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Honestly? Get rid of this notion that everything in a startup has to be done yesterday. Despite what people say, time is not that critical in a startup. You don

by st3v3r 11y ago

Honestly? Get rid of this notion that everything in a startup has to be done yesterday. Despite what people say, time is not that critical in a startup. You don't need to press everyone to live at the company. Hell, you'll probably get more done if you press your people to work more of a regular hour schedule, as they won't be exhausted and burnt out.

contingencies 11y ago
Get rid of this notion that everything in a startup has to be done yesterday. Totally agree. If you can't iterate, you're either in a niche like manufacturing (where your USP had better trump 2 weeks lead time, or your business plan is rotten anyway), or you're simply doing it wrong. Right now parenthood is incompatible with startups - how can we change this and make startups better for young parents as well who for now will just always try to get corporate jobs? I have a 2 year old and am a work at home dad. My wife and I share responsibilities and launching and relaunching some of our own businesses at our own pace. We find that this works a lot better than working for others. I just came back from a 1.5 hour mountain bike trip, had some homebaked sourdough (learned yesterday) and spent some time with my daughter. Now I am preparing to dig in to work for awhile. This afternoon I will take a break at 3PM to go play a new RPG, Blades in the Dark, for a few hours, in a local pub. Life is good. (Of course, we live in China and overheads aren't San Francisco or London, but that's by design. London also has no mountain biking, and the climate here is closer to high altitude LA.) Life's too short to commute. See also, article in an Australian paper on this subject this morning: http://www.smh.com.au/money/tree-change-for-families-financial-pros-and-cons-of-moving-to-a-country-town-20160331-gnusu9.html http://www.smh.com.au/money/tree-change-for-families-financi...

by st3v3r 11y ago

contingencies 11y ago

Get rid of this notion that everything in a startup has to be done yesterday. Totally agree. If you can't iterate, you're either in a niche like manufacturing (where your USP had better trump 2 weeks lead time, or your business plan is rotten anyway), or you're simply doing it wrong. Right now parenthood is incompatible with startups - how can we change this and make startups better for young parents as well who for now will just always try to get corporate jobs? I have a 2 year old and am a work at home dad. My wife and I share responsibilities and launching and relaunching some of our own businesses at our own pace. We find that this works a lot better than working for others. I just came back from a 1.5 hour mountain bike trip, had some homebaked sourdough (learned yesterday) and spent some time with my daughter. Now I am preparing to dig in to work for awhile. This afternoon I will take a break at 3PM to go play a new RPG, Blades in the Dark, for a few hours, in a local pub. Life is good. (Of course, we live in China and overheads aren't San Francisco or London, but that's by design. London also has no mountain biking, and the climate here is closer to high altitude LA.) Life's too short to commute. See also, article in an Australian paper on this subject this morning: http://www.smh.com.au/money/tree-change-for-families-financial-pros-and-cons-of-moving-to-a-country-town-20160331-gnusu9.html http://www.smh.com.au/money/tree-change-for-families-financi...