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Having seen people close to me experience this, I feel for you. However, I haven't heard any success stories that have made it any OTHER way. It's usually in l
by dhruvkar 10y ago
Having seen people close to me experience this, I feel for you.
However, I haven't heard any success stories that have made it any OTHER way. It's usually in looking back, that people say burn out was wrong and I probably shouldn't have done it that way. What's the alternative?
- rimantas 10y agoBasecamp? IIRC DHH mentioned he was working like 10 hours a week on it.
- dhruvkar 10y agoIs there a link for this? Would love to read about it.
- tortilla 10y agohttps://signalvnoise.com/posts/3106-all-or-something https://signalvnoise.com/posts/3106-all-or-something https://signalvnoise.com/posts/1078-it-doesnt-have-to-be-all-or-nothing-with-a-startup https://signalvnoise.com/posts/1078-it-doesnt-have-to-be-all... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=214930 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=214930 https://twitter.com/dhh/status/286532709533229056 https://twitter.com/dhh/status/286532709533229056
- dhruvkar 10y agoThanks!
- cta11419 10y ago> success stories that have made it any OTHER way It often hinges on what you count as success. If you want to grow something to a place where you can appoint a managing director to take over your least comfortable responsibilities, you'll often need to work yourself into burnout or burn through a ton of capital. But plenty of people set up little lifestyle businesses or contract shops without all that. You just have to be able to see opportunities for growth and go "nah, not for me".
- dhruvkar 10y ago> It often hinges on what you count as success. Agreed. However, even in a lifestyle business, I have a hard time imagining not working like crazy to get it off the ground. I've tried starting a couple (obviously doing something wrong since I didn't succeed), but that's the way I felt I needed to work.