My experience is that I sort of ran out of energy for the true start-up experience once the children arrived. My priorities also shifted: I wanted to spend time

My experience is that I sort of ran out of energy for the true start-up experience once the children arrived. My priorities also shifted: I wanted to spend time with my family not wrestle some alligator that had small chances of success. The upside though is that I didn’t take investor money and I’ve ended up with a small bootstrapped business that actually serves my objectives quite well.