Starting a business is hard enough - but what happens when you’re also trying to be a father, a supportive partner, and a business partner, all while clinging to your own sanity?

In this brutally honest episode of the Two Blokes One Business Podcast, Harvey Rivers takes off the entrepreneurial mask and reveals what really happens when your life is no longer just yours. 

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This is a raw and authentic look at balancing fatherhood and business, including how he built Harwell. while raising two daughters with his partner, Brit.

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From the identity crisis of leaving professional football to the never-ending guilt loop of not being “enough” for everyone - Harvey lays bare the unfiltered reality of scaling a business and growing a recruitment agency while managing the pressure of family life.

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You’ll discover:

✅The psychological shifts required to become a business founder and dad

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✅How fatherhood improved Harvey’s leadership skills through forced empathy and perspective

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✅The hard truths about business partnerships, including the unspoken contracts that protect friendships and why having true skin in the game is essential

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✅His 4 AM morning routine and why exercise is critical to regulating the pressure of business and parenting

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✅The “burn the boats” mentality of going all in on your startup and why that might be the only way to succeed

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This conversation will resonate with any working dad, entrepreneur, or startup founder - who feels the impossible tension between building a legacy and showing up for their kids. 

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00:02:40 Weekend Offender 

00:05:20 Your Selfish Part Must Die

00:07:20 Fatherhood & Leadership

00:10:20 Identity Full Circle

00:14:00 People Pleasers

00:21:20 Exercise For Regulation

00:27:00 Can't Scale Back

00:35:20 Business Partnership Values

00:41:20 Growth Conversation Crossroads

00:48:20 Thinking Bigger

00:56:20 Business Partner Characteristics

00:59:20 Daughters Education

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Hit play and discover the real cost of building something meaningful - whilst everyone you love depends on you to not screw it up.