Can a Founder take a Sabbatical?
In today’s Startup Therapy Podcast, Wil and Ryan talk about taking a break to restart. The biggest fear founders have is what happens to the business when they take a much needed break. The fear that things might go wrong, the right decisions aren’t being
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Show Notes
In today’s Startup Therapy Podcast, Wil and Ryan talk about taking a break to restart. The biggest fear founders have is what happens to the business when they take a much needed break. The fear that things might go wrong, the right decisions aren’t being made, or there’s simply too much to do that taking a break may sound hilarious. But guess what, with the right people in place, more than half of a founder’s work can be done by someone else.
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What to Listen For
- 00:00 Intro
- 00:29 We don’t believe we are allowed a sabbatical time off
- 05:25 You’re burned out but you can’t detach yourself from the business
- 09:37 Founder sabbatical is going away and doing something else entirely
- 14:09 You should be able to reset and come back with a fresh head
- 18:55 A sabbatical break has to happen
- 22:37 Setting the time period and expectations matters
- 24:30 How can a handful of people take over some of the workload?
- 27:32 75% of your job can be done by someone else
- 32:31 You can always come back when something goes wrong
- 36:50 A forced sabbatical isn’t going to work