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Working 5 hours a day on projects for clients, taking 15 minute breaks once an hour, and then working on the startup whenever there is time left after all that

by bugsy 16y ago

Working 5 hours a day on projects for clients, taking 15 minute breaks once an hour, and then working on the startup whenever there is time left after all that isn't really the same as creating a startup in a serious way. It also sounds like the wife is home all day and either a freelancer herself or not working. Having full time child care available from a live in caretaker is not really the same as having to raise 3 kids on your own or with a full time working spouse.

wyclif 16y ago
Having full time child care available from a live in caretaker is not really the same as having to raise 3 kids on your own I'm puzzled by your comment, because the author doesn't suggest those things are the same. It sounds like you're projecting onto him, since he's writing about what works for him.
- bugsy 16y ago
  The article is one in a series of discussions about whether it is possible, or well advised, to start up a company if one has small children at home. Children need child care, health insurance, time, and money to support them. This is a difficult situation for some one starting up a new company. It is much better if you are single and unmarried to take on the risk of creating a new business from scratch. This particular gentleman's situation is that he has a full time high paying job and a stay at home wife. The start up is a hobby he does in his spare time. There is not much insight to be gained from this because it is self evident that if you have full time paying work and a stay at home spouse, how to take care of your children and support them is not a problem. There are many scenarios under which starting up a company with small children at home presents serious challenges and this is what has been discussed much recently. This particular scenario, of being able to comfortably support a spouse to stay at home with the children because one is primarily employed in work that is not the start up, is not one of the scenarios in which children are a particular challenge to overcome.

by bugsy 16y ago

wyclif 16y ago

Having full time child care available from a live in caretaker is not really the same as having to raise 3 kids on your own I'm puzzled by your comment, because the author doesn't suggest those things are the same. It sounds like you're projecting onto him, since he's writing about what works for him.

bugsy 16y ago
The article is one in a series of discussions about whether it is possible, or well advised, to start up a company if one has small children at home. Children need child care, health insurance, time, and money to support them. This is a difficult situation for some one starting up a new company. It is much better if you are single and unmarried to take on the risk of creating a new business from scratch. This particular gentleman's situation is that he has a full time high paying job and a stay at home wife. The start up is a hobby he does in his spare time. There is not much insight to be gained from this because it is self evident that if you have full time paying work and a stay at home spouse, how to take care of your children and support them is not a problem. There are many scenarios under which starting up a company with small children at home presents serious challenges and this is what has been discussed much recently. This particular scenario, of being able to comfortably support a spouse to stay at home with the children because one is primarily employed in work that is not the start up, is not one of the scenarios in which children are a particular challenge to overcome.