Can you build a family and a business at the same time? In a new bimonthly column, Founder-Padre Neighbor Bhanot sacrifices a sincere: the scenes look at the victories and the complaints of being a “starting dad” today.
They have called me Startup Papi Partly because I directed a business and partly because I became a dad. Surfing through life as a challenging founder and father has made me realize what “family” means and what it is, special in the world of new companies.
Previously, I have heard a phrase many times before, “Oh, we are not just a team, we are a family here.” And although this statement is well intentional, I have grown more and more vary from that comparison.
Remember that families are really unconditional. Startups, due to their founding nature, are not.
In one of our first companies, we build a very close team. We have celebrated birthdays, we gather every night, and even task in a weekend retirement. He felt like a family, until he did not.
When he had to put aside some due to his insignificant performance, it was difficult, but he felt like a good concrete, separated from being revenge. Why that? Because we have crossed certain blurred lines. We sold them a family, not a workplace, to present in their ideas.
This is what I have learned:
Agility does not mean exhaustion. I remember seeing a Junior developer working 14 hours a day, thinking that he was expected because “oh, isn’t the family about?” We didn’t ask much, but we didn’t stop. That is completely about us.
What is my opinion?
Startups only work better when people feel valued, safe and safe. It is not purely bonded by family guilt. I prefer to point to a team highly based on confidence where people can prosper, achieve, agree, disagree and even go without feeling that a family is watching them.
Varun Bhanot is co -founder and CEO of Magic AI, the avant -garde AI mirror that makes high quality physical conditioning training more accessible. Under his leadership, Magic AI has raised $ 5 million in risk funds and obtained multiple industry praise, including those named one of the best Inventions of Time of 2024. As the new father and founder of the children and the guest spine, Startup Daddy.
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