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Curious what companies someone with 3-5 yrs experience should look at. Key criteria are strong teams to learn from and a culture of mentorship (comp is important but second tier).

Thanks for any suggestions.

I had a conversation with a friend who said they worked 12 hrs/week on their company when they were raising money, he was too depressed dealing with a lot of rejection to do more than that. Three years later got an offer to sell the company for $250 mm, which he turned down. He was a lot more productive after he finished the fundraising :)

I find myself in the office working on my bootstrapped internet business around 45 hours per week, putting in another 1-2 hrs/day at home, a few hours on the weekends, all of which adds up to 8-12 hours of "deep work" per week given the emails/calls I have to do.

I'm curious how much time other founders dedicate to their startup, along with how much time they spend on "deep work" in the course of a week.

I just listened to the Segment founder's discussion on how they knew they'd found product/market fit. Basically, it was an explosion of demand. However, I'd argue that many companies have product/market fit without having customers beating down their doors. ie a $30k mrr bootstrapped business growing at 100% YoY.

I like the idea of a data set to train your instinct on this, so was curious to hear from others: What did it feel like (or not feel like) for you?