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What reddit taught me about startups: "because it's your damn job"
- davidw 19y agoAnother bit of data pointing at having a cofounder as being critical.
- breck 19y agoGreat post. Same sentiments here. The motivational poster he cites is hilarious: http://images.despair.com/products/demotivators/motivation.jpg http://images.despair.com/products/demotivators/motivation.j...
- oditogre 19y agoI have two despair posters in my office: http://despair.com/despair.html http://despair.com/despair.html http://despair.com/gettowork.html http://despair.com/gettowork.html I also had the despair calendar in '06, but not '07 because they took out the funny trivia. :-/
- run4yourlives 19y agoI've got that hanging in my office... very few people actually notice it...
- jsjenkins168 19y agoI wonder how many startup founders regret being acquired early. Not implying reddit was acquired early, just more of a general question. I'm talking more about the Flickr's of the startup world.
- webwright 19y agoHeh-- I got acquired early (and left after my contractual obligation) and have a long list of bookmarked blog posts detailing frustrated founders who have been gobbled up. I certainly would ask some different questions and set some different expectations if I'm ever acquired again.
- h34t 19y agoI find that co-founders affect motivation in a particularly in a good way because while they do keep you moving when you feel glum, there's no pressure to accept them as the reason you get up every day, as is the case with working purely for money / an investor somewhere / a boss. It's like the pressure of not wanting to let your co-founder down affects you from the inside out, because you are constantly reminded of your shared fate. They're always there to keep you on your toes, but they don't become a force for extrinsic motivation (which can easily cause stress and deflation instead of adding energy to your inner drive).
- ptn 19y agoSomething there got me thinking... how much do guys at a startup actually sleep? Four hours?
- davidw 19y agoMore, hopefully. I don't think you can actually be productive if you're a complete zombie for extended periods of time.
- jsjenkins168 19y agoYou can sleep 4 hours each night if you take naps throughout the day. Not only does this increase your total awake hours, it also improves concentration and acuteness. If you are interested in studying sleep effectiveness, try to pick up a copy of Why We Nap by Claudio Stampi
- rms 19y agoUberman, anyone? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uberman%27s_sleep_schedule http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uberman%27s_sleep_schedule
- kn0thing 19y agoWe tried this and failed miserably. http://reddit.blogspot.com/2005/10/polyphasic-sleep-groggy-journey-toward.html http://reddit.blogspot.com/2005/10/polyphasic-sleep-groggy-j... My hat goes off to you for making it work. /impressed
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- kul 19y agoyou probably don't bond with people in any other job or activity the same way as you do in a startup.
- Shooter 19y agohttp://nymag.com/news/features/38951/ http://nymag.com/news/features/38951/ Topical, eh?
- gscott 19y agoI believe once you have been bought out, you should try to leave as early as possible. The people who bought you want you to code not think, they will do the thinking from now on. I couldn't stand that proposition, would rather train a few coders on the system and take my money and figure out what I am going to do next.