Everybody Loves the Sunshine
One of the most difficult decision in the life of the CEO of a start-up is to decide when to take… vacation. “How could the company I created survive without me for a few days!?” is the usual workalcoholic’s excuse.
It usually starts with my parents telling me I look very tired. Then my friends make comments like “when was the last time you went on holiday?” then it’s Matt who hint that I should “try to relax more”. So last week I made the big jump and decided to take a complete solid break away from email and the web and I went to bury myself on a small island in the Atlantic ocean - hey we have to use our investment money somehow 
Well the company did not collapse while I was away. Great things actually happened, the development team made some major progress and on top of everything my energy level is at its top.
Meanwhile, my friend Rodrigo, the mad French vlogger was interviewing Om Malik of GigaOm fame and asked him if he knew any cool company coming out of Europe. To know what his answer is just press play.
(The whole 12 minutes interview is here).
Thanks Om!
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I think you took a right decision otherwise the work under stress and pressure would ve suffered sureshortedly. Everybody needs a change to refresh the mind. It was a late realisation on your part.
Comment by Phillipdaniel — 6/24/2006 @ 7:27 am
Hey, glad you got a break. An investor told me once that after five years I can have all the time off I want. Not sure if you get the job done without some downtime. As for us, we haven’t earned one yet. Maybe next year…
And Om didn’t mention us - that definitely means we haven’t earned one.
Comment by Mick — 7/4/2006 @ 1:53 am