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You should choose your priorities.
Founding a startup is more than a full-time job. Your current job is a full-time job. I don't have experience with kids, but I heard they're quite some work.
In short: choose two out of three, and even then, expect to make some serious sacrifices.
Either do the full time job, or raise money and do the startup. Don't do both.
Here’s some suggestions from my recent experience: - hire night nurse a few times a week to catch up on sleep - hire nanny for day time - SNOO Bassinet was a game changer with the baby sleeping 10+ hours - wake up at 4:30am every day and work on startup BEFORE your day job. No one is awake to bother you. Pure focus.
Sleeping 10+ hours!!! That's am achievement, well done
Realistically the only way I was able to do it was being laid off which forced me to jump in. I had a savings and a wife who believed in me (the savings has helped her belief hah) Family is a no-compromise #1 priority for me under any and all circumstances. I don’t think it is possible for most people to do all three. At Berkeley we had a saying “you can have 2/3 of either: good grades, a social life, and sleep”. Thi…
How much time did you have before your savings would run out and how long did it take before your business was earning enough to cover basic living expenses?
Know that it is possible to do it, lots of people do, and it doesn't require you to be superhuman!
Sounds like survivor bias. Doesn't seem like there's enough hours in the day.
Care to site some examples with testimonies from kids that feel like they're getting enough attention and care from their parent that's doing these things?
Know that it is possible to do it, lots of people do, and it doesn't require you to be superhuman!
So, you've done this? Sounds like survivor bias. Doesn't seem like there's enough hours in the day. Care to site some examples with testimonies from kids that feel like they're getting enough attention and care from their parent that's doing these things?
I started my first business before uni, and at uni I regularly worked 18h days and had people work from my room during the day. There was a lot of hard work at times. Maybe a difference was that I put off having kids until quite late, so while things weren't easy, I had a glimpse of stability and agreed with my partner that we could cope!
I do know that I'm not a superhero.