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Can you work on two startups at once?
Do you think it is feasible to work on two startups at once? And I'm not talking about being hired at one startup and doing something on the side, I mean two full-time startups where you are one of the founders.
Steve Jobs did it.
- paulhauggis 15y agoMost people can barely do one. It takes a special type of person to do both.
- forrestblount 15y agoIt's possible, but I'd avoid it. I bootstrapped a startup while employed at a large (~500 person) company and let the company go in the wrong direction too long because of it. Later I joined a startup where the CEO was still employed at a company he'd founded previously. I don't think either company failed solely because of the other commitments, but we will never know what opportunities were missed because of them.
- jsmartonly 15y agoOne at a time. There are only 24 hours per day. It takes a lot of work to make one work.
- itsprofitbaron 15y agoPersonally, I wouldn't but yes it is possible as you said - Steve Jobs did it and Jack Dorsey does it. However, this doesn't mean that you are Steve Jobs/Jack Dorsey and running two startups at once is hard work. Especially when, most people can't even run one! There are tons of people's opinions regarding this for instance: http://tech.li/2012/02/ceo-sundays-running-two-startups-is-more-than-a-possibility/ http://tech.li/2012/02/ceo-sundays-running-two-startups-is-m... - Argues its possible http://learntoduck.com/startups/two-startups/ http://learntoduck.com/startups/two-startups/ - Argues its not FWIW: I'm not putting Steve Jobs or Jack Dorsey in the same boat, I'm just highlighting someone else who currently does it. (Nor am I discreditting Jack Dorsey by saying this - Square and Twitter are both great startups)