Start-up wife life

Tales from dating an entrepreneur

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Quitting your job to start your own company gives you the freedom...to work any 16 hours of the day you like.

Unknown truth-teller

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This basically sums up what starting a company is like. Your partner is the air stewardess who's trying not to freak out while they tell you that everything is going to be ok. That breeze on your face? Mild turbulence, that's all.

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Stuff entrepreneurs say #1

H on surviving #startuplife: You’re constantly working. And when you’re not working, you need alcohol to cope with having to socialise.

Me: Don’t you get hungover?

H: The hangover depends on who you wake up next to and how close food is.

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If you ever want to feel like an underachiever...

...ask your #startuppartner what they did today. The answer will probably be something like, 'I finalised a rental contract, interviewed two potential interns and pitched to the CEO of a company whose partnership could make or break our revenue for the next quarter. Oh, and I have to finish up my written interview with Forbes because our TechCrunch interview is coming out soon.' And you'll be thinking that you managed to finish a report today, and it seemed like a bit of an achievement at the time, but it's sounding a bit piddly now. But you won't say that. You'll smile and ask them which intern they'll pick, how the meeting went, when you can read the interview. Because that's what partners do. Yours in underachieving Start-up wife

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The interview

I didn’t submit a resume or write a cover letter. Hell, I didn’t even apply.

And yet there I was, being asked what I wanted to do with my life.

“Are you committed to this?” he said. 

“When we take on someone new, we usually like to meet their partners first and make sure that they’re down for the journey too.”

A lot of people don’t realise that working for a start-up isn’t just a job...it’s a commitment that takes over your life. It’s not just you that will be affected but also the people closest to you.

L understood this and I’ll never forget it.

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#truth: supportive partners give you a higher chance of success https://www.cnbc.com/2017/08/21/why-the-secret-to-your-success-is-who-you-marry.html

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Ways that dating an entrepreneur is like having a baby

If you don’t feed them they might forget to eat.

Sometimes you have to comfort them from the peak of hysteria and you’re not really sure why.

You will learn the definition of the phrase ‘unconditional love’. 

You live in hope that they will get a full night’s sleep, but they rarely do.

Afternoon naps.

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#startupwife Justine Musk gets our vote for this brilliant write up of what it takes to be a billionaire entrepreneur. If you haven't already read it: https://www.quora.com/Will-I-become-a-billionaire-if-I-am-determined-to-be-one-and-put-in-the-necessary-work-required +10 points for the phrase 'introduce hot ideas to each other, so they can have idea sex and make idea babies that no one has seen before'

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You know you’re dating an entrepreneur when...

...it’s a beautiful sunny day. There’s a few of you hiking and it’s been at least two hours.

Time for a break, he says, sitting down as you stumble off with a friend to explore a pathway.

You’re gone for ten minutes. Fifteen at most.

When you return, there he is. With the CMO of a major FMCG company. Eating oranges.

They’ve probably already cut a deal.

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The look of love

There’s that moment, when he rolls over in bed and looks at you. Really looks at you, as if he’s seeing you for the first time that day.

“Hey,” he says, and smiles.

You smile back, basking in his full attention.

“So,” he says, “Do you think I should take the deal?”

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The Eclipse

“Darling, do you want to watch the eclipse?” I asked.

“Sure,” he said.

So I slowly moved my head in front of his laptop.