Friday, April 30, 2010

Startup Persons

You have probably noticed that we talk a lot about our life as "startup persons".

Well, It's really easy to explain.

We wake up in the morning, press the "power button" of the iPhone and read the new mails.

Then we run to the computer, and while we brush our teeth, we start to answer the mails.

After a few hours or so, we remember that we need to eat something (most of the time it will be Junk-food) – This part happens twice a day … (late noon / after noon and late night …).

Between the late afternoon and the evening we try to play with our children, enjoy the family and from time to time (2 minutes to 5 minutes), we re-checking emails on the iPhone :).

After making bath to the children, we have "only 2 mails" that we need to work on, and then it takes about 5 hours or so :).

In the late night, we go to sleep and wake up to the … mails.

We work like this all week, weekends, holidays, etc., and it's unbelievable – we are enjoying every moment – yes! The start-up passion is deep in our blood.

And it's time to confess – it's all about the partners in our life, that understand, help, support and love.

After all, how many people call their husband/wife and shout at him/her to "stay by the computer so you will clean your calendar from the missions of today"?

How many people can understand the ups and downs (that happen a lot …)? Etc., etc., etc.

So if you asked me for one advice about how to build a start-up, I'll tell you that it starts at home, with your partner for life - this is

the first building block.

So thanks to my dear wife for being there for me!

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Congratulations!

This is what I call great weekend!

My wife gave birth last weekend, and now we have a new daughter in our family.

Handling with the second child is different from the beginning – The way and time we started to get organize (we packed our hospital bug on the day of the birth and not two months before), the knowledge of all the process (pain, hospital bureaucracy, my wife's best friend – Epidural, etc.).

Since the moment it started, we are thinking about our firstborn – who will be with him, what to tell him, does he understand and millions of other thoughts.

And then, she came! She is part of this world and her reality is different. She is part of an active, acting family with a daily routine that we can't change (because we need to be very careful with the firstborn).
And from the moment she got home, she is exposed to the constant noise of the computer, TV, noisy games, etc. I'm sure that she will have the ability to sleep when there is noise in the area J.

I still can't tell you how much harder it is, but based on all the feedbacks of the last year, it's going to be hard.

The one thing that never changes … is the love!
Our hurt seems to be so elastic – you think that you love someone so much and there is no room for more love in the room. But, from the moment we saw her, we doubled the capacity of our hearts, and now it belongs to both of our children who will do everything needed to love them, protect them and be there for them.

Congratulations!