Work Smarter, Not Harder: 5 Founder Secrets for Success

You've got to do it. And first of all, I worry about all the TikToks and stuff these days in the social media telling you the way to take care of yourself as a founder is to work less hard. That's not true. The real answer painfully is to work harder. You've got to push through the tougher times, but that alone isn't enough. If all you do is work harder, if you work, if you truly work 80 hours a week, 100 hours a week, you will burn yourself completely up. So it's work harder, but work smarter. And how do you do that? Okay. So let me give you 5 ideas on how to actually take care of yourself as a founder that will actually make a difference from the SaaStr post. Okay. The most important one of all, this one always works. It's worked for me again and again. It worked for me twice as a founder. It's working for me at SaaStr. Go hire one great VP, one great executive on your team.