Identity, Security, and Raising Resilient Kids | Eric Dresdale

Show Notes

This week on The Girl Dad Show, Young Han sits down with Eric Dresdale, co-founder and president of Entropy Labs, for a powerful conversation that spans quantum security, entrepreneurship, recovery, and parenting.

Eric’s journey is anything but linear. Raised in a medical family, he struggled early with traditional academics and identity before finding his footing through entrepreneurship. Along the way, he built and scaled multiple fintech and cybersecurity companies, including founding Next Step Network, a platform serving families navigating addiction and mental health, which was later acquired. Today, his work focuses on cryptographic infrastructure and quantum security, an area he describes as an existential issue for the global economy.

But the heart of this episode is about identity.

Eric shares how his experiences with addiction, recovery, and leadership shaped his view of success, not as titles or outcomes, but as having a strong sense of self. Together, he and Young explore what it means to raise kids who understand boundaries, develop emotional intelligence, and build agency in a world that constantly pressures them to conform.

This episode is a reminder that parenting and leadership are deeply connected. The same clarity, communication, and self-awareness required to build meaningful companies are the traits that help raise resilient, grounded children.

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