I know this'll be a controversial stance but IMHO.. needing to work 5 or 6 days a week to prove the business case, make the business stick, and to scale the business to a point where you have multiple employees and processes that allow you to only work 4 day weeks if you want.
Of course, some businesses can run on fewer hours from the start, but many require a lot of sweat and long hours to get the engine running.
That small business is financially more successful
Sure. But they're not trying to build the same thing. I think it's mainly a midwestern attitude vs. Californian. Fried just wanted to build a business. Startup founders want to build companies.
Really? That small business is financially more successful than most crazy ass VC backed startups with the latest photo sharing solution will ever be.
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