My experience: | % of time | % of time | % of time mode | working on | cleaning up | wasted on | my own stuff | others' crap | other B.S. --------------+--------------+--------------+------------ a. 9 to 5 | 10 | 40 | 50 b. consulting | 30 | 40 | 30 c. start-up | 100 | 0 | 0 The winner: c.
From what I hear there's a lot of BS to deal with when you run a startup. You have to run the business, so there's accounting stuff to deal with and such. There's support. Eventually there's raising money and hiring people, both of which often take way longer than they should and are frustrating, but they're both very important. Sure, it may not feel as unproductive as sitting in meetings all day and not accomplishin…
You don't necessarily need to raise money or hire people. Accounting can be as simple as you'll let it be -- there are some dials you can twiddle in terms of complexity, especially very early.