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Instapaper is one person and no funding. I work completely from home. I don’t even put an unhealthy amount of hours into it, and it’s very low-needs (and therefore, low-stress) to keep the service running. This is a lifestyle that I’m not willing to give up for the promise of taking VC money, hiring a bunch of people, making everything free, and hoping to cash out after a few years of nonstop “crunch mode” by selling it to a big company so they can ruin and “sunset” it a year later.
Marco Arment, on the startup lifestyle
Sounds like a lack-of-a-life style. Which is exactly why I couldn’t stay in the startup world. Long hours, grueling work, the promise of possible-but-unlikely future rewards? No fun. If that’s your thing, fine. But to me, there are more important things in life…
