rather than taking you further away, the three G's he teaches his kids every night that ground his entire worldview, how Catholic social teaching informs business decisions around human dignity and fair compensation, and much more...Get in touch in the comments below or head to...-Website: www.weslambert.me-Email: [email protected]: https://substack.com/@weslambert-Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5Yv1ciX90C3zdPxD67kjyY?si=7591bc0f32da4f23-Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-mature-male/id1805978833