Very detailed: except for what sort of things the "todos" actually are - and that's a significant portion of the time.
http://ryancarson.com/post/25580650719/7-dos-and-donts-for-f... some more info in there for you mate.
A day in the life of a CEO
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#12Hey Ryan,
I'm just curious how you handle spending quality time with your employees. I've worked at companies where the CEO is never around, and when you do meet with him, it's in meetings that feel rushed and they are always looking at their watch for the next meeting. Frankly, it's disrespectful and it does negatively impact the morale of the team.
I'm in the CEO role right now, and I'm realizing a lot of meetings that we schedule are frankly worthless. We'd be better off canceling them and spending time working on stuff with the team.
As a side note, I enjoyed watching some of the making of the Boeing 777 (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3551731641323350192). Then-CEO Alan Mulally is often in meetings with the employees and not trying to control every thing. It's pretty refreshing.
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#13Am I the only one that feels Ryan's blog is mostly hacker news link bait, every article is pretty fluffy stuff that gets a lot of upvotes. I'm not sure how much actual value you get from knowing his schedule
No. The titles may give that impression but the content is useful. He shares useful links and details. For example his explanation for using trello vs other products in a previous post. Let's also remember the hacker news community includes many people who have never done a startup and keen to get as much knowledge as possible before they eventually do it. Ryan's content is far more useful to them than the latest news on JS.
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#14Hey Ryan, I'm just curious how you handle spending quality time with your employees. I've worked at companies where the CEO is never around, and when you do meet with him, it's in meetings that feel rushed and they are always looking at their watch for the next meeting. Frankly, it's disrespectful and it does negatively impact the morale of the team. I'm in the CEO role right now, and I'm realizing a lot of meetings…
He can't hear you. He's at the gym.
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#15He can go to bed at 10 pm and wake up at 5 am? I go to bed at 10 and wake up still extremely tired at 7 am...
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#16I don't know many people who wake up at 5am. Is that necessary to get the job done or just your preferred wake up time?
I love mornings. I don't need to wake up that early
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#17My comments are blocked.
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#18He can go to bed at 10 pm and wake up at 5 am? I go to bed at 10 and wake up still extremely tired at 7 am...
that may be because you actually oversleep. unless you're very young (<20yo), 7h of sleep is likely all you need, and anything less than 6h or more than 8h will leave you tired and lacking energy.
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#19Hey Ryan, I'm just curious how you handle spending quality time with your employees. I've worked at companies where the CEO is never around, and when you do meet with him, it's in meetings that feel rushed and they are always looking at their watch for the next meeting. Frankly, it's disrespectful and it does negatively impact the morale of the team. I'm in the CEO role right now, and I'm realizing a lot of meetings…
I agree - it's really important to be fully present and not rush. As you said, if you're rushing the meeting then it's probably not important
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#20> @ryancarson can you blog about how you spend your day running your biz? What biz activities do you focus on now that the product is up? The person on Twitter clearly asks about the business . The author then proceeds to write 18 points about his day, only five of which are actually about the business, including some gems like, "Crank through todos" . Does this guy think he's a celebrity or something? Why am I inter…
How to be cool, a HN guide:
1. Get up at 5 AM or sooner
2. Go to gym every day
3. Eat organic food or be vegetarian or vegan
4. Use iPhone and 11" MacBook Air
5. Work from coffee shops
6. Write a blog post about it and post it on Hacker News
Feel free to add ideas. :)
(I'm not mocking the author, but the idea.)