A founder organized a 5,000-person Twitter Spaces event with 14 organizations and guest Balaji after their startup got noticed by a former Coinbase CTO. The grueling work didn't burn them out because the purpose was clear. Hours alone don't cause burnout; meaning does.
14 organizations
5,000 people
Balaji (referred to in-chunk as 'Balaji')
And in my personal experience, even if I was working a lot, there were times that I was so energized because I had purpose and it added value. For example, Mia, we were talking about this a little, little bit earlier a couple of weeks ago. There was a week where the former CTO of Coinbase Balogy, he had posted a list of startups, and my startup was on the list, the startup I was working at at the time. And I got this idea that I was going to reach out to all the organizations on that list and. And within a week and host this huge roundtable on Twitter spaces. And I had to work a lot of hours and reach out to a lot of people and do a lot of relationship building, and it was incredibly intense. But I had purpose in a way that added a lot of value. And in the end, we actually got Balaji on. We got 14 organizations and 5,000 people tuned in. It was like such a proud moment for me. I think that if that event hadn't made sense, though, and I was working all those hours and it didn't happen in a way that was meaningful, and there were definitely many see events and initiatives like that at startups I've worked at, then I think I would have felt more burnout. But in this case, with the Twitter space, I think that it added value in a way that I love. I love relationship building. I love connecting with people. I love learning and asking questions and.
