Ask HN: Tech-cofounder feeling lost/burned-out. What to do?
We raised a few hundred thousand seed sort of round sometime back. Have been working on product for more than a year now, recently launched about a month ago. Response has been sort of nice. Have a few thousand users doing transactions.
But I still feel lost and burned out. I built out the product from scratch, later we hired a few guys who are okay in terms of skills. Now I spend a lot of time guiding them to deal with the issues that keep cropping up every now and then. Trying to move away from being a single point of failure in the startup. Finally booked a vacation, but feeling quite guilty about it. I know I need some rest time, energy levels aren't what they used to be. But still feel guilty and will probably end up working 4-5 days as week on vacation as well...
What do you guys do to recover from such situations?
Motivation levels are getting very variable everyday. Had quit job 2+ years ago, started withdrawing a small salary about a year ago so personal liquidity situation isn't that great either. But now need to start to raise more money soon for company... Is it normal to feel quite screwed while running a company most of the time?
But I still feel lost and burned out. I built out the product from scratch, later we hired a few guys who are okay in terms of skills. Now I spend a lot of time guiding them to deal with the issues that keep cropping up every now and then. Trying to move away from being a single point of failure in the startup. Finally booked a vacation, but feeling quite guilty about it. I know I need some rest time, energy levels aren't what they used to be. But still feel guilty and will probably end up working 4-5 days as week on vacation as well...
What do you guys do to recover from such situations?
Motivation levels are getting very variable everyday. Had quit job 2+ years ago, started withdrawing a small salary about a year ago so personal liquidity situation isn't that great either. But now need to start to raise more money soon for company... Is it normal to feel quite screwed while running a company most of the time?