What do you like the least of the Startup life?
Nico Spijker
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André J@sentry_co
That you never reallllly know if you're on the right track to your destination. That's also what's exciting. Its about the journey not the end 😸
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@sentry_co Got to be able to live with that uncertainty but there is truly a certain beauty in it!
Cheers to the journey, the learnings and all the amazing people we meet along the way. 🥂
@arzmn @annie_chopra Had a friend with the WHOLE team daily standup (20+ people) of 30 minutes followed by a daily with her manager that was also 30 minutes.
Talk about wasting hours... 😅
PS: Love how at least we have evolved from meetings that could be an email to meetings that could be a text. At least our alternative communication channels are a bit more efficient. lol
Probably the amount of people that think to give us advice when they don’t run a business themselves 😂 for some reason everyone has an opinion on how you should run your business 🤷🏼♀️
@annie_chopra Way too many "consultants" with 0 hands on experience. ☠️
Common to get flooded with opinions, always good to take it with a pinch of salt. Feedback is crucial don't get me wrong, but business decisions shouldn't be made on N=1 opinion lol.
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Work-life balance. It's so easy to get consumed in the startup grind, often leading to burnout. Finding the balance between pushing your startup forward and taking time for personal well-being is a challenge. Anyone got tips to strike the right balance?
@barryzheng568 Great ideas often come when you take a few steps away from your startup as well.
My reccos:
- Mute and night mode phone configurations are your friends
- Book activities (dinners, meeting with friends, sport events) in advance !And don't cancel them!
- Remember the you lead by example. You inadvertently build a culture of no rest when you don't take any time off yourself either
Launching soon!
Always feeling like there is more to be done but not having a rulebook for getting it across the line. I work much better in a structured ecosystem but some of the startup upsides are too high to ignore haha.
Loosing focus. Thinking about each aspect of your business and failing to prioritize. A lot of founders are afraid to delegate responsibilities to others and end up carrying too much burden on their shoulders.