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What ’s the secret to startup achiever ? Not the drift that so many Silicon Valley founders sign to , Andreessen Horowitz general partner VC Martin Casado said to a standing - room - only crowd at TechCrunch Disrupt last week .
Before conjoin the storied VC business firm , Casado found two other companies , include Nicira , a networking base company he sold to VMware for $ 1.25 billion . When asked for advice about achieve success , he warned founding father to beware of “ hustle culture ” trend .
“ Silicon Valley is so performative , right ? There ’s a lot of ‘ doing startups ’ and doing ‘ the veracious hooey ’ and being part of the culture club and doing networking , ” he said . “ It ’s good to hear about all the hustle , crazy material . And feel free to go forrader and think about that . But if you ’re doing a startup , you should really , really sharpen on your mental well - being . ”
For instance , he hears a circle of founders “ focusing on how they can be as fertile as potential in a given day , ” he said . They script their days : wake up at 5 , eat certain food , work out , and “ truehearted during so - and - so times , ” he describes .
Beyond that there are productivity hack like “ eat on the Frog , ” doing your most dislike task first thing every sunrise ; the Pomodoro Technique , work in 25 - mo chunks with 5 - minute breaks ; and countless other trends .
“ I do n’t mean any of that really had a serious impact . I consider the most important thing is just to do the thing , ” Casado advises .
Instead of fill a day with rigidity , “ startups are so hard , and you as a laminitis , are so traumatized that I actually think you need to kind of do the opposite … just focus on staying sane and shoot maintenance of yourself . ”
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That might mean “ log Z’s in and eat fast food , ” he says . Founders involve to sympathise that it will likely take years to attain success , and there ’s no warranty that they ever will . Lifestyle hacks that may work to hit an approaching deadline might not be sustainable as a way of life history for geezerhood .
“ Things always take way longer than you expect . And I think the people that really just focus on their well - being are the unity that hold out , ” he say . “ If you’re able to survive , at the remainder of the day , you ’ll have a shot at winning . ”
