The Naive Optimist: We work a 4-day week and just raised $4.75m

ryanleecarson:

I think there’s something messed up about the startup culture in the USA. The belief is that you have to work 6-7 days a week and spend all your mental cycles on your company. Nothing but pledging your soul to your startup yields success, right?

Not in my experience.

We work a 4-day week at …

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Reloading …

I’m reloading my tumblr blog.  I recently left my position as the VP of Engineering at PeopleAdmin and I’m starting to explore what’s next.  I’m sad to leave such an awesome team of people at PeopleAdmin, but I’m super excited to discover what the future holds.  

I hope to blog / tumble a little more going forward.  One of the things I’m exploring is whether I want to start another company.  While it’s been about 2 years since I helped get MassRelevance off the ground (and over a year since I’ve been involved day-to-day), it’s been almost 9 years since I was a full-time entrepreneur hustling for a living.  It should be a fun ride that I’ll try and highlight here as I go. 

1 month ago