August 23, 2017

Why a Lifestyle Business Beats a Startup


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    This article is awesome. I have the same philosophy with my startup and I think that this is the real recipe for happiness. Thanks for the sharing :)

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      Great to hear about people doing this - what's your startup?

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        We are Hubern.com a software house based in Rome, we like to work remotely and decentralized :) we develop apps Android and iOS, web applications, bot and we develop also on blockchain in particular ethereum.

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          Very cool! Have you thought about launching on Product Hunt?

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            Yes, on product hunt we have Gopay, https://www.producthunt.com/posts/gopay

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              Nice! I've had good a good experience, which is why I asked. Would you like to connect on LinkedIn? I'd love to stay up to date on anything you're working on.

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                My pleasure :) my name is Pasqualino Sorice

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    Great article! Reminds me a lot of Basecamp. They even started off as a dev agency (37signals) and then transitioned into making their own software. But remained focused on profitability and lifestyle the entire way (and continue to do so).

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    Very cool business... Just applied :)

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    Very well put.. Thank you for sharing, and congrats on all the success. This is certainly the type of course I seek as well.

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    Hi! Thanks for sharing!

    I'm focusing a lot on heading towards that soon, great inspiration :))

    The original source looks pretty good as well (optimizing for happiness), I'll definitely follow that one too!

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    I love how you (at least as far as I'm concerned) coined the term "lifestyle business"! Many people believe that this is synonymous to startup, but you're right, they're very different. Fantastic article!

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      Thanks for writing this :-) Really much appreciated.

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      Haha, he didn't coin the term. IT's been around for a while. He did write a great article on the subject.

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    Great article!

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    Reflection moment here... Thanks for sharing!

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    Thanks for contributing. I agree that you can make work fun and enjoy your coworkers' company. A lot of founders and those at the top have a different perspective of work-life balance than those doing the work though. I think social retreats are important for an all remote company but for those that spend everyday together, I would rather have the time off.

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    Great article! I particularly connect with defining your own version of success.

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      Thanks :-)