In addition to not doing other things, I'd like to suggest adding the idea that one also does not have to burn out or be burned out doing a startup.
Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.
My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.
He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there is some mistake.
The only other sound’s the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.
The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
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Oh how I love Robert Frost! This deeply existential and powerfully personal poem is exactly what NOT to do when you are in the throes of startup life.Sleep! I say sleep. Get that rest and damn that horse. :-)
Edit: I took me 4 years to learn HN carriage returns! :-(
- Founder <-> founder resentment
- Founder <-> investor resentment
Those 3 causes are far above everything else, in cases I've seen. Even higher than running out of money.