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Anyone been through the "parallel startup projects" of starting a company and a new human at the same time? Thoughts, experiences?
by dshah 16y ago
Anyone been through the "parallel startup projects" of starting a company and a new human at the same time? Thoughts, experiences?
- tfs 16y agoYes. My daughter was born almost parallel to birth of my startup. ...wouldn't have been possible without an exceptionally good wife.
- charliepark 16y agoI've refrained from SXSW pimping on HN, but since it's directly relevant to your question here ... I have a panel proposed for 2011 on The Life of the Startup Parent, here: http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/view/7715 http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/view/7715. We'll be looking at questions like "How do you balance your role as a parent with your role as a co-founder? How do you reconcile these two worlds, each of which would happily consume you completely? How much do you rely on your (life) partner? Your (business) partners?" and so forth. Would really love votes, comments, etc.
- will_critchlow 16y agoprobably because of the slow start from bootstrapping followed by faster growth recently, my 5 year old business feels like a startup. My daughter was born in March. It definitely changed my work pattern but I'm still coping ok so far. I commented about my new schedule on this post: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1597627 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1597627
- hellweaver666 16y agoI'm doing it now... NewBaby Inc is killing my other startup. If you thought sleep deprivation when coding is hard work, try balancing that with a screaming, shitting, attention-grabbing bite-sized human and see how you get on.