Fair enough. I’m thinking a little further ahead rather than anything immediate. You’re absolutely right we need to get the MVP out the door first and gauge traction. What got me thinking about this was trying to figure out how much we should raise (we’re simultaneously preparing for an MVP launch and refining or pitch once we get some traction). The more tech I can roll solo leads to either longer runway or hiring more business oriented folks rather than a dev or two.
Father of a 4 & 6 y/o. I am assuming for your day job you work in an office? I work from home. That’s the key difference. I don’t think this would work if I worked in an office. My typical day is I wake up (7:30ish) and help my wife wrangle the kids for the day. She takes the 4 y/o to pre-school and I usually wait for the bus to pick up my 6 y/o.
From 9-5 it’s usually 80% my day job. I take some meetings for my startup but I usually save my brain space for the day job. From 5-6 is a transitional time. Sometimes I pick up something urgent for my startup, sometimes I want to wrap up something for my day job, and sometimes I just got hangout with my family.
I am also the primary food provider. By 6 I’m in full chef mode. I ask my kids to help me cook most nights of the week. They really love it and it gives my wife a break. I’m huge into using a sous-vide and or rice cooker so I don’t have to spend a bunch of active time in the kitchen. We eat dinner together then start the get ready for bed process which I’m usually a full participant in.
My wife goes to bed right about the same time my kids do 8:30-9:30 range but I’m a lifelong night owl. After they are in bed I work on my startup project I usually have to force myself to go to sleep around midnight. Sometimes I just can’t let it go and stay up past 2am but I try to steer myself way from doing that often.
I’d really love to focus on just my startup but we aren’t there yet. Our pace is definitely slower than it could be if I were single or were able to quit my day job. At the same time I feel more engaged with my family than I did at my prepandemic office job and I believe my wife feels the same.
That’s a good point. I’m not going to refactor the MVP! I was looking beyond releasing the MVP a little to raising funds (assuming we get traction). We’re working on our pitch deck while simultaneously getting closer to release. The hope is we get some solid traction then start pitching. I need to decide the feasibility of me tackling an iOS version sometime in 2024 and bake that into the ask amount.