Paige Finn DohertyFounding Partner, Behind Genius · Founding Partner at Behind Genius Ventures

How To Balance Relationships And Boundaries As An On-The-Go Founder? #venturecapital #shorts

6 Aug 2022 · 1 min

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In this brief interview segment, Speaker A asks Speaker B about the strategies they use to manage time, relationships, and personal boundaries while operating as a fund manager and founder. Speaker B reflects on an earlier period of relentless scaling and “yes‑to‑everything” mentality that led to burnout. They explain that a key change this year has been to confine venture‑related activities to specific, limited hours, which has helped create clearer boundaries and reduce burnout. The exchange highlights the challenge of balancing professional intensity with personal well‑being and offers a concrete time‑boxing approach as a practical solution.

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Awesome. And then I'm curious, like, what strategies have you applied to better manage your time, relationships, boundaries? I think that's something that I'm constantly working through as a fund manager and also just as a person. So I'm curious to hear what strategies that you've applied.
It's a great question because frankly, in the beginning, you know, honestly, until like the last few months where I was just focused on scaling, scaling, go, go, go, I did not do— I don't know that I did the best job of balancing and would have to, you know, kind of cope with burnout a bit because you're just kind of in that mode of say yes to everything and go, go, go. But, you know, I think the biggest things for me are, like I said, is that I really, for the most part, something that I've done this year is that, you know, things that I do within venture, I really try to put it within specific hours. Like that's been very helpful for me.