Sheri Atwood
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Why can't we do the same thing for child support?
So they actually see the money's going to their kid.
And then there's no argument about where the money's going or how much it actually really costs to raise a child.
I started the company in 2011, looking for every reason to not do it.
As I say, I'm the worst example of an entrepreneur as a woman over the age of 30, single mom in Silicon Valley.
I don't have any parents.
I don't have a spouse.
I had no backup plan and I didn't have a tech degree.
So I had the idea.
I kept looking and trying to find people to tell me not to do it.
And luckily for me and for them, they say, hey, this is a great idea and not to mention much needed.
Yeah, so I grew up super poor.
I was raised by a single mom who was a drug addict, alcoholic, only wanted my family to go to college.
So luckily for me on my career side, I got super, you know, was one of the youngest VPs ever at Symantec.
So I had saved a bunch of money from that.
I had multiple houses, cars, boats.
I got a divorce and gave him a house to walk away.
I had stock and equity.
Plus I had about two years of salary in the bank.
Yeah.