I didn't have time to be the father I wanted when I was working in-person. I give my employees the same flexibility I needed.

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My 1-year-old son wriggles in my lap during many of my work meetings, his curls peeking onto the bottom of my video screen. While I discuss the details of our company's latest project, my baby babbles and grabs at my keyboard, thoroughly believing he is an important part of my small business. In a way, he is.