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I've been a solo-founder for the past 12 years (currently: https://divjoy.com https://divjoy.com). I use a kanban board in Notion and work about 4-6 productive
by makeee 5y ago
I've been a solo-founder for the past 12 years (currently: https://divjoy.com https://divjoy.com). I use a kanban board in Notion and work about 4-6 productive hours a day on average. Some days it's 2, some days it's 12, but I don't force myself to a super strict schedule because that has led to burnout in the past.
I try to take a day off every week, but often it's random based on whether friends/wife want to do something fun on a given day.
The only exception is if I'm leading up to a big product launch and need to grind through that "last 10%". In that case switching into hyper planning mode seems to help me a lot. AMA!
- njdullea 5y agoThanks for sharing. When you started your business did you have another job and build your own business on the side? Or were you able to jump straight in?
- makeee 5y agoI was doing some contract work on the side while building the MVP, but switched to full-time right after launching it. I wouldn't necessarily recommend that though.. basically burnt through all my savings over 4 months. Right as I was starting too look for more contract work I ended up winning a $15k grant from YC [0] which bridged the gap until I got to profitability. Now at around $6k - $10k/m (not recurring, so it varies). [0] https://blog.ycombinator.com/announcing-the-startup-school-2019-grant-recipients/ https://blog.ycombinator.com/announcing-the-startup-school-2...