• Jo Baker is the founder and CEO of ShipperHQ, a shipping rate management software. • She says she doesn't fit the mold of a tech founder, but she's OK with that. • She hired a wealth counselor to help her process her feelings about money.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Jo Baker, founder and CEO of ShipperHQ. It has been edited for length and clarity.

Before my husband and I had kids, we agreed that he would be a stay-at-home parent, since I was the breadwinner. I was working in tech for a media company in London, earning a decent income for a comfortable lifestyle. We took the kids to Fiji for vacation and enrolled my son in private school.

My husband, who was bored at home with the kids, started an eBay business. It was really more of a hobby and didn't mak

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