But a startup is more than a job. The mentality I had as an employee is much different than what I had as a founder.
Some start-ups are like rocket ships, and they just take off and wildly successful.
More often than not, most startups don't have that amazing trajectory right off the bat. My personal belief is that taking that extra hour to perfect a feature, or refine a pitch, or do customer outreach, or test your product, is what separates the rest of the startups--ones that make it to the next level, with those that don't.
There is some element of luck and skill involved, but it's that championship drive that is required.
Do you need time to ensure you don't crash and burn-yeah, I'm totally with that. Perhaps the poster's way to let off steam is to go to parties, which seems doubtful--though I suspect he probably doesn't really go to a lot of parties, and that it was more of a figure of speech.
I agree.
But a startup is more than a job. The mentality I had as an employee is much different than what I had as a founder.
Some start-ups are like rocket ships, and they just take off and wildly successful.
More often than not, most startups don't have that amazing trajectory right off the bat. My personal belief is that taking that extra hour to perfect a feature, or refine a pitch, or do customer outreach, or test your product, is what separates the rest of the startups--ones that make it to the next level, with those that don't.
There is some element of luck and skill involved, but it's that championship drive that is required.
Do you need time to ensure you don't crash and burn-yeah, I'm totally with that. Perhaps the poster's way to let off steam is to go to parties, which seems doubtful--though I suspect he probably doesn't really go to a lot of parties, and that it was more of a figure of speech.