From product manager at Amazon to startup founder, meet Jane Dashevsky
The Career Flipper Podcast · 2025-10-09 · 42 min
Episode notes
What happens when you spend 10 years at Amazon, love your job, love your team and then parenthood shakes everything up? That’s the story of Jane Dashevsky . Becoming a mom of two under two made her start asking the big questions: What do I really want for myself? For my family? That entrepreneurial spark she’d carried deep down finally pushed her to walk away from stability and build something of her own. Jane is now the founder of The Starter Set , an AI-powered service that helps parents cut through the chaos of baby product shopping. Because let’s be honest, the last thing overwhelmed parents need is another late-night Google spiral about strollers. In this episode, Jane gets real about: Leaving a steady job after a decade at Amazon The identity shift that comes with walking away from stability Parenting while building a startup (the real messy middle) Testing ideas piece by piece and finding her way in Seattle’s startup world How to not let numbers or social media dictate your worth This is a conversation about courage, resilience, and choosing yourself, and your family, even when the path ahead is messy and unclear. Listen now and